A Thursday
Born on May 2, 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
Taurus
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on May 2, 1940
Manuel Esquivel
Belizean politician (1940–2022)
Sherko Bekas
Iraqi Kurdish poet (1940–2013)
Hariton Pushwagner
Norwegian artist (1940-2018)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 2, 1940 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 2, 1940 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 2, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,598 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on May 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Catherine II of Russia
1729 · eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. – (lived - )

Theodor Herzl
1860 · father of modern political Zionism

Satyajit Ray
1921 · Indian filmmaker and writer
Questions about May 2, 1940
- What day of the week was May 2, 1940?
- May 2, 1940 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 2, 1940?
- Someone born on May 2, 1940 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
- How old is someone born on May 2, 1940?
- Someone born on May 2, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,598 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1940?
- People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 2, 1940?
- On May 2, 1940 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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