What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 11, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 11, 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 11, 1979?

On January 11, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on January 11, 1979?

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

Famous people born on January 11, 1979

Siti Nurhaliza

Malaysian singer, actress, and model

Kari Mette Johansen

handball player

Pascal Mendy

Senegalese footballer

Nadia Hussain

Pakistani actor, model and host

What happened that week

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.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Too Much Heaven

Bee Gees

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 11, 1979 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 11, 1979 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 11, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,465 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John A. Macdonald
1815 · 1st prime minister of Canada from to and to
William James
1842 · American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859 · Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary

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Questions about January 11, 1979

What day of the week was January 11, 1979?: January 11, 1979 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 11, 1979?: Someone born on January 11, 1979 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 11, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 11, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on January 11, 1979?: Someone born on January 11, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,465 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 11, 1979?: On January 11, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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