What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 24, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 24, 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 24, 1953?

On January 24, 1953 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on January 24, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on January 24, 1953

Moon Jae-in

12th President of the Republic of Korea

Yermek Shinarbayev

film director

Born the same week

Paul Allen

January 21 · American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

Pavlo Lazarenko

January 23 · Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, criminal

Erich Obermayer

January 23 · Austrian association football player

Dževad Karahasan

January 25 · Bosnia and Herzegovina writer (1953–2023)

What happened that day

Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son).
Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be collectivized in East Germany.

Also that week

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.
February 1 – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 1,836 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland), 307 in the United Kingdom, and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry in the Irish Sea.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 24, 1953 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 24, 1953 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 24, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,948 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Frederick II of Prussia
1712 · King of Prussia from to
Edith Wharton
1862 · American writer and designer

Gift ideas for someone born in 1953

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Questions about January 24, 1953

What day of the week was January 24, 1953?: January 24, 1953 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 24, 1953?: Someone born on January 24, 1953 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 24, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 24, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on January 24, 1953?: Someone born on January 24, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,948 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 24, 1953?: On January 24, 1953 the moon was a First Quarter.

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