What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1941?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 20, 1941?

On August 20, 1941 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on August 20, 1941?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on August 20, 1941

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

Stevan Ostojić

Serbian footballer (1941–2022)

Július Satinský

Slovak actor, comedian, singer, and writer (1941-2002)

What happened that week

The Tiraspol Agreement is signed between Germany and Romania.
In revenge for the execution two days earlier of French Resistance member Samuel Tyszelman, communist activist Pierre Georges (with others) shoots and kills a member of the German military in occupied Paris, initiating a cycle of assassinations and retribution that will claim hundreds of lives.
The Holocaust: Units of the Wehrmacht and the Einsatzgruppen (as part of Operation Barbarossa) start killing Jewish children, signalling the start of the Jewish Genocide.
Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
WWII: The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and oilfields begins.
WWII: Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre, 23,600 Jews are shot dead by Einsatzgruppen troops and local collaborators in Ukraine.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 20, 1941 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 20, 1941 is a Leo. Someone born on August 20, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,123 days. People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 · Swedish chemist
H. P. Lovecraft
1890 · American writer and editor

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Questions about August 20, 1941

What day of the week was August 20, 1941?: August 20, 1941 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 20, 1941?: Someone born on August 20, 1941 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1941?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
How old is someone born on August 20, 1941?: Someone born on August 20, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,123 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1941?: People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 20, 1941?: On August 20, 1941 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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