What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 11, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 11, 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 11, 1940?

On December 11, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on December 11, 1940?

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

Famous people born on December 11, 1940

Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic writer (1940–2010)

Born the same week

Mustapha Ben Jafar

December 8 · Tunisian politician and physician

Aivars Endziņš

December 8 · Latvian politician (1940–2023)

Clancy Eccles

December 9 · Jamaican musician (1940-2005)

Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda

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

Henri Dès

December 14 · Swiss singer-songwriter

What happened that week

and December 15 – WWII: Sheffield Blitz ("Operation Crucible") – The Yorkshire steelmaking city of Sheffield in England is badly damaged by German air-raids.
WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive, with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt.
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.
WWII:
British destroyers and sink an Italian submarine off Bardia.
Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish based on Malta bomb Tripoli.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 11, 1940 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 11, 1940 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 11, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,375 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Hector Berlioz
1803 · French composer and conductor
Robert Koch
1843 · German physician, bacteriologist
Max Born
1882 · German-Jewish physicist and mathematician
Naguib Mahfouz
1911 · Egyptian writer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1918 · Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician

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Questions about December 11, 1940

What day of the week was December 11, 1940?: December 11, 1940 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 11, 1940?: Someone born on December 11, 1940 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 11, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 11, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on December 11, 1940?: Someone born on December 11, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,375 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 11, 1940?: On December 11, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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