What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 9, 1942?

On May 9, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on May 9, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on May 9, 1942

Gayane Khachaturian

Georgian-Armenian painter and graphic artist (1942-2009)

Mirko Sandić

Serbian water polo player (1942–2006)

Born the same week

Ariel Dorfman

May 6 · Chilean writer

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

May 11 · Princess of Greece and Denmark (1942–2026)

Dragoljub Velimirović

May 12 · Serbian chess grandmaster (1942–2014)

Abderrahmane Meziani

May 12 · Algerian footballer (1942-2016)

What happened that day

WWII: Operation Bowery: Aircraft carriers USS Wasp and HMS Eagle bring 61 Spitfires to Malta ("Club Runs"). The fighter aircraft are desperately needed to bolster the island's defense against German Luftwaffe air raids.

Also that week

WWII:
The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula: The German 11th Army with Romanian forces launches Unternehmen Trappenjagd (Operation Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet Armies (44th, 47th, and 51st) defending the Kerch Peninsula in the eastern part of the Crimean Front. The battle ends in an Axis victory.
The Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese and American/Australian fleets, the first battle in naval history where the opponents fight without seeing each other's fleets. The Japanese achieve a tactical victory in terms of tonnage lost (including aircraft carrier USS Lexington) but are prevented from invading Port Moresby.
9 – WWII: At night, gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands revolt. The mutiny is crushed, and 3 soldiers are executed (the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny).
WWII: On Corregidor, the last American and Filipino forces in the Philippines under command of 2LT Robert L. Obourn (92nd Coast Artillery Regiment, G Battery) from Fort Mills, surrender to the Japanese as directed by Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, the overall commander.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

May 9, 1942 was a Saturday. Someone born on May 9, 1942 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 9, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,861 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on May 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gaspard Monge
1746 · French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry

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Questions about May 9, 1942

What day of the week was May 9, 1942?: May 9, 1942 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on May 9, 1942?: Someone born on May 9, 1942 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on May 9, 1942?: Someone born on May 9, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,861 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 9, 1942?: On May 9, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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