What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1950?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 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 17, 1950?

On January 17, 1950 the moon was a New Moon.

A Tuesday

Born on January 17, 1950?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
76 years

Famous people born on January 17, 1950

Ján Švehlík

Slovak football player and manager

Lounis Ait Menguellet

Algerian Kabyle singer

Born the same week

Marius Trésor

January 15 · French footballer (born 1950)

Choe Ryong-hae

January 15 · Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea

Gilles Villeneuve

January 18 · Canadian racing driver (1950–1982)

Mahamane Ousmane

January 20 · President of Niger from 1993 to 1996

What happened that week

Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
In the United States, suspected spy Alger Hiss is convicted on two counts of perjury.
British submarine collides with Swedish oil tanker Divina in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die.
The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
Cold War: Klaus Fuchs, German émigré physicist, confesses to a British MI5 interrogator that he is a Soviet spy: for seven years, he passed top secret data on U.S. and British nuclear weapons research to the Soviet Union. Fuchs is formally charged on February 2.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 17, 1950 was a Tuesday. Someone born on January 17, 1950 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1950 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,051 days. People born in 1950 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist
Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman
David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
Al Capone
1899 · American gangster
Muhammad Ali
1942 · American boxer

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Questions about January 17, 1950

What day of the week was January 17, 1950?: January 17, 1950 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1950?: Someone born on January 17, 1950 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1950?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1950 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on January 17, 1950?: Someone born on January 17, 1950 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,051 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 17, 1950?: On January 17, 1950 the moon was a New Moon.

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