What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 16, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 16, 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 16, 1940?

On July 16, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on July 16, 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
Tuesday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on July 16, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Patrick Stewart

July 13 · English actor (1940–2026)

Francisco Toledo

July 17 · Mexican artist (1940-2019)

Faisal Husseini

July 17 · Palestinian politician (1940–2001)

Marina Karella

July 17 · Greek visual artist (born 1940)

Peter Mutharika

July 18 · President of Malawi

Anna Chromý

July 18 · Czech painter and sculptor (1940–2021)

What happened that week

U.S. politics: The Democratic Party begins its national convention in Chicago, and nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as president.
WWII: Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: "We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask none."
WWII:
Battle of Cape Spada: and five destroyers sink the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.2
Adolf Hitler makes a peace appeal ("appeal to reason") to Britain, in an address to the Reichstag. BBC German-language broadcaster Sefton Delmer unofficially rejects it at once and Lord Halifax, the British foreign minister, flatly rejects peace terms in a broadcast reply on July 22.
August 4 – Scheduled dates for the 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to Tokyo, Japan).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 16, 1940 was a Tuesday. Someone born on July 16, 1940 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 16, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,523 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on July 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary Baker Eddy
1821 · American founder of Christian Science
Roald Amundsen
1872 · Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole
Ginger Rogers
1911 · American actress and dancer
Margaret Court
1942 · Australian tennis player

Questions about July 16, 1940

What day of the week was July 16, 1940?: July 16, 1940 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on July 16, 1940?: Someone born on July 16, 1940 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 16, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 16, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on July 16, 1940?: Someone born on July 16, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,523 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 16, 1940?: On July 16, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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