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

In the Chinese zodiac, December 9, 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 9, 1979?

On December 9, 1979 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on December 9, 1979?

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

Famous people born on December 9, 1979

Nicolas Alnoudji

Cameroonian footballer

Christian Pfannberger

road bicycle racer

Natasha Hadiza Akpoti

Nigerian lawyer

Born the same week

Tim Cahill

December 6 · Australian association football player

Vicente Sánchez

December 7 · Uruguayan footballer and manager

Christian Wilhelmsson

December 8 · Swedish footballer (born 1979)

What happened that week

The world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The NATO Double-Track Decision: is the decision of NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles combined with the threat that in case of disagreement NATO would deploy more middle-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe, following the so-called "Euromissile Crisis".
The 8.2 Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-hah, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.
Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland; he is succeeded by Charles Haughey.

What happened that day

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 9, 1979 was a Sunday. Someone born on December 9, 1979 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 9, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,133 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on December 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
1594 · Swedish king (regent – )
John Milton
1608 · English poet and civil servant
Fritz Haber
1868 · German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize
Grace Hopper
1906 · American computer scientist and United States Navy officer

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Questions about December 9, 1979

What day of the week was December 9, 1979?: December 9, 1979 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on December 9, 1979?: Someone born on December 9, 1979 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 9, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 9, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on December 9, 1979?: Someone born on December 9, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,133 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 9, 1979?: On December 9, 1979 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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