What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 26, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 26, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 26, 1961?

On January 26, 1961 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on January 26, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on January 26, 1961

Wayne Gretzky

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961)

Born the same week

Opoku Nti

January 23 · Ghanaian footballer (born 1961)

Nastassja Kinski

January 24 · German actress

Guido Buchwald

January 24 · German association football player and manager

Arnaldur Indriðason

January 28 · Icelandic crime writer, former journalist and film critic

Rafael Grossi

January 29 · Argentine diplomat

What happened that week

In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential news conference. In it, he announces that the Soviet Union has freed the two surviving crewmen from the July 1 1960 RB-47 shootdown incident involving a USAF reconnaissance aircraft and a MiG-19 over the Barents Sea.
Acting to halt 'leftist excesses', a junta composed of two army officers and four civilians takes over El Salvador, ousting another junta that had ruled for three months.
Soviet submarine S-80 sinks in the Barents Sea, killing all 68 crew.
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A B-52 Stratofortress, carrying two nuclear bombs, crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Supercar, the first family sci-fi TV series filmed in Supermarionation, debuts on ATV in the UK.
Congress of Venezuela adopts a new constitution (in force until 1999).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 26, 1961 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 26, 1961 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 26, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 24,024 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Douglas MacArthur
1880 · United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea
Nicolae Ceaușescu
1918 · dictator of Romania from to

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Questions about January 26, 1961

What day of the week was January 26, 1961?: January 26, 1961 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 26, 1961?: Someone born on January 26, 1961 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 26, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 26, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on January 26, 1961?: Someone born on January 26, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 24,024 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 26, 1961?: On January 26, 1961 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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