What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1942 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1942?

On January 1, 1942 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Thursday

Born on January 1, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1942

Nahed Sherif

Egyptian actress (1942–1981)

Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal and former governor

Mashhur bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabian Prince

Alassane Ouattara

President of Ivory Coast since 2010

Brian Kernighan

Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system

Tariq al-Hashimi

Iraqi politician

Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Iraqi politician

Goukouni Oueddei

Chadian politician

Abdellatif Laabi

poet (born 1942)

Boubacar Traoré

Malian musician (born 1942)

Hazloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabian prince

Miftah Muhammed K'eba

President of the Libyan Parliament

What happened that day

WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers".

Also that week

WWII: Two prisoners, British officer Airey Neave and Dutch officer Anthony Luteyn, escape from Colditz Castle in Germany. After travelling for three days, they reach the Swiss border.
WWII:
Battle of Slim River: Japanese forces of the 5th Division, supported by tanks, sweep through sixteen miles of British defenses, shattering the exhausted 11th Indian Division and inflicting some 3,000 casualties.
Operation Typhoon, the German attempt to take Moscow, ends in failure.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1942 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 1, 1942 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,989 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

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Questions about January 1, 1942

What day of the week was January 1, 1942?: January 1, 1942 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1942?: Someone born on January 1, 1942 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1942 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1942?: Someone born on January 1, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,989 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1942?: On January 1, 1942 the moon was a Full Moon.

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