What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 8, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 8, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 8, 1940?

On July 8, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Monday

Born on July 8, 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
Monday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on July 8, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

James Herbert Brennan

July 5 · Irish writer (1940–2024)

Nursultan Nazarbayev

July 6 · President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

Ringo Starr

July 7 · British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)

Jair da Costa

July 9 · Brazilian footballer (1940–2025)

Lopo do Nascimento

July 10 · Prime Minister of Angola

Kim Jong-in

July 11 · South Korean economist and politician (born 1940)

What happened that week

Story Bridge opens in Brisbane.
WWII: British submarine is sunk.
WWII: The Battle of Britain air offensive of the German Luftwaffe against the British RAF Fighter Command begins.
WWII: Operation Fish – A British convoy including HMS Batory sails from Greenock (Scotland) for Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying gold bar and other valuables worth $1.7 billion for safe keeping in Canada, the largest movement of wealth in history.
WWII:
British destroyer is torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 8, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on July 8, 1940 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 8, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,531 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on July 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Artemisia Gentileschi
1593 · Italian Baroque painter
John D. Rockefeller
1839 · American industrialist and philanthropist
Philip Johnson
1906 · American architect

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Questions about July 8, 1940

What day of the week was July 8, 1940?: July 8, 1940 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on July 8, 1940?: Someone born on July 8, 1940 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 8, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 8, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on July 8, 1940?: Someone born on July 8, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,531 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 8, 1940?: On July 8, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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