What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 1, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 1, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 1, 1979?

On July 1, 1979 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Sunday

Born on July 1, 1979?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
47 years

Famous people born on July 1, 1979

Patrik Baboumian

German strength-athlete

Born the same week

Alejandro Lago

June 28 · Uruguayan footballer

Yehuda Levi

June 29 · Israeli actor and model

Marleen Veldhuis

June 29 · Dutch swimmer

Joe Thornton

July 2 · Canadian ice hockey centre (born 1979)

Renny Vega

July 4 · Venezuelan footballer

What happened that day

Sweden becomes the first country to outlaw corporal punishment in the home.
The Sony Walkman goes on sale for the first time in Japan.

Also that week

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan.
Psychiatrist and leader of the global anti-asylum movement Franco Basaglia visits the Colônia de Barbacena Psychiatric Hospital in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compares the facility to Nazi concentration camps, a move that momentum to psychiatric reform in the country that same year.
Queen Elizabeth II attends the millennium celebrations of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Alexander Haig escapes an assassination attempt in Belgium by the Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 1, 1979 was a Sunday. Someone born on July 1, 1979 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 1, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,294 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 · Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures
William Wyler
1902 · Swiss-German-American director and producer
Estée Lauder
1908 · American businesswoman
Carl Lewis
1961 · US track & field athlete

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Questions about July 1, 1979

What day of the week was July 1, 1979?: July 1, 1979 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on July 1, 1979?: Someone born on July 1, 1979 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 1, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 1, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on July 1, 1979?: Someone born on July 1, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,294 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1979?: People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 1, 1979?: On July 1, 1979 the moon was a First Quarter.

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