What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 18, 1940?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 18, 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 18, 1940?

On December 18, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on December 18, 1940?

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

Famous people born on December 18, 1940

Lei Feng

Chinese soldier and communist icon (1940–1962)

Born the same week

Barbara Valentin

December 15 · Austrian actress (1940-2002)

Nicolae Lupescu

December 17 · Romanian footballer (1940-2017)

Juzefs Petkēvičs

December 19 · Soviet and Latvian chess player (1940—2024)

Zvonko Bego

December 19 · Croatian association footballer (1940-2018)

Frank Zappa

December 21 · American musician (1940–1993)

What happened that week

President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first sets forth the outline of his plan to send aid to Great Britain, which will become known as Lend-Lease.
WWII: Operation Abigail Rachel – The RAF bombs Mannheim.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 18, 1940 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 18, 1940 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 18, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,368 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Joseph John Thomson
1856 · British physicist
Joseph Stalin
1878 · politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from to
Willy Brandt
1913 · German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Steven Spielberg
1946 · American filmmaker (born )
Steve Biko
1946 · South African anti-apartheid activist

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Questions about December 18, 1940

What day of the week was December 18, 1940?: December 18, 1940 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 18, 1940?: Someone born on December 18, 1940 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 18, 1940?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 18, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on December 18, 1940?: Someone born on December 18, 1940 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,368 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 18, 1940?: On December 18, 1940 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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