What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1971?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1971 falls in the year of the Metal Dog.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 17, 1971?

On January 17, 1971 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on January 17, 1971?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dog
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
55 years

Famous people born on January 17, 1971

Nazri Nasir

Singaporean footballer and coach

Born the same week

Antonios Nikopolidis

January 14 · Greek footballer and manager

Lasse Kjus

January 14 · Norwegian former alpine ski racer

Sergi Bruguera

January 16 · Spanish tennis player

Ulrich van Gobbel

January 16 · Dutch footballer

Pep Guardiola

January 18 · Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)

What happened that week

Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister Kazimierz Świtała. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in wrestling ending a seven and two thirds years reign, the longest in the Championships history.
A South Korean marine kills 6 people in a mass shooting in Kimpo, South Korea.
The Aswan High Dam officially opens in Egypt.
Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with OPEC in Tehran to stabilize oil prices; February 14 they sign a treaty with 6 Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago, Chile; Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released January 16.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

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Dawn

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 17, 1971 was a Sunday. Someone born on January 17, 1971 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,381 days. People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist
Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman
David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
Al Capone
1899 · American gangster
Muhammad Ali
1942 · American boxer

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Questions about January 17, 1971

What day of the week was January 17, 1971?: January 17, 1971 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1971?: Someone born on January 17, 1971 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1971?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1971 falls in the year of the Metal Dog.
How old is someone born on January 17, 1971?: Someone born on January 17, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,381 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1971?: People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 17, 1971?: On January 17, 1971 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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