What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 17, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 17, 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 17, 1940?

On November 17, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on November 17, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on November 17, 1940

Luke Kelly

Irish singer and musician (1940–1984)

Born the same week

Roberto Cavalli

November 15 · Italian fashion designer (1940–2024)

Geoffrey Henry

November 16 · Cook Islands politician (1940-2012)

Eladio Silvestre

November 18 · Spanish footballer

Qaboos bin Said Al Said

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

Arieh Warshel

November 20 · chemist, biochemist and biophysicist

What happened that day

The Tartu Art Museum is established in Tartu, Estonia.

Also that week

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.
WWII: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece.
Abbott and Costello make their film debut, in One Night in the Tropics.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

November 17, 1940 was a Sunday. Someone born on November 17, 1940 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 17, 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 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bernard Montgomery
1887 · British Army officer
Lev Vygotsky
1896 · Soviet psychologist
Martin Scorsese
1942 · American filmmaker (born )

Gift ideas for someone born in 1940

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Questions about November 17, 1940

What day of the week was November 17, 1940?: November 17, 1940 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on November 17, 1940?: Someone born on November 17, 1940 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 17, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 17, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on November 17, 1940?: Someone born on November 17, 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 17, 1940?: On November 17, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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