What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1954?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1954 falls in the year of the Water Snake.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 17, 1954?

On January 17, 1954 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on January 17, 1954?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
72 years

Famous people born on January 17, 1954

Carlos A. Giménez

Cuban-American politician (born 1954)

Born the same week

Rashad al-Alimi

January 15 · Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022

Mustafa Barghouti

January 15 · Palestinian physician and politician (born 1954)

Mohsen Labidi

January 15 · Tunisian association football player

Wolfgang Schmidt

January 16 · East German discus thrower (1954-)

Katharina Thalbach

January 19 · German actress and director (born 1954)

What happened that day

In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties.

Also that week

Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya.
The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by First Lady of the United States Mamie Eisenhower.
Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200.
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 17, 1954 was a Sunday. Someone born on January 17, 1954 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1954 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,590 days. People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist
Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman
David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
Al Capone
1899 · American gangster
Muhammad Ali
1942 · American boxer

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Questions about January 17, 1954

What day of the week was January 17, 1954?: January 17, 1954 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1954?: Someone born on January 17, 1954 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1954?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1954 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on January 17, 1954?: Someone born on January 17, 1954 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,590 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1954?: People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 17, 1954?: On January 17, 1954 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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