A Friday
Born on January 9, 1953?
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
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
73 years
Famous people born on January 9, 1953
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
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)
Roberto Mouzo
January 8 · Argentine footballer and manager
Mary Harron
January 12 · Canadian film director
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 9, 1953 was a Friday. Someone born on January 9, 1953 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 9, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,963 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on January 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Grigori Rasputin
1869 · Russian mystic

John B. Watson
1878 · American psychologist (

George Balanchine
1904 · American choreographer, dancer and ballet master

Simone de Beauvoir
1908 · French philosopher, social theorist and activist

Richard Nixon
1913 · president of the United States from to
Gift ideas for someone born in 1953
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 74
- “Born in 1953” gifts
- Wine from 1953
- Books about 1953
- A newspaper from 1953
- Coin set from 1953
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Questions about January 9, 1953
- What day of the week was January 9, 1953?
- January 9, 1953 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 9, 1953?
- Someone born on January 9, 1953 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1953?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
- How old is someone born on January 9, 1953?
- Someone born on January 9, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,963 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 9, 1953?
- On January 9, 1953 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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