What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 6, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 6, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 6, 1961?

On December 6, 1961 the moon was a New Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on December 6, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
64 years

Famous people born on December 6, 1961

António Conceição da Silva Oliveira

Portuguese footballer

Walter Guillén Soto

Honduran Catholic bishop

Born the same week

Kai-Fu Lee

December 3 · Taiwanese businessman

Ann Linde

December 4 · Swedish politician

Conceição Lima

December 8 · São Tomé and Príncipe poet

Luděk Mikloško

December 9 · Czech association football player (1961–2026)

What happened that week

U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives support to the Volta Dam project in Ghana.
Tanganyika gains independence from the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth realm, with Julius Nyerere as its first Prime Minister, with Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Tanganyika, and represented locally by the Governor-General of Tanganyika.
1961 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a one-seat majority, narrowly defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. One of the closest election results in Australian history, such a result will not be replicated again until 2016. Notably, former Prime Minister Earle Page loses his seat, although he dies a few days later, never knowing the result.
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro announces he is a Marxist–Leninist, and that Cuba will adopt socialism.
Albania–Soviet relations: The Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Albania.
Netherlands New Guinea raises the new Morning Star flag, and changes its name to West Papua.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 6, 1961 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 6, 1961 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 6, 1961 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,710 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 6

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 · French chemist and physicist
Leonid Brezhnev
1906 · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Questions about December 6, 1961

What day of the week was December 6, 1961?: December 6, 1961 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 6, 1961?: Someone born on December 6, 1961 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 6, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 6, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on December 6, 1961?: Someone born on December 6, 1961 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,710 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 6, 1961?: On December 6, 1961 the moon was a New Moon.

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