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

In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 24, 1940?

On August 24, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on August 24, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on August 24, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Endre Szemerédi

August 21 · Hungarian-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist

Yambo Ouologuem

August 22 · Malian writer (1940–2017)

José van Dam

August 25 · Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026)

Vytautas Briedis

August 27 · Lithuanian rower (1940–2019)

Amalia Fuentes

August 27 · Filipino actress (1940–2019)

What happened that day

Howard Florey and a team including Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, publish their laboratory results showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin. They have also purified the drug.

Also that week

WWII: The first Bombing of Berlin is carried out, by the British Royal Air Force.
WWII: Chad is the first French colony to proclaim its support for the Allies.
WWII: Winston Churchill pays tribute in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to the Royal Air Force fighter pilots: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Leon Trotsky is attacked with an ice axe in his Mexico home by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader.
WWII: "The Hardest Day" in the Battle of Britain: Both sides lose more aircraft combined on this day than at any other point during the campaign, without the Luftwaffe achieving dominance over RAF Fighter Command.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 24, 1940 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 24, 1940 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,484 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Wilberforce
1759 · English politician and abolitionist
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 · Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator
Fernand Braudel
1902 · French historian and leader of the Annales School

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Questions about August 24, 1940

What day of the week was August 24, 1940?: August 24, 1940 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 24, 1940?: Someone born on August 24, 1940 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 24, 1940?: Someone born on August 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,484 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 24, 1940?: On August 24, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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