What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 21, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 21, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 21, 1949?

On July 21, 1949 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on July 21, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on July 21, 1949

Miriam Cahn

Swiss contemporary artist (born 1949)

Sophia Horner-Sam

Ghanaian diplomat

Born the same week

Jerzy Gorgoń

July 18 · Polish footballer

Kgalema Motlanthe

July 19 · President of South Africa, Deputy President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and Secretary-General of the African National Congress

Lasse Virén

July 22 · Finnish long-distance runner

Joan Enric Vives Sicília

July 24 · Spanish bishop

What happened that week

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their 19-month war.
(St John's Day) – Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma begins.
In an explosion at Prüm in Germany, the town is badly damaged and 12 people die. The explosion crater is one of the largest ever recorded.
The de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet-powered airliner, makes its first flight, in England.
Rhodesia beats the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) 10–8, in an exhibition match in Bulawayo, the only non-Test nation ever to achieve this feat.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 21, 1949 was a Thursday. Someone born on July 21, 1949 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 21, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,231 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ernest Hemingway
1899 · American author and journalist
Marshall McLuhan
1911 · Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar

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Questions about July 21, 1949

What day of the week was July 21, 1949?: July 21, 1949 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on July 21, 1949?: Someone born on July 21, 1949 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 21, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 21, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on July 21, 1949?: Someone born on July 21, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,231 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 21, 1949?: On July 21, 1949 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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