What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 16, 1980?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 16, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 16, 1980?

On July 16, 1980 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on July 16, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on July 16, 1980

Oliver Marach

Austrian tennis player

Kairat Utabayev

footballer

Born the same week

Ovidiu Hațegan

July 14 · Romanian football referee

Kristen Bell

July 18 · American actress

Xavier Malisse

July 19 · Belgian tennis player

Mikhail Tolstykh

July 19 · commander of the pro-Russian forces

What happened that day

Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. president, at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit. Influenced by the Religious Right, the convention also drops its long-standing support for the Equal Rights Amendment, dismaying moderate Republicans.

Also that week

Rede Tupi, a Brazillian television channel in São Paulo, stopped broadcasting.
Former Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim is killed by two gunmen in Istanbul, Turkey.
August 3 – The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, Soviet Union. As 82 countries boycott the Games, athletes from 16 of them participate under a neutral flag.
Pope John Paul II visits Brazil; seven people are crushed to death in a crowd waiting to see him at afternoon Mass at the stadium in Fortaleza.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

Billy Joel

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 16, 1980 was a Wednesday. Someone born on July 16, 1980 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 16, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,913 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary Baker Eddy
1821 · American founder of Christian Science
Roald Amundsen
1872 · Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole
Ginger Rogers
1911 · American actress and dancer
Margaret Court
1942 · Australian tennis player

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Questions about July 16, 1980

What day of the week was July 16, 1980?: July 16, 1980 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on July 16, 1980?: Someone born on July 16, 1980 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 16, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 16, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on July 16, 1980?: Someone born on July 16, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,913 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 16, 1980?: On July 16, 1980 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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