What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 24, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, September 24, 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 24, 1940?

On September 24, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on September 24, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on September 24, 1940

Tan Yee Khan

badminton player

Don Brash

New Zealand politician

Born the same week

Anna Karina

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

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

September 23 · Iranian singer and musician

Michel Temer

September 23 · 24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019

Benoni Beheyt

September 27 · Belgian cyclist

What happened that week

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

September 24, 1940 was a Tuesday. Someone born on September 24, 1940 is a Libra. Someone born on September 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,453 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on September 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gerolamo Cardano
1501 · Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer
Alaungpaya
1714 · King of Burma
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 · American writer
Ruhollah Khomeini
1902 · Supreme Leader of Iran from to
Jim Henson
1936 · American puppeteer

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Questions about September 24, 1940

What day of the week was September 24, 1940?: September 24, 1940 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on September 24, 1940?: Someone born on September 24, 1940 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 24, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, September 24, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on September 24, 1940?: Someone born on September 24, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,453 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 24, 1940?: On September 24, 1940 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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