What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 23, 1981?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 23, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 23, 1981?

On January 23, 1981 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on January 23, 1981?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
45 years

Famous people born on January 23, 1981

Jean-Jacques Pierre

Haitian footballer

Serghei Dadu

Moldovan footballer

Born the same week

Owen Hargreaves

January 20 · English association football player

Johan Wiland

January 24 · Swedish footballer

Maria Elena Boschi

January 24 · Italian lawyer and politician (born 1981)

José de Jesús Corona

January 26 · Mexican association football player

What happened that week

An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day.
The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg is swept away within minutes by one of the strongest floods ever experienced in the Great Karoo.
Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis.
The Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas II catches fire and capsizes in the Java Sea, killing 580 people.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

(Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 23, 1981 was a Friday. Someone born on January 23, 1981 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 23, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,722 days. People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on January 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Stendhal
1783 · French writer
Édouard Manet
1832 · French painter
David Hilbert
1862 · German mathematician
Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 · Indian nationalist leader
Django Reinhardt
1910 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician
Jeanne Moreau
1928 · French actress, singer, screenwriter and director

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Questions about January 23, 1981

What day of the week was January 23, 1981?: January 23, 1981 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on January 23, 1981?: Someone born on January 23, 1981 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 23, 1981?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 23, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on January 23, 1981?: Someone born on January 23, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,722 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1981?: People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 23, 1981?: On January 23, 1981 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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