What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 9, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, February 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for February?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

What was the moon phase on February 9, 1940?

On February 9, 1940 the moon was a New Moon.

A Friday

Born on February 9, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on February 9, 1940

J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

María Teresa Uribe

Colombian sociologist

Ricardo Duarte

Peruvian basketball player

Born the same week

Tony Tan Keng Yam

February 7 · 7th President of Singapore

Toshihide Maskawa

February 7 · Japanese theoretical physicist (1940–2021)

Mutsuhiko Nomura

February 10 · Japanese association football player

What happened that week

Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata is officially premiered at the Carnegie Chamber Hall by saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who had commissioned it from the composer.
11 – Scheduled dates for the 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to Sapporo, Japan).
WWII: Altmark incident – British destroyer pursues German tanker Altmark into the neutral waters of the Jøssingfjorden in southwestern Norway and frees the 290 British seamen held aboard.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

February 9, 1940 was a Friday. Someone born on February 9, 1940 is a Aquarius. Someone born on February 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,681 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on February 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Thomas Paine
1737 · American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist
Natsume Sōseki
1867 · Japanese novelist
Gerhard Richter
1932 · German visual artist (b. )

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Questions about February 9, 1940

What day of the week was February 9, 1940?: February 9, 1940 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on February 9, 1940?: Someone born on February 9, 1940 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 9, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, February 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on February 9, 1940?: Someone born on February 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,681 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for February?: The birthstone for February is amethyst.
What was the moon phase on February 9, 1940?: On February 9, 1940 the moon was a New Moon.

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