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

In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 21, 1960?

On December 21, 1960 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on December 21, 1960?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on December 21, 1960

Sherry Rehman

Pakistani politician and diplomat

Born the same week

Yoon Suk Yeol

December 18 · President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025

Kim Ki-duk

December 20 · South Korean film director (1960–2020)

Zoran Živković

December 22 · politician

Demet Akbağ

December 23 · Turkish actor (born 1960)

Zindzi Mandela

December 23 · South African diplomat and poet (1960–2020)

What happened that week

Fire sweeps through the USS Constellation, to become the U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier, while she is under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; killing 50 workers and injuring 150.
Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia overcome the coup that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt.
U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter announces that the United States will commit five nuclear submarines and eighty Polaris missiles to the defense of the NATO countries by the end of 1963.
New York mid-air collision: A United Air Lines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City. All 128 passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the ground, are killed.
King Mahendra of Nepal deposes the democratic government in his country and takes direct control himself.
King Baudouin of Belgium marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Are You Lonesome To-night?

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 21, 1960 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 21, 1960 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1960 is 65 years old today and has lived about 24,060 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter
Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history
Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman
Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician
Thomas Sankara
1949 · President of Burkina Faso from to
Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete

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Questions about December 21, 1960

What day of the week was December 21, 1960?: December 21, 1960 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1960?: Someone born on December 21, 1960 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on December 21, 1960?: Someone born on December 21, 1960 is 65 years old today and has lived about 24,060 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1960?: People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 21, 1960?: On December 21, 1960 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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