What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for November?

The birthstone for November is topaz.

What was the moon phase on November 16, 1940?

On November 16, 1940 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Saturday

Born on November 16, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on November 16, 1940

Geoffrey Henry

Cook Islands politician (1940-2012)

Jorge Roldán

Guatemalan footballer (1940–2023)

Kenneth Gonçalves

Surinamese lawyer

Born the same week

Roberto Cavalli

November 15 · Italian fashion designer (1940–2024)

Eladio Silvestre

November 18 · Spanish footballer

Qaboos bin Said Al Said

November 18 · sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020 (1940–2020)

What happened that day

WWII: In response to Germany levelling Coventry 2 days before, the Royal Air Force begins to bomb Hamburg (by war's end, 50,000 Hamburg residents will have died from Allied attacks).
An unexploded pipe bomb is found in the Consolidated Edison office building (only in 1957 later is the culprit, former employee George Metesky, apprehended).
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers is founded.

Also that week

Abbott and Costello make their film debut, in One Night in the Tropics.
The Tartu Art Museum is established in Tartu, Estonia.
WWII: Coventry Blitz – The city centre of Coventry, England is destroyed by 500 Luftwaffe bombers; 150,000 fire bombs, 503 tons of high explosives and 130 parachute mines level 60,000 of the city's 75,000 buildings; 568 people are killed. The city's cathedral is gutted.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

November 16, 1940 was a Saturday. Someone born on November 16, 1940 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 16, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,399 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on November 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
1717 · French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 · first President of Nigeria
José Saramago
1922 · Portuguese novelist
Chinua Achebe
1930 · Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
Shigeru Miyamoto
1952 · Japanese video game designer (born )

Questions about November 16, 1940

What day of the week was November 16, 1940?: November 16, 1940 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on November 16, 1940?: Someone born on November 16, 1940 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on November 16, 1940?: Someone born on November 16, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,399 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1940?: People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for November?: The birthstone for November is topaz.
What was the moon phase on November 16, 1940?: On November 16, 1940 the moon was a Full Moon.

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