What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 28, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 28, 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 28, 1940?

On August 28, 1940 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on August 28, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on August 28, 1940

Uma Aaltonen

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

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)

Wim Ruska

August 29 · Dutch judoka (1940–2015)

Jack Thompson

August 31 · Australian actor (born 1940)

What happened that week

WWII: Chad is the first French colony to proclaim its support for the Allies.
Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy compel Romania to cede half of Transylvania to Hungary.
WWII: The first Bombing of Berlin is carried out, by the British Royal Air Force.
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.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 28, 1940 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 28, 1940 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 28, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,480 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 28

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 · German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
Leo Tolstoy
1828 · Russian author
Jack Kirby
1917 · American comic book artist

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Questions about August 28, 1940

What day of the week was August 28, 1940?: August 28, 1940 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 28, 1940?: Someone born on August 28, 1940 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 28, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 28, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 28, 1940?: Someone born on August 28, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,480 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 28, 1940?: On August 28, 1940 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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