What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1981?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Rooster.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 17, 1981?

On July 17, 1981 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Friday

Born on July 17, 1981?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rooster
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
45 years

Famous people born on July 17, 1981

Leila Djansi

American-Ghanaian filmmaker

Born the same week

Khaled Aziz

July 14 · Saudi Arabian footballer

Peter Odemwingie

July 15 · Nigerian footballer (born 1981)

Alou Diarra

July 15 · French football manager (born 1981)

Marius Stankevičius

July 15 · Lithuanian footballer

Maher Zain

July 16 · Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer

What happened that day

Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapse into a crowded atrium lobby, killing 114.
Lebanese Civil War: Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut, destroying multi-story apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO-associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel.

Also that week

21 – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the follow-on when they beat Australia by 18 runs at Headingley cricket ground, Leeds, England.
The 1981 Springbok Tour commences in New Zealand, amid controversy over the support of apartheid.
Panda Tohui is born in Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, the first panda to ever be born and survive in captivity outside of China.
Mahathir Mohamad becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 17, 1981 was a Friday. Someone born on July 17, 1981 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 17, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,547 days. People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on July 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ismail I
1487 · founder and first shah of Safavid Iran
Georges Lemaître
1894 · Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest
Angela Merkel
1954 · chancellor of Germany from to (born )
Wong Kar-wai
1958 · Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born )

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Questions about July 17, 1981

What day of the week was July 17, 1981?: July 17, 1981 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on July 17, 1981?: Someone born on July 17, 1981 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1981?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Rooster.
How old is someone born on July 17, 1981?: Someone born on July 17, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,547 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1981?: People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 17, 1981?: On July 17, 1981 the moon was a Full Moon.

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