A Friday
Born on January 19, 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
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rabbit
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on January 19, 1940
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
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)
Mircea Snegur
January 17 · Moldovan politician
Pedro Rodríguez
January 18 · Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)

Jack Nicklaus
January 21 · American golfer (born 1940)
John Hurt
January 22 · British actor (1940–2017)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 19, 1940 was a Friday. Someone born on January 19, 1940 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 19, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,702 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on January 19
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

James Watt
1736 · British engineer

Auguste Comte
1798 · French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist

Edgar Allan Poe
1809 · American writer and literary critic

Paul Cézanne
1839 · French painter

Janis Joplin
1943 · American singer

Dolly Parton
1946 · American singer-songwriter
Gift ideas for someone born in 1940
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 87
- “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 19, 1940
- What day of the week was January 19, 1940?
- January 19, 1940 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 19, 1940?
- Someone born on January 19, 1940 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 19, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 19, 1940 falls in the year of the Earth Rabbit.
- How old is someone born on January 19, 1940?
- Someone born on January 19, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,702 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 19, 1940?
- On January 19, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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