What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 26, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 26, 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 26, 1940?

On August 26, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Monday

Born on August 26, 1940?

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

Famous people born on August 26, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

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)

Uma Aaltonen

August 28 · Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician (1940-2009)

Wim Ruska

August 29 · Dutch judoka (1940–2015)

Gunnar Berge

August 29 · Norwegian politician (1940- )

What happened that day

WWII: Chad is the first French colony to proclaim its support for the Allies.

Also that week

WWII: The first Bombing of Berlin is carried out, by the British Royal Air Force.
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.
Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy compel Romania to cede half of Transylvania to Hungary.
WWII: Texel Disaster: Two British Royal Navy destroyers are sunk by running into a minefield off the coast of the occupied Netherlands with the loss of around 400 men, 300 of them dead.
British film stars Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh are married at the San Ysidro Ranch in California.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 26, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on August 26, 1940 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 26, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,482 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Robert Walpole
1676 · British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford
Antoine Lavoisier
1743 · French nobleman and chemist
Lee de Forest
1873 · American inventor
Mother Teresa
1910 · Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary

Questions about August 26, 1940

What day of the week was August 26, 1940?: August 26, 1940 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 26, 1940?: Someone born on August 26, 1940 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 26, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 26, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 26, 1940?: Someone born on August 26, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,482 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 26, 1940?: On August 26, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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