What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 16, 1958?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 16, 1958 falls in the year of the Earth Dog.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 16, 1958?

On December 16, 1958 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Tuesday

Born on December 16, 1958?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dog
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
67 years

Famous people born on December 16, 1958

Mirosław Bałka

Polish artist (born 1958)

Born the same week

Jan Fabre

December 14 · artist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958)

Aziza Jalal

December 15 · Moroccan singer

Ahmad Tibi

December 19 · Arab-Israeli politician of Palestinian descent

Emmanuel Adamakis

December 19 · Greek theologian

Veselin Vuković

December 19 · Serbian handball player

What happened that day

A fire breaks out in the Vida Department Store in Bogotá, Colombia and kills 84 persons.
Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier.

Also that week

Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles H. Townes of Bell Laboratories publish a paper in Physical Review Letters setting out the principles of the optical laser.
The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first ever to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
The United States launches SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor makes the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type flight to fully level fixed-wing flight.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Chipmunk Song

The Chipmunks With David Seville

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 16, 1958 was a Tuesday. Someone born on December 16, 1958 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 16, 1958 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,796 days. People born in 1958 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 · German composer
Jane Austen
1775 · author, novelist, writer
Margaret Mead
1901 · American anthropologist
Arthur C. Clarke
1917 · British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist

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Questions about December 16, 1958

What day of the week was December 16, 1958?: December 16, 1958 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 16, 1958?: Someone born on December 16, 1958 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 16, 1958?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 16, 1958 falls in the year of the Earth Dog.
How old is someone born on December 16, 1958?: Someone born on December 16, 1958 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,796 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1958?: People born in 1958 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 16, 1958?: On December 16, 1958 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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