What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1951?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1951 falls in the year of the Metal Tiger.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 18, 1951?

On January 18, 1951 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on January 18, 1951?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Metal Tiger
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
75 years

Famous people born on January 18, 1951

Bram Behr

Surinamese communist journalist (1951–1982)

Kamel Omrane

Tunisian politician (1951–2018)

Syed Manzoorul Islam

Bangladeshi literary critic (1951–2025)

Born the same week

Yury Zaitsev

January 17 · Russian weightlifter (1951–2022)

Shimon Sakaguchi

January 19 · Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)

Ivan Fischer

January 20 · Hungarian conductor and composer

What happened that week

Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province.
In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not be declassified until 1978.
Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel Journey Through the Night (Reis door de nacht), set during World War II.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 18, 1951 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 18, 1951 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 18, 1951 is 75 years old today and has lived about 27,685 days. People born in 1951 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cary Grant
1904 · British-American actor

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Questions about January 18, 1951

What day of the week was January 18, 1951?: January 18, 1951 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 18, 1951?: Someone born on January 18, 1951 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1951?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1951 falls in the year of the Metal Tiger.
How old is someone born on January 18, 1951?: Someone born on January 18, 1951 is 75 years old today and has lived about 27,685 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1951?: People born in 1951 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 18, 1951?: On January 18, 1951 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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