What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 6, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 6, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 6, 1979?

On December 6, 1979 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on December 6, 1979?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on December 6, 1979

Tim Cahill

Australian association football player

Viorel Frunză

Moldovan footballer

Ngandu Kasongo

Congolese footballer

Yanina González

Paraguayan pageant titleholder

What happened that day

The world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Also that week

Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland; he is succeeded by Charles Haughey.
The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, England, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer.
The Who concert disaster: Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who rock concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.
The United States dollar exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5, 1987.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Babe

Styx

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 6, 1979 was a Thursday. Someone born on December 6, 1979 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 6, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,136 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on December 6

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 · French chemist and physicist
Leonid Brezhnev
1906 · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Questions about December 6, 1979

What day of the week was December 6, 1979?: December 6, 1979 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on December 6, 1979?: Someone born on December 6, 1979 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 6, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 6, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on December 6, 1979?: Someone born on December 6, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,136 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1979?: People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 6, 1979?: On December 6, 1979 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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