What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 14, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 14, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 14, 1961?

On July 14, 1961 the moon was a New Moon.

A Friday

Born on July 14, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on July 14, 1961

Unsuk Chin

South Korean composer

Ahmed Assid

Moroccan writer

Born the same week

Forest Whitaker

July 15 · American actor

Kamaladdin Heydarov

July 15 · Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan

António Costa

July 17 · Portuguese politician, President of the European Council since 2024 (1961-)

Zbigniew Zamachowski

July 17 · Polish actor

What happened that week

A Czechoslovak Ilyushin Il-18 crashes while attempting to land at Casablanca, Morocco, killing all 72 on board.
Two dams that supply water to the city of Pune in India burst, causing the death of more than 1000 residents.
Trans World Airlines becomes the first airline to show regularly scheduled movies during its flights, presenting By Love Possessed to 1st-class passengers.
A coal mine in Czechoslovakia has one of its sections closed off in order to extinguish a fire and prevent an explosion, causing the suffocation of 108 miners still present.
Mercury program: Gus Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second American to go into space (sub-orbital). After splashdown, the hatch prematurely opens, and the spacecraft sinks (it is recovered in 1999).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 14, 1961 was a Friday. Someone born on July 14, 1961 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 14, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,855 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 14

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cardinal Mazarin
1602 · French cardinal and statesman
Gustav Klimt
1862 · Austrian symbolist painter
Ante Pavelić
1889 · Croatian fascist general and military dictator
Woody Guthrie
1912 · American singer-songwriter
Ingmar Bergman
1918 · Swedish director and screenwriter

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Questions about July 14, 1961

What day of the week was July 14, 1961?: July 14, 1961 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on July 14, 1961?: Someone born on July 14, 1961 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 14, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 14, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on July 14, 1961?: Someone born on July 14, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,855 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 14, 1961?: On July 14, 1961 the moon was a New Moon.

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