What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 20, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, February 20, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for February?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

What was the moon phase on February 20, 1942?

On February 20, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Friday

Born on February 20, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on February 20, 1942

Phil Esposito

Canadian ice hockey player

Jeremias Chitunda

Angolan politician (1942-1992)

Arbo Valdma

Estonian pianist and music pedagogue (born 1942)

Born the same week

Iolu Abil

February 17 · 7th president of Vanuatu

Margarethe von Trotta

February 21 · German film director (born 1942)

Vera Alentova

February 21 · Soviet and Russian actress (1942–2025)

What happened that week

WWII:
Bombing of Darwin: The Japanese 1st Air Fleet under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo bombs Darwin, Australia. This force comprises the aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū and Sōryū and a powerful force of escorting surface ships. During the attack, 188 planes led by Mitsuo Fuchida destroy 11 vessels and wreck a lot of the harbor infrastructure, killing some 240 people.
A returning Japanese fighter plane crashes on Melville Island (Australia) and its pilot, Hajime Toyoshima, becomes the first Japanese captured on Australian soil, when indigenous resident Matthias Ulungura takes him prisoner .
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones. These zones affect the Japanese on the West Coast, and Germans and Italians primarily on the East Coast.
23 – WWII: Battle of Sittang Bridge: Indian forces of the 17th Division are ordered to defend the Sittang Bridge, but eventually blow up the bridge to halt the Japanese advance to Rangoon. Survivors of the 17th Division (some 3,500 soldiers) swim and ferry themselves over the Sittang River.
WWII:

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

February 20, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on February 20, 1942 is a Pisces. Someone born on February 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,939 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on February 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ludwig Boltzmann
1844 · Austrian physicist and philosopher
Louis Kahn
1901 · Estonian-American architect
Ansel Adams
1902 · American photographer and environmentalist
Sidney Poitier
1927 · Bahamian and American actor and diplomat

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Questions about February 20, 1942

What day of the week was February 20, 1942?: February 20, 1942 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on February 20, 1942?: Someone born on February 20, 1942 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 20, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, February 20, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on February 20, 1942?: Someone born on February 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,939 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for February?: The birthstone for February is amethyst.
What was the moon phase on February 20, 1942?: On February 20, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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