Born on 24 January 1981

At A Glance

24 January 1981 at a glance

Day of the week

24 January 1981 was a Saturday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Imagine” by John Lennon.

Top Film of 1981

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1981 was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Star sign

The star sign for 24 January is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 24 January 1981 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 24 January 1981 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 24 January

• 1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• 1978 Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 1986 The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
• 1987 About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
• 1990 Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

Famous people born on 24 January

• Sharon Tate, American model and actress (1943–1969)
• Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer (born 1979)
• Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
• John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (1949–1982)

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