What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 13, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 13, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 13, 1961?

On April 13, 1961 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on April 13, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on April 13, 1961

Ignazio Cassis

99th President of the Swiss Confederation

Born the same week

Ricki Herbert

April 10 · New Zealand footballer

Roberto Cabañas

April 11 · Paraguayan footballer (1961-2017)

Robert Carlyle

April 14 · Scottish actor

Fuad Shukr

April 15 · one of the leaders of Hezbollah (1961/1962–2024), Specially Designated Global Terrorist from 2013

Doris Dragović

April 16 · Croatian singer

What happened that day

In Portugal, a coup attempt against António de Oliveira Salazar fails.

Also that week

Vostok 1: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space, orbiting the Earth once before parachuting to the ground.
Albert Kalonji takes the title Emperor Albert I Kalonji of South Kasai.
The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
South African golfer Gary Player becomes the first non-American to win the Masters Tournament.
The U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba begins; it fails by April 19.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Blue Moon

The Marcels

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🎵 No. 1 song

April 13, 1961 was a Thursday. Someone born on April 13, 1961 is a Aries. Someone born on April 13, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,947 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on April 13

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Catherine de' Medici
1519 · queen-consort and regent of France
Thomas Jefferson
1743 · Founding Father, U.S. president from to
Samuel Beckett
1906 · Irish writer
Julius Nyerere
1922 · Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania
Garry Kasparov
1963 · Russian chess grandmaster and activist

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Questions about April 13, 1961

What day of the week was April 13, 1961?: April 13, 1961 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on April 13, 1961?: Someone born on April 13, 1961 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 13, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 13, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on April 13, 1961?: Someone born on April 13, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,947 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 13, 1961?: On April 13, 1961 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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