What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 12, 1976?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 12, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 12, 1976?

On October 12, 1976 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on October 12, 1976?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
50 years

Famous people born on October 12, 1976

Kajsa Bergqvist

Swedish high jumper

Raúl Guerrón

Ecuadorian footballer

Gideon Omokirio

Solomon Island footballer

Juan Epitié

Equatorial Guinean association football player

Everlyn Chemutai

Ugandan Member of Parliament

What happened that day

The People's Republic of China announces that Hua Guofeng is the successor to Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party following the latter's death on September 9 from a heart attack.

Also that week

The United States Commission on Civil Rights releases the report, Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future, that documents that Puerto Ricans in the United States have a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 (up from 29 percent in 1970), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country (not including Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory).
Taiwan Governor Hsieh Tung-min is injured by a letter bomb from a pro-independence activist.
Thorbjörn Fälldin replaces Olof Palme as Prime Minister of Sweden.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados; all 73 people on board are killed.
Students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand are massacred, while protesting the return of ex-dictator Thanom Kittikachorn by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Disco Duck (Part I)

Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

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🎵 No. 1 song

October 12, 1976 was a Tuesday. Someone born on October 12, 1976 is a Libra. Someone born on October 12, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,286 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.

Also born on October 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pedro I of Brazil
1798 · Emperor of Brazil from to and King of Portugal in
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 · English composer
Aleister Crowley
1875 · English occultist

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Questions about October 12, 1976

What day of the week was October 12, 1976?: October 12, 1976 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on October 12, 1976?: Someone born on October 12, 1976 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 12, 1976?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 12, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
How old is someone born on October 12, 1976?: Someone born on October 12, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,286 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1976?: People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 12, 1976?: On October 12, 1976 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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