What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 24, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 24, 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 24, 1979?

On December 24, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Monday

Born on December 24, 1979?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on December 24, 1979

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Nika Melia

December 21 · Georgian politician (born 1979)

Petra Majdič

December 22 · Slovenian cross-country skier (born 1979)

Jacqueline Bracamontes

December 23 · Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant

Olta Xhaçka

December 25 · Albanian politician

Fabián Carini

December 26 · Uruguayan footballer

Sa Dingding

December 27 · Chinese folk singer and songwriter (born 1983)

What happened that day

The Soviet Union covertly launches its invasion of Afghanistan – 3 days later, PDPA general secretary Hafizullah Amin is executed in Operation Storm-333 and Babrak Karmal replaces him, beginning the war.
The first European Ariane rocket is launched.

Also that week

The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn, opens.
In Rhodesia, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital Salisbury to monitor a ceasefire that begins December 28.
Lancaster House Agreement: A ceasefire for Rhodesia is signed at London.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

🎵 No. 1 song

December 24, 1979 was a Monday. Someone born on December 24, 1979 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 24, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,118 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.

Also born on December 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Selim III
1761 · 28th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Adam Mickiewicz
1798 · Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist
James Prescott Joule
1818 · English physicist and brewer
Charles Hermite
1822 · French mathematician
Howard Hughes
1905 · American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer

Questions about December 24, 1979

What day of the week was December 24, 1979?: December 24, 1979 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on December 24, 1979?: Someone born on December 24, 1979 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 24, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 24, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on December 24, 1979?: Someone born on December 24, 1979 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,118 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 24, 1979?: On December 24, 1979 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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