What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1994?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1994 falls in the year of the Water Rooster.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1994?

On January 1, 1994 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on January 1, 1994?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Water Rooster
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
32 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1994

Julia Garner

American actress (born 1994)

Zarifa Ghafari

mayor of Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, since March 2019

Issiaga Sylla

Guinean footballer

Rachel Szor

Israeli journalist, film director, editor, cinematographer, and activist

Adenike Oladosu

Nigerian climate activist

Latifa al-Droubi

First Lady of Syria since 2025

Amaya Coppens

Belgian-Nicaraguan activist

Abrar Osman

Eritrean long-distance runner

Maria-Victoria Dragus

German actress

Hajer Al-Sharief

Libyan pacifist

Sepideh Qolian

Iranian political activist

Upile Chisala

Malawian poet and scientist

What happened that day

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established.
Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico.

Also that week

Soyuz TM-18: Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Hero

Mariah Carey

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1994 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 1, 1994 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1994 is 32 years old today and has lived about 11,996 days. People born in 1994 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

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Questions about January 1, 1994

What day of the week was January 1, 1994?: January 1, 1994 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1994?: Someone born on January 1, 1994 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1994?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1994 falls in the year of the Water Rooster.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1994?: Someone born on January 1, 1994 is 32 years old today and has lived about 11,996 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1994?: People born in 1994 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1994?: On January 1, 1994 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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