What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1950?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1950 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 12, 1950?

On January 12, 1950 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on January 12, 1950?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
76 years

Famous people born on January 12, 1950

Alireza Azizi

Iranian footballer (1950-2021)

Dorrit Moussaieff

First Lady of Iceland from 2003 to 2016

Mikhail Vergeyenko

Belarusian association football manager and former goalkeeper (1950–2024)

Born the same week

Carlos Aguiar Retes

January 9 · Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal

Luis Donaldo Colosio

January 10 · Mexican politician (1950-1994)

Marius Trésor

January 15 · French footballer (born 1950)

What happened that day

British submarine collides with Swedish oil tanker Divina in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die.

Also that week

Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China.
A fire in the St Elizabeth's Ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, United States, kills 41 patients.
The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.
Sverdlovsk plane crash: Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 12, 1950 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 12, 1950 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 12, 1950 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,056 days. People born in 1950 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Perrault
1628 · French author
Edmund Burke
1729 · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
1863 · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher
Jack London
1876 · American author, journalist and social activist
Hermann Göring
1893 · German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
Haruki Murakami
1949 · Japanese writer (born )

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Questions about January 12, 1950

What day of the week was January 12, 1950?: January 12, 1950 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 12, 1950?: Someone born on January 12, 1950 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1950?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1950 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on January 12, 1950?: Someone born on January 12, 1950 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,056 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1950?: People born in 1950 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 12, 1950?: On January 12, 1950 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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