A Wednesday
Born on September 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
Wednesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
85 years
Famous people born on September 17, 1941
Nils Arne Eggen
Norwegian footballer and manager (1941–2022)
Hermínia da Cruz Fortes
Cape Verdean singer
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 17, 1941 was a Wednesday. Someone born on September 17, 1941 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 17, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,095 days. People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on September 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bernhard Riemann
1826 · German mathematician

Agostinho Neto
1922 · President of Angola

Hank Williams
1923 · American singer-songwriter

Narendra Modi
1950 · Prime Minister of India since
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 September 17, 1941
- What day of the week was September 17, 1941?
- September 17, 1941 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 17, 1941?
- Someone born on September 17, 1941 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 17, 1941?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 17, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
- How old is someone born on September 17, 1941?
- Someone born on September 17, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,095 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1941?
- People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 17, 1941?
- On September 17, 1941 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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