What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 9, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, September 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for September?

The birthstone for September is sapphire.

What was the moon phase on September 9, 1940?

On September 9, 1940 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Monday

Born on September 9, 1940?

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

Famous people born on September 9, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Hugo Spadafora

September 6 · Panamanian revolutionary (1940–1985)

Ghaith Pharaon

September 7 · Saudi Arabian businessperson (1940–2017)

Dario Argento

September 7 · Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)

Nong Duc Manh

September 11 · former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Joachim Frank

September 12 · German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate

Warren Cole

September 12 · New Zealand rower (1940–2019)

What happened that day

16 – WWII: The Italian invasion of Egypt commences from Libya, progressing only as far as Sidi Barrani.
Treznea massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 93 Romanian civilians in Treznea, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts at ethnic cleansing.
George Stibitz first demonstrates the remote operation of a computer, in the United States.

Also that week

The President of Paraguay, José Félix Estigarribia, dies in a plane crash.
Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
WWII: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London (the first of 57 consecutive nights of strategic bombing).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

September 9, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on September 9, 1940 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,468 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on September 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
1585 · French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman
Luigi Galvani
1737 · Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
Kurt Zadek Lewin
1890 · German-American psychologist
Dennis M. Ritchie
1941 · American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language

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Questions about September 9, 1940

What day of the week was September 9, 1940?: September 9, 1940 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on September 9, 1940?: Someone born on September 9, 1940 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 9, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, September 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on September 9, 1940?: Someone born on September 9, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,468 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for September?: The birthstone for September is sapphire.
What was the moon phase on September 9, 1940?: On September 9, 1940 the moon was a First Quarter.

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