What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1978?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.

What is the birthstone for November?

The birthstone for November is topaz.

What was the moon phase on November 16, 1978?

On November 16, 1978 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Thursday

Born on November 16, 1978?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
47 years

Famous people born on November 16, 1978

Santiago Peña Palacios

President of Paraguay since 2023

Chen Shih-hsin

Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner

Born the same week

Rachel McAdams

November 17 · Canadian actress (born 1978)

Zoë Bell

November 17 · New Zealand actress

Mahé Drysdale

November 19 · New Zealand rower

Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová

November 19 · Czech discus thrower

What happened that week

In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder–suicide in his commune, Jonestown, that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Representative Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

MacArthur Park

Donna Summer

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🎵 No. 1 song

November 16, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on November 16, 1978 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 16, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,521 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.

Also born on November 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
1717 · French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 · first President of Nigeria
José Saramago
1922 · Portuguese novelist
Chinua Achebe
1930 · Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
Shigeru Miyamoto
1952 · Japanese video game designer (born )

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Questions about November 16, 1978

What day of the week was November 16, 1978?: November 16, 1978 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on November 16, 1978?: Someone born on November 16, 1978 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1978?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on November 16, 1978?: Someone born on November 16, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,521 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1978?: People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for November?: The birthstone for November is topaz.
What was the moon phase on November 16, 1978?: On November 16, 1978 the moon was a Full Moon.

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