What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 31, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 31, 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 31, 1940?

On August 31, 1940 the moon was a New Moon.

A Saturday

Born on August 31, 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
Saturday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on August 31, 1940

Jack Thompson

Australian actor (born 1940)

Henrik Edoyan

Armenian literary critic, translator, poet

Born the same week

Annie Ernaux

September 1 · French writer (born 1940)

Yaşar Büyükanıt

September 1 · Turkish general (1940–2019)

Régis Debray

September 2 · French writer and philosopher

Eduardo Galeano

September 3 · Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy compel Romania to cede half of Transylvania to Hungary.
WWII: The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and Great Britain is announced, to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work will be transferred to Great Britain. In return, the United States gains 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, West Indies and Bermuda.
WWII: Adolf Hitler's Winterhilfe speech at the Berlin Sportpalast declares that Nazi Germany will make retaliatory night air raids on British cities and threatens invasion.
WWII: Chad is the first French colony to proclaim its support for the Allies.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 31, 1940 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 31, 1940 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 31, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,476 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 31

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 · German physicist and physiologist
Maria Montessori
1870 · Italian physician and educator
Edward Thorndike
1874 · American psychologist

Questions about August 31, 1940

What day of the week was August 31, 1940?: August 31, 1940 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 31, 1940?: Someone born on August 31, 1940 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 31, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 31, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 31, 1940?: Someone born on August 31, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,476 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 31, 1940?: On August 31, 1940 the moon was a New Moon.

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