What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 9, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 9, 1940?

On December 9, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on December 9, 1940?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on December 9, 1940

Clancy Eccles

Jamaican musician (1940-2005)

Born the same week

Iryna Kalynets

December 6 · poet, writer, and Ukrainian politician (1940-2012)

İsmail Kahraman

December 7 · Turkish statesperson (born 1940)

Mame Madior Boye

December 7 · Senegalese politician

Mustapha Ben Jafar

December 8 · Tunisian politician and physician

Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda

December 10 · Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

What happened that day

WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive, with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt.

Also that week

The Chicago Bears, in what will become the most one-sided victory in National Football League history, defeat the Washington Redskins 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game.
British submarine is sunk near Taranto.
and December 15 – WWII: Sheffield Blitz ("Operation Crucible") – The Yorkshire steelmaking city of Sheffield in England is badly damaged by German air-raids.
WWII:
British destroyers and sink an Italian submarine off Bardia.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 9, 1940 was a Monday. Someone born on December 9, 1940 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 9, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,377 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
1594 · Swedish king (regent – )
John Milton
1608 · English poet and civil servant
Fritz Haber
1868 · German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize
Grace Hopper
1906 · American computer scientist and United States Navy officer

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Questions about December 9, 1940

What day of the week was December 9, 1940?: December 9, 1940 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on December 9, 1940?: Someone born on December 9, 1940 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 9, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 9, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on December 9, 1940?: Someone born on December 9, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,377 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 9, 1940?: On December 9, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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