What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 31, 1996?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 31, 1996 falls in the year of the Fire Rat.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 31, 1996?

On January 31, 1996 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on January 31, 1996?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Fire Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
30 years

Famous people born on January 31, 1996

Yazan Abu Arab

Jordanian association football player

Regina Ermits

Estonian biathlete (born 1996)

Master KG

music artist and producer

Born the same week

Wojdan Shaherkani

February 1 · Saudi Arabian judoka

Ahmad Abughaush

February 1 · Jordanian of Palestinian origin taekwondo athlete

Paul Mescal

February 2 · Irish actor (born 1996)

What happened that day

Colombo Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
An amateur astronomer from southern Japan discovers Comet Hyakutake; it will pass very close to the Earth in March.

Also that week

The 6.6 earthquake near Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless.
Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected President of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
Birgenair Flight 301, on a charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 passengers and crew.
Polish premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid accusations that he spied for Moscow. He is replaced by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

One Sweet Day

Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men

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🎵 No. 1 song

January 31, 1996 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 31, 1996 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 31, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,236 days. People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on January 31

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543 · founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
Franz Schubert
1797 · Austrian composer
Irving Langmuir
1881 · American chemist and physicist
Jackie Robinson
1919 · American baseball player
Kenzaburō Ōe
1935 · Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate
Philip Glass
1937 · American composer (born )

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Questions about January 31, 1996

What day of the week was January 31, 1996?: January 31, 1996 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 31, 1996?: Someone born on January 31, 1996 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 31, 1996?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 31, 1996 falls in the year of the Fire Rat.
How old is someone born on January 31, 1996?: Someone born on January 31, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,236 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1996?: People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 31, 1996?: On January 31, 1996 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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