What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 21, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 21, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 21, 1942?

On April 21, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on April 21, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on April 21, 1942

Geoffrey Palmer

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1989 to 1990

Born the same week

Jochen Rindt

April 18 · German racing driver (1942–1970)

Giorgio Agamben

April 22 · Italian philosopher (b. 1942)

Étienne Balibar

April 23 · French philosopher

Barbra Streisand

April 24 · American singer and actress (born 1942)

Silvia Federici

April 24 · Italian American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist

What happened that week

WWII: Operation Calendar: The American aircraft carrier USS Wasp, escorted by the British battlecruiser HMS Renown, two cruisers and six destroyers, brings 47 planes (Spitfires) to Malta. They are successfully delivered – but 30 of them are immediately destroyed on the ground by German bombers and within 48 hours all are destroyed.
WWII: Exeter becomes the first historic English city bombed as part of the Baedeker Blitz, in retaliation for the British bombing of Lübeck.
Exeter-born William Temple is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
WWII: Doolittle Raid – Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle leads a bombing mission against Japan, along with 79 other airmen of the U.S. Air Force, flying 16 North American B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers. They take off from the USS Hornet in the Pacific Ocean, some 700 miles (1,126 km) east of Tokyo. Thirteen of the B-25 bombers fly over Tokyo and drop their bombs on oil storage facilities, factories and military targets. The other three B-25s drop their bombs over Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe. All but one of the B-25s run out of fuel before reaching friendly forces in western China and are forced to land in Japanese-occupied China. With the support of Chinese farmers, 71 airmen reach free China. Eight airmen are captured by the Japanese, who execute four of them in retaliation for the raid.
WWII: Henri Giraud, French general captured in 1940, escapes from Königstein Fortress near Dresden. He lowers himself down the cliffside fortress with a 50-meter 'rope' he made with odds and ends smuggled in to him. After traveling for three days, Giraud safely reaches the Swiss border.
Princess Elizabeth registers for war service in the U.K.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

April 21, 1942 was a Tuesday. Someone born on April 21, 1942 is a Taurus. Someone born on April 21, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,879 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on April 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Muir
1838 · Scottish-American naturalist
Max Weber
1864 · German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist
Elizabeth II
1926 · Queen of the United Kingdom from to

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Questions about April 21, 1942

What day of the week was April 21, 1942?: April 21, 1942 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on April 21, 1942?: Someone born on April 21, 1942 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 21, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 21, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on April 21, 1942?: Someone born on April 21, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,879 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 21, 1942?: On April 21, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

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