What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1966?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 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 20, 1966?

On January 20, 1966 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on January 20, 1966?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Wood Snake
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
60 years

Famous people born on January 20, 1966

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Kim Joo-sung

January 17 · South Korean footballer

Alexander Khalifman

January 18 · Russian chess player

José Antonio Kast

January 18 · president of Chile since 2026

Saud Al-Shuraim

January 19 · Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram

Juan Soler

January 19 · Argentine-Mexican actor, model and rugby union footballer

Stefan Edberg

January 19 · Swedish tennis player

What happened that day

The Radio Caroline ship Mi Amigo runs aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Also that week

Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India; she is sworn in on January 24.
Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a power struggle in his party.
The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup a week previously.
The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, led by Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, leaving a military government in power and beginning a long period of military rule.
1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea. Carl Brashear, the first African-American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter, which results in the amputation of his leg.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Sound Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 20, 1966 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 20, 1966 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 20, 1966 is 60 years old today and has lived about 22,204 days. People born in 1966 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

André-Marie Ampère
1775 · French physicist and mathematician
Federico Fellini
1920 · Italian filmmaker
David Lynch
1946 · American filmmaker

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Questions about January 20, 1966

What day of the week was January 20, 1966?: January 20, 1966 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 20, 1966?: Someone born on January 20, 1966 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1966?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 1966 falls in the year of the Wood Snake.
How old is someone born on January 20, 1966?: Someone born on January 20, 1966 is 60 years old today and has lived about 22,204 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 20, 1966?: On January 20, 1966 the moon was a New Moon.

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