A Sunday
Born on July 21, 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
Sunday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on July 21, 1940
Born the same week
Peter Mutharika
July 18 · President of Malawi
Anna Chromý
July 18 · Czech painter and sculptor (1940–2021)
Valentin Bibik
July 19 · Ukrainian composer (1940-2003)
Tony Allen
July 20 · Nigerian drummer and composer (1940–2020)
Alex Trebek
July 22 · Canadian and American game show host and TV personality (1940–2020)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 21, 1940 was a Sunday. Someone born on July 21, 1940 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 21, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,518 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on July 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ernest Hemingway
1899 · American author and journalist

Marshall McLuhan
1911 · Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar
Gift ideas for someone born in 1940
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- 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 July 21, 1940
- What day of the week was July 21, 1940?
- July 21, 1940 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 21, 1940?
- Someone born on July 21, 1940 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 21, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 21, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
- How old is someone born on July 21, 1940?
- Someone born on July 21, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,518 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 21, 1940?
- On July 21, 1940 the moon was a Full Moon.
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