Born on 16 January 1978

At A Glance

16 January 1978 at a glance

Day of the week

16 January 1978 was a Monday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School” by Wings.

Top Film of 1978

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1978 was Grease.

Star sign

The star sign for 16 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 16 January 1978 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 16 January 1978 was First Quarter.

On this day: 16 January

• 1969 Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
• 1979 Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
• 1984 A radiation detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, United States, detects radioactivity after a truck carrying rebar accidentally passed through the laboratory's area, revealing a contamination incident that occurred in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the previous month.
• 1991 Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
• 1992 El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.

Famous people born on 16 January

• Aaliyah, American singer and actress (1979–2001)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer (born 1980)
• Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1959)
• Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor (born 1985)

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