What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 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 12, 1953?

On January 12, 1953 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Monday

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

Famous people born on January 12, 1953

Mary Harron

Canadian film director

Martha Chávez

Peruvian politician

Born the same week

Hyon Yong-chol

January 11 · North Korean Army Officer (1953-2015)

Denzil Douglas

January 14 · Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

January 14 · 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Fahda bint Saud

January 15 · Saudi Arabian princess

What happened that day

Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.

Also that week

At a magistrate's Court in West Virginia, 47-year-old "turned himself into a "human bomb" with sticks of dynamite strapped to his waist. He killed himself and injured his ex-wife and her lawyer.
Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia.
The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon.
Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying.
British security forces in West Germany arrest 7 members of the Naumann Circle, a clandestine Neo-Nazi organization.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 12, 1953 was a Monday. Someone born on January 12, 1953 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 12, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,960 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Perrault
1628 · French author
Edmund Burke
1729 · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
1863 · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher
Jack London
1876 · American author, journalist and social activist
Hermann Göring
1893 · German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
Haruki Murakami
1949 · Japanese writer (born )

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Questions about January 12, 1953

What day of the week was January 12, 1953?: January 12, 1953 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 12, 1953?: Someone born on January 12, 1953 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on January 12, 1953?: Someone born on January 12, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,960 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 12, 1953?: On January 12, 1953 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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