What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 12, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 12, 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 12, 1940?

On December 12, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on December 12, 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
Thursday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on December 12, 1940

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Clancy Eccles

December 9 · Jamaican musician (1940-2005)

Gérard Kamanda wa Kamanda

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

Libertine Amathila

December 10 · Namibian physician and politician, recipient of Nansen Refugee Award (1991)

Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

December 11 · Icelandic writer (1940–2010)

Henri Dès

December 14 · Swiss singer-songwriter

Barbara Valentin

December 15 · Austrian actress (1940-2002)

What happened that day

and December 15 – WWII: Sheffield Blitz ("Operation Crucible") – The Yorkshire steelmaking city of Sheffield in England is badly damaged by German air-raids.

Also that week

WWII:
British destroyers and sink an Italian submarine off Bardia.
Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish based on Malta bomb Tripoli.
Plutonium is first synthesized in the laboratory, by a team led by Glenn T. Seaborg and Edwin McMillan, at the University of California, Berkeley.
WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive, with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 12, 1940 was a Thursday. Someone born on December 12, 1940 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 12, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,373 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander I of Russia
1777 · The tenth Emperor of Russia
Gustave Flaubert
1821 · French novelist
Edvard Munch
1863 · Norwegian painter
Yasujirō Ozu
1903 · Japanese film director, screenwriter
Frank Sinatra
1915 · American singer and actor
Chingiz Aĭtmatov
1928 · Soviet and Kyrgyz author
Rajinikanth
1950 · Indian actor (born )

Questions about December 12, 1940

What day of the week was December 12, 1940?: December 12, 1940 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on December 12, 1940?: Someone born on December 12, 1940 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 12, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 12, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on December 12, 1940?: Someone born on December 12, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,373 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 12, 1940?: On December 12, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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