A Saturday
Born on May 11, 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
Saturday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on May 11, 1940
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 11, 1940 was a Saturday. Someone born on May 11, 1940 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 11, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,589 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on May 11
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Irving Berlin
1888 · American composer and lyricist

Martha Graham
1894 · American dancer and choreographer

Salvador Dalí
1904 · Spanish artist

Mikhail Sholokhov
1905 · Soviet writer

Richard Feynman
1918 · American theoretical physicist

Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 · Dutch computer scientist
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 May 11, 1940
- What day of the week was May 11, 1940?
- May 11, 1940 was a Saturday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 11, 1940?
- Someone born on May 11, 1940 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 11, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 11, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
- How old is someone born on May 11, 1940?
- Someone born on May 11, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,589 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 11, 1940?
- On May 11, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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