What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1980?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1980 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 12, 1980?

On January 12, 1980 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Saturday

Born on January 12, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on January 12, 1980

Ashraf Fayadh

Palestinian artist, art curator and lyricist

Adina Pintilie

Romanian film director

Rainer Torres

Peruvian footballer

Born the same week

Gökdeniz Karadeniz

January 11 · Turkish association football player (born 1980)

Dorra Zarrouk

January 13 · Tunisian actress

Adriana Paz

January 13 · Mexican actress

What happened that week

Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.
In Saudi Arabia, 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.
Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 12, 1980 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 12, 1980 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 12, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,099 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on January 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Perrault
1628 · French author
Edmund Burke
1729 · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
1863 · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher
Jack London
1876 · American author, journalist and social activist
Hermann Göring
1893 · German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
Haruki Murakami
1949 · Japanese writer (born )

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Questions about January 12, 1980

What day of the week was January 12, 1980?: January 12, 1980 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 12, 1980?: Someone born on January 12, 1980 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1980 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on January 12, 1980?: Someone born on January 12, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,099 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 12, 1980?: On January 12, 1980 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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