A Monday
Born on December 2, 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
Sagittarius
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
85 years
Famous people born on December 2, 1940
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Denny Doherty
November 29 · Canadian singer (1940–2007)
Pauli Nevala
November 30 · Finnish athletics competitor (1940–2025)
Mike Melvill
November 30 · test pilot

Richard Pryor
December 1 · American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
Liang Guanglie
December 1 · Chinese military officer and politician (1940–2024)
Mário da Graça Machungo
December 1 · Mozambican politician (1940-2020)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 2, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on December 2, 1940 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 2, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,383 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on December 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pedro II of Brazil
1825 · 2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. –89)

Georges Seurat
1859 · French painter

Georgy Zhukov
1896 · Marshal of the Soviet Union

Maria Meneghini Callas
1923 · American-Greek operatic soprano
Questions about December 2, 1940
- What day of the week was December 2, 1940?
- December 2, 1940 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 2, 1940?
- Someone born on December 2, 1940 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 2, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 2, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
- How old is someone born on December 2, 1940?
- Someone born on December 2, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,383 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1940?
- People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 2, 1940?
- On December 2, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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