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

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

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 21, 1949?

On December 21, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on December 21, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
76 years

Famous people born on December 21, 1949

Thomas Sankara

President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

Daniel Killer

Argentine footballer

Born the same week

Carlos Gomes Júnior

December 19 · Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau

Nasser Hejazi

December 19 · Iranian footballer (1949–2011)

Ivan Kostov

December 23 · Bulgarian politician, economist, prime minister

Mircea Diaconu

December 24 · Romanian actor and politician, MEP (1949–2024)

What happened that day

Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin's 70th Birthday is Held in Moscow.

Also that week

In the American National Football League, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Los Angeles Rams 14–0, to win the championship.
Burma recognises the People's Republic of China.
Sukarno is elected president of the Republic of Indonesia.
A typhoon strikes a fishing fleet off Korea, killing several thousand.
The Treaty of The Hague ends the Indonesian National Revolution by recognizing transfer of the sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands to the United States of Indonesia; the Susanto Cabinet takes office in the Republic of Indonesia.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 21, 1949 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 21, 1949 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,078 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter
Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history
Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman
Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician
Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete

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Questions about December 21, 1949

What day of the week was December 21, 1949?: December 21, 1949 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1949?: Someone born on December 21, 1949 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on December 21, 1949?: Someone born on December 21, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,078 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 21, 1949?: On December 21, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

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