What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 5, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 5, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 5, 1953?

On January 5, 1953 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on January 5, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on January 5, 1953

Mike Rann

Australian politician (born 1953)

Born the same week

Georgina Rizk

January 3 · Lebanese model, socialite and beauty queen

Manfred Kaltz

January 6 · German footballer and manager

Ayhan Taşkın

January 6 · Turkish wrestler (born 1953)

Malcolm Young

January 6 · Australian guitarist (1953–2017)

Damián Alcázar

January 8 · Mexican actor & politician (born 1953)

What happened that week

The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 5, 1953 was a Monday. Someone born on January 5, 1953 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 5, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,967 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 5

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacob Bernoulli
1655 · Swiss mathematician
Constantine Stanislavsky
1863 · Russian actor and theatre director
Konrad Adenauer
1876 · German politician, Chancellor of West Germany , Zentrum and CDU
Paramahansa Yogananda
1893 · Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Umberto Eco
1932 · Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
Juan Carlos I of Spain
1938 · King of Spain from to
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 · Kenyan writer
Hayao Miyazaki
1941 · Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born )

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Questions about January 5, 1953

What day of the week was January 5, 1953?: January 5, 1953 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 5, 1953?: Someone born on January 5, 1953 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 5, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 5, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on January 5, 1953?: Someone born on January 5, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,967 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1953?: People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 5, 1953?: On January 5, 1953 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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