What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 23, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, September 23, 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 23, 1940?

On September 23, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Monday

Born on September 23, 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
Monday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on September 23, 1940

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Iranian singer and musician

Michel Temer

24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019

Born the same week

Burhanuddin Rabbani

September 20 · Tajik politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992-2001)

Tarō Asō

September 20 · Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009

Jonathan Hardy

September 20 · New Zealand actor (1940-2012)

Anna Karina

September 22 · Danish-French actress (1940–2019)

What happened that day

25 – WWII: Battle of Dakar – Naval forces of Free France and Britain fail to take the port of Dakar in French West Africa from Vichy France.

Also that week

French Indochina in World War II: Japan and the colonial Vichy government of French Indochina sign an agreement permitting certain numbers of Japanese troops into the country (with rights for three airfields) to blockade China. There immediately follows a Japanese invasion of French Indochina, in which a group of Japanese officers take Đồng Đăng and Lam Sơn, with 40 Franco-Vietnamese troops killed and around 1,000 deserting. Fighting dies down on September 26.
1940 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' UAP/Country Coalition Government is re-elected as a minority government, narrowly defeating the Labor Party led by John Curtin. It is the last federal election to result in a minority government until 2010.
Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany: German Reichskommissar Josef Terboven appoints a provisional council of state from the pro-Nazi Nasjonal Samling party, under Vidkun Quisling, as a puppet government for Norway.
22 – WWII: Convoy HX 72, a North Atlantic convoy of 43 ships, is attacked by a German U-boat group (wolfpack), eleven ships of 73 tons are sunk, seven during the second night of the attack by the U-100 under the command of Joachim Schepke.
The U.S. government places an embargo on the exportation of scrap iron and steel to any country outside the Western Hemisphere excluding Britain, effective October 16.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

September 23, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on September 23, 1940 is a Libra. Someone born on September 23, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,454 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on September 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Walter Lippmann
1889 · American journalist and political commentator
John Coltrane
1926 · American jazz saxophonist
Ray Charles
1930 · American singer, pianist and songwriter
Julio Iglesias
1943 · Spanish singer and lawyer (born )

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Questions about September 23, 1940

What day of the week was September 23, 1940?: September 23, 1940 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on September 23, 1940?: Someone born on September 23, 1940 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 23, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, September 23, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on September 23, 1940?: Someone born on September 23, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,454 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 23, 1940?: On September 23, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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