What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1966?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1966 falls in the year of the Wood Snake.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1966?

On January 1, 1966 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on January 1, 1966?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Wood Snake
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
60 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1966

Tahir Elçi

Turkish attorney (1966–2015)

Ersan Saner

Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (born 1966)

Riyad Farid Hijab

former Prime Minister of Syria

Ivica Dačić

Serbian politician (born 1966)

Omar Souleyman

Syrian singer (born 1966)

Amir Hatami

Iranian military officer

Maryam Namazie

Iranian activist and broadcaster

Aqeela Asifi

Afghan teacher, Nansen Refugee Award recipient (2015)

Khadija al-Salami

Yemeni female film producer

Tihomir Orešković

Croatian-Canadian entrepreneur and politician

Said Abdullahi Mohamed

President of Puntland since 2019

Mohammad Ali al-Haddad

Libyan general (1967–2025)

What happened that day

In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.

Also that week

1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Sound Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1966 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 1, 1966 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1966 is 60 years old today and has lived about 22,223 days. People born in 1966 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

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Questions about January 1, 1966

What day of the week was January 1, 1966?: January 1, 1966 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1966?: Someone born on January 1, 1966 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1966?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1966 falls in the year of the Wood Snake.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1966?: Someone born on January 1, 1966 is 60 years old today and has lived about 22,223 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1966?: People born in 1966 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1966?: On January 1, 1966 the moon was a First Quarter.

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