What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 21, 1960?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 21, 1960 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 21, 1960?

On January 21, 1960 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on January 21, 1960?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
66 years

Famous people born on January 21, 1960

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Ismail Sabri Yaakob

January 18 · Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022

Falk Boden

January 20 · East German cyclist

Darío Rojas

January 20 · Bolivian footballer

Michael Hutchence

January 22 · Australian singer (1960–1997)

Max Keiser

January 23 · American-Salvadoran broadcaster

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

January 24 · Congolese Roman Catholic priest theologian and cardinal (1960-)

What happened that day

Coalbrook mining disaster: A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37, the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.

Also that week

Charles de Gaulle, President of France, dismisses Jacques Massu as commander-in-chief of French troops in Algeria.
Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching a depth of , and become the first human beings to reach the lowest spot on Earth.
A revised version of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan ("U.S.-Japan Security Treaty" or "Anpo (jōyaku)"), which allows U.S. troops to be based on Japanese soil, is signed in Washington, D.C. by Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The new treaty is opposed by the massive Anpo protests in Japan.
A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 21, 1960 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 21, 1960 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 21, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,395 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jack Nicklaus
1940 · American golfer (born )
Plácido Domingo
1941 · Spanish tenor and conductor (born )

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Questions about January 21, 1960

What day of the week was January 21, 1960?: January 21, 1960 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 21, 1960?: Someone born on January 21, 1960 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 21, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 21, 1960 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
How old is someone born on January 21, 1960?: Someone born on January 21, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,395 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1960?: People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 21, 1960?: On January 21, 1960 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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