A Thursday
Born on January 18, 1940?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rabbit
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on January 18, 1940
Pedro Rodríguez
Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)
Iva Zanicchi
Italian singer and politician
Pietro Kuciukian
Italian-Armenian writer, surgeon, and activist
Born the same week
Franz Müntefering
January 16 · German politician and industrial manager (born 1940)
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
January 17 · Armenian bishop (1940–2015)

Jack Nicklaus
January 21 · American golfer (born 1940)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 18, 1940 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 18, 1940 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 18, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,703 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on January 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cary Grant
1904 · British-American actor
Gift ideas for someone born in 1940
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- “Born in 1940” gifts
- Wine from 1940
- Books about 1940
- A newspaper from 1940
- Coin set from 1940
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Questions about January 18, 1940
- What day of the week was January 18, 1940?
- January 18, 1940 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 18, 1940?
- Someone born on January 18, 1940 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1940 falls in the year of the Earth Rabbit.
- How old is someone born on January 18, 1940?
- Someone born on January 18, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,703 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1940?
- People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 18, 1940?
- On January 18, 1940 the moon was a First Quarter.
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