What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 24, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 24, 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 24, 1940?

On July 24, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on July 24, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on July 24, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Marco Maciel

July 21 · vice president of Brazil from 1995 to 2002

Alex Trebek

July 22 · Canadian and American game show host and TV personality (1940–2020)

Brigitte Hamann

July 26 · Austrian-German historian (1940–2016)

Pina Bausch

July 27 · German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director (1940–2009)

Ernie Chan

July 27 · Philiphine artist (1940-2012)

Bharati Mukherjee

July 27 · Indian-American writer (1940-2017)

What happened that week

Welles Declaration: United States Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles announces that the U.S. will not accord diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union's occupation of the Baltic states.
General Henri Guisan addresses the officer corps of the Swiss army at Rütli, resolving to resist any invasion of the country.
sAfter rigged parliamentary elections in the three occupied countries on July 14–15, the parliaments proclaim the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics.
Eleven British nationals, including Melville James Cox, are arrested on suspicion of spying for military intelligence by the secret police in Japan. Cox commits suicide in Tokyo on July 29, according to a report by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Oscar-nominated cartoon short, A Wild Hare. However, it is not until 1941 that his name is adopted.
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 24, 1940 was a Wednesday. Someone born on July 24, 1940 is a Leo. Someone born on July 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,515 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on July 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Simón Bolívar
1783 · Venezuelan statesman and military officer
Alexandre Dumas
1802 · French writer and dramatist
Ilya Repin
1844 · Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth
Amelia Earhart
1897 · American aviation pioneer and author

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Questions about July 24, 1940

What day of the week was July 24, 1940?: July 24, 1940 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on July 24, 1940?: Someone born on July 24, 1940 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 24, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 24, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on July 24, 1940?: Someone born on July 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,515 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 24, 1940?: On July 24, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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