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

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

What is the birthstone for March?

The birthstone for March is aquamarine.

What was the moon phase on March 9, 1940?

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

A Saturday

Born on March 9, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on March 9, 1940

Larisa Golubkina

Soviet and Russian actress (1940–2025)

Narayan Man Bijukchhe

Nepalese politician

Born the same week

Rudi Dutschke

March 7 · German student activist (1940–1979)

Viktor Savinykh

March 7 · Soviet cosmonaut

Chuck Norris

March 10 · American martial artist and action actor (1940–2026)

Alberto Cortez

March 11 · Argentine singer (1940-2019)

What happened that week

Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck and six others leave Monterey, California, United States, for the Gulf of California, on a marine invertebrate collecting expedition.
Moscow Peace Treaty: The Soviet Union and Finland sign a peace treaty in Moscow, ending the Winter War; Finns, along with the world at large, are shocked by the harsh terms.
Katyn massacre: Members of the Soviet Politburo (Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Kalinin, Kliment Voroshilov and Lavrentiy Beria) sign an order, prepared by Beria, for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs.
Indian nationalist Udham Singh assassinates Sir Michael O'Dwyer (in revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre) at Caxton Hall in London, for which he is hanged on 31 July at HM Prison Pentonville.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

March 9, 1940 was a Saturday. Someone born on March 9, 1940 is a Pisces. Someone born on March 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,652 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on March 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Amerigo Vespucci
1454 · Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
1839 · Russian composer
Yuri Gagarin
1934 · Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space
Bobby Fischer
1943 · American chess player

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Questions about March 9, 1940

What day of the week was March 9, 1940?: March 9, 1940 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on March 9, 1940?: Someone born on March 9, 1940 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for March 9, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, March 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on March 9, 1940?: Someone born on March 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,652 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for March?: The birthstone for March is aquamarine.
What was the moon phase on March 9, 1940?: On March 9, 1940 the moon was a New Moon.

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