What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 11, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 11, 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 11, 1961?

On December 11, 1961 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Monday

Born on December 11, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
64 years

Famous people born on December 11, 1961

Macky Sall

4th President of Senegal, formerly Prime Minister

Steve Nicol

Scottish football manager (born 1961)

DJ Yella

American hip hop musician

Darryl Jones

American bassist

Jorge Orosmán da Silva

Uruguayan footballer

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Ingo Appelt

bobsledder

Marco Pierre White

British chef and restaurateur

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Lorraine Hillas

Australian field hockey player

What happened that day

American involvement in the Vietnam War officially begins, as the first American helicopters arrive in Saigon, along with 400 U.S. personnel. On December 22 the first U.S. soldier is killed in Vietnam.
Adolf Eichmann is pronounced guilty of crimes against humanity for his part in The Holocaust by a war crimes tribunal of three Israeli judges. On December 15 he is sentenced to death.

Also that week

Albania–Soviet relations: The Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Albania.
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.
Walt Disney's first live-action Technicolor musical, Babes in Toyland, a remake of the famous Victor Herbert operetta, is released, but flops at the box office.

Famous people born on December 11, 1961

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

December 11, 1961 was a Monday. Someone born on December 11, 1961 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 11, 1961 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,704 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Hector Berlioz
1803 · French composer and conductor
Robert Koch
1843 · German physician, bacteriologist
Max Born
1882 · German-Jewish physicist and mathematician
Naguib Mahfouz
1911 · Egyptian writer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1918 · Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician

Questions about December 11, 1961

What day of the week was December 11, 1961?: December 11, 1961 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on December 11, 1961?: Someone born on December 11, 1961 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 11, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 11, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on December 11, 1961?: Someone born on December 11, 1961 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,704 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 11, 1961?: On December 11, 1961 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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