A Thursday
Born on July 17, 1941?
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
Cancer
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
85 years
Famous people born on July 17, 1941
Roberto Rivas
Salvadoran footballer (1941-1972)
Leopoldo Cintra Frías
Cuban politician
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan politician and academic
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 17, 1941 was a Thursday. Someone born on July 17, 1941 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 17, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,157 days. People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on July 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ismail I
1487 · founder and first shah of Safavid Iran

Georges Lemaître
1894 · Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest

Angela Merkel
1954 · chancellor of Germany from to (born )

Wong Kar-wai
1958 · Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1941
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 86
- “Born in 1941” gifts
- Wine from 1941
- Books about 1941
- A newspaper from 1941
- Coin set from 1941
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Questions about July 17, 1941
- What day of the week was July 17, 1941?
- July 17, 1941 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 17, 1941?
- Someone born on July 17, 1941 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1941?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
- How old is someone born on July 17, 1941?
- Someone born on July 17, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,157 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1941?
- People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 17, 1941?
- On July 17, 1941 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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