What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 26, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, September 26, 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 26, 1940?

On September 26, 1940 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on September 26, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
86 years

Famous people born on September 26, 1940

Vladimir Savon

Ukrainian chess player (1940–2005)

Born the same week

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

Nodar Khokhashvili

September 28 · Olympic wrestler

Carlos Morales Troncoso

September 29 · Dominican Republic politician (1940–2014)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

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.
WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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.
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.
(night to October 1) – Arsonists from the Hitler Youth destroy the Great Synagogue of Strasbourg.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

September 26, 1940 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 26, 1940 is a Libra. Someone born on September 26, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,451 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on September 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ivan Pavlov
1849 · Russian physiologist
Winsor McCay
1869 · American cartoonist and animator
T. S. Eliot
1888 · US-British poet
Martin Heidegger
1889 · German philosopher
George Gershwin
1898 · American composer and pianist
Manmohan Singh
1932 · Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
Serena Williams
1981 · American tennis player (born )

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Questions about September 26, 1940

What day of the week was September 26, 1940?: September 26, 1940 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on September 26, 1940?: Someone born on September 26, 1940 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 26, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, September 26, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on September 26, 1940?: Someone born on September 26, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,451 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 26, 1940?: On September 26, 1940 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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