A Wednesday
Born on January 16, 1952?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rabbit
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
74 years
Famous people born on January 16, 1952
Fuad II of Egypt
last king of Egypt , who ruled as an infant (1952–1953)
Isaac Joseph
Israeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbi
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 16, 1952 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 16, 1952 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 16, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,322 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on January 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bayinnaung
1516 · King of Burma
Gift ideas for someone born in 1952
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Questions about January 16, 1952
- What day of the week was January 16, 1952?
- January 16, 1952 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 16, 1952?
- Someone born on January 16, 1952 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1952?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 1952 falls in the year of the Metal Rabbit.
- How old is someone born on January 16, 1952?
- Someone born on January 16, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,322 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1952?
- People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 16, 1952?
- On January 16, 1952 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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