What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 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 16, 1953?

On January 16, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

A Friday

Born on January 16, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on January 16, 1953

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Denzil Douglas

January 14 · Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

January 14 · 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Janusz Waluś

January 14 · assassin of renowned anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani

Fahda bint Saud

January 15 · Saudi Arabian princess

Ingeborg Hochmair

January 17 · Austrian electrical engineer

Dag Malmberg

January 18 · Swedish actor and director

What happened that week

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.
Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia.
The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon.
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.
71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy, to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 16, 1953 was a Friday. Someone born on January 16, 1953 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 16, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,956 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bayinnaung
1516 · King of Burma

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Questions about January 16, 1953

What day of the week was January 16, 1953?: January 16, 1953 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on January 16, 1953?: Someone born on January 16, 1953 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on January 16, 1953?: Someone born on January 16, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,956 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 16, 1953?: On January 16, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

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