What is the Chinese zodiac sign for March 17, 1985?

In the Chinese zodiac, March 17, 1985 falls in the year of the Wood Ox.

What is the birthstone for March?

The birthstone for March is aquamarine.

What was the moon phase on March 17, 1985?

On March 17, 1985 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Sunday

Born on March 17, 1985?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Wood Ox
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
41 years

Famous people born on March 17, 1985

César Valdez

Dominican Republic baseball player

Pierre Andre

Malaysian actor, director and writer (born 1985)

Born the same week

Gordon Schildenfeld

March 18 · Croatian footballer

Caroline Seger

March 19 · Swedish association football player

Polina Zherebtsova

March 20 · Russian writer

Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord Fakafānua

March 20 · Prime Minister of Tonga since 2025

What happened that day

Expo '85, an international exhibition, opens in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, running until September 16.

Also that week

Lebanon hostage crisis: US journalist Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he remains a prisoner until December 4, 1991.
Australia's longest-running soap opera, Neighbours, debuts on Seven Network.
Vice-president José Sarney, upon becoming vice president, assumes the duties of president of Brazil, as the new president Tancredo Neves had become severely ill the day before. Sarney would later become Brazil's first civilian president in 21 years, upon Neves' death on April 21.
Canadian paraplegic athlete and activist Rick Hansen sets out on his 26-month, Man in Motion tour, which raises US$26 million for spinal cord research and quality-of-life initiatives.
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de facto leader of the Soviet Union.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Can't Fight This Feeling

REO Speedwagon

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🎵 No. 1 song

March 17, 1985 was a Sunday. Someone born on March 17, 1985 is a Pisces. Someone born on March 17, 1985 is 41 years old today and has lived about 15,208 days. People born in 1985 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on March 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1537 · Japanese samurai and daimyo
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1920 · President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh
Rudolf Nureyev
1938 · Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer

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Questions about March 17, 1985

What day of the week was March 17, 1985?: March 17, 1985 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on March 17, 1985?: Someone born on March 17, 1985 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for March 17, 1985?: In the Chinese zodiac, March 17, 1985 falls in the year of the Wood Ox.
How old is someone born on March 17, 1985?: Someone born on March 17, 1985 is 41 years old today and has lived about 15,208 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1985?: People born in 1985 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for March?: The birthstone for March is aquamarine.
What was the moon phase on March 17, 1985?: On March 17, 1985 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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