What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 1972 falls in the year of the Metal Pig.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 15, 1972?

On January 15, 1972 the moon was a New Moon.

A Saturday

Born on January 15, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Metal Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on January 15, 1972

Kobe Tai

American pornographic actress

Indy Barends

Indonesian actress

Born the same week

Toto Wolff

January 12 · banana maxima

Vitaly Scherbo

January 13 · Soviet-Belarusian-American artistic gymnast (born 1972)

Radivoje Manić

January 16 · Serbian association football player

Rafał Trzaskowski

January 17 · Polish politician, Mayor of Warsaw since 2018, presidential candidate for Poland in 2020 and 2025

What happened that week

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark succeeds her father, King Frederik IX, on the throne of Denmark, the first queen regnant of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
Prime Minister of Ghana Kofi Abrefa Busia is overthrown in a military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
In a 10-hour siege, a cell of 4 left-wing insurgents hold off a task force of 2500 army soldiers and police agents in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: eight members of the security forces and the entire insurgent cell are killed in the course of the siege.
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, 33 days after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional government in Bangladesh, with himself as president.
The Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific, sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation, declares independence. Soon neighboring Tonga annexes the area and dismantles the platform.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

American Pie (Parts I & II)

Don McLean

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 15, 1972 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 15, 1972 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 15, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 20,018 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Shah Jahan
1592 · the fifth Mughal Emperor from to
Molière
1622 · French playwright and actor
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 · French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist
Ibn Saud
1876 · King of Saudi Arabia from to
Edward Teller
1908 · Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1918 · President of Egypt from to
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader

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Questions about January 15, 1972

What day of the week was January 15, 1972?: January 15, 1972 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 15, 1972?: Someone born on January 15, 1972 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 1972 falls in the year of the Metal Pig.
How old is someone born on January 15, 1972?: Someone born on January 15, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 20,018 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1972?: People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 15, 1972?: On January 15, 1972 the moon was a New Moon.

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