What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 16, 1976?

In the Chinese zodiac, September 16, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.

What is the birthstone for September?

The birthstone for September is sapphire.

What was the moon phase on September 16, 1976?

On September 16, 1976 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on September 16, 1976?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
50 years

Famous people born on September 16, 1976

Adel Chedli

Tunisian and French association football player

Elīna Garanča

Latvian opera singer (born 1976)

Born the same week

Puma Swede

September 13 · Swedish pornographic actress

Zin Mar Aung

September 14 · Myanma politician

Ronaldo

September 18 · Brazilian association football player (born 1976)

Mikayil Jabbarov

September 19 · Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

What happened that day

Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
Beginning with the Night of the Pencils, a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances followed by torture, rape, and murder of students under the Argentine dictatorship takes place.

Also that week

Darryl Sittler scores the winning goal in the 1976 Canada Cup for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first Canada Cup in ice hockey.
The space shuttle Enterprise is rolled out of a hangar in Palmdale, California, United States.
The Seychelles join the United Nations.
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by Michael Townley, an agent linked with the National Intelligence Directorate of Chile.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Play That Funky Music

Wild Cherry

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🎵 No. 1 song

September 16, 1976 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 16, 1976 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 16, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,312 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.

Also born on September 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jiajing Emperor of Ming
1507 · Emperor of the Ming dynasty from to
Nadia Boulanger
1887 · French musician, conductor, and teacher
Kuan Yew Lee
1923 · 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore

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Questions about September 16, 1976

What day of the week was September 16, 1976?: September 16, 1976 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on September 16, 1976?: Someone born on September 16, 1976 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 16, 1976?: In the Chinese zodiac, September 16, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
How old is someone born on September 16, 1976?: Someone born on September 16, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,312 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1976?: People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for September?: The birthstone for September is sapphire.
What was the moon phase on September 16, 1976?: On September 16, 1976 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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