What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 9, 1979?

On January 9, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on January 9, 1979?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
47 years

Famous people born on January 9, 1979

Tatiana Poutchek

Belarusian female tennis player

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Athanassios Prittas

Greek footballer

Peter Žonta

Slovenian ski jumper

Daniele Conti

Italian footballer (born 1979)

Markus Larsson

Swedish alpine skier

Jake Shields

American mixed martial artist (born 1979)

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Joshua Harto

American actor, television producer, and writer (born 1979)

Nicolás Córdova

Chilean former soccer player and coach

What happened that day

The Music for UNICEF Concert is held at the United Nations General Assembly to raise money for UNICEF and promote the Year of the Child. It is broadcast the following day in the United States and around the world. Hosted by the Bee Gees, other performers include Donna Summer, ABBA, Rod Stewart and Earth, Wind & Fire. A soundtrack album is later released.

Also that week

Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry, Ireland; 50 people are killed.
Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting.
Geylang Bahru family murders: Four children, aged five to ten, are brutally killed in Geylang Bahru, Singapore.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran with his family, relocating to Egypt after a year of turmoil.

Famous people born on January 9, 1979

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Too Much Heaven

Bee Gees

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

January 9, 1979 was a Tuesday. Someone born on January 9, 1979 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 9, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,466 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Grigori Rasputin
1869 · Russian mystic
John B. Watson
1878 · American psychologist (
George Balanchine
1904 · American choreographer, dancer and ballet master
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 · French philosopher, social theorist and activist
Richard Nixon
1913 · president of the United States from to

Questions about January 9, 1979

What day of the week was January 9, 1979?: January 9, 1979 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 9, 1979?: Someone born on January 9, 1979 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on January 9, 1979?: Someone born on January 9, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,466 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1979?: People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 9, 1979?: On January 9, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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