What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 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 20, 1972?

On January 20, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on January 20, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Metal Pig
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on January 20, 1972

Hüseyin Özkan

Turkish judoka (born 1972)

Born the same week

Rafał Trzaskowski

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

Angham

January 19 · Egyptian singer, recording artist, and actress

Elena Kaliská

January 19 · Olympic canoeist

Rickard Falkvinge

January 21 · former head of the Swedish Pirate Party

Katie Barberi

January 22 · Mexican actress

What happened that day

President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons program.

Also that week

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.
A New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party; 100 people die.
Tripura, part of the former independent Twipra Kingdom, becomes a full state of India.
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.
Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he has spent 28 years in the jungle, having failed to surrender after World War II.

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 20, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 20, 1972 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 20, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 20,013 days. People born in 1972 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, 1972

What day of the week was January 20, 1972?: January 20, 1972 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 20, 1972?: Someone born on January 20, 1972 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 1972 falls in the year of the Metal Pig.
How old is someone born on January 20, 1972?: Someone born on January 20, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 20,013 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 20, 1972?: On January 20, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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