What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 30, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 30, 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 30, 1942?

On May 30, 1942 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Saturday

Born on May 30, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on May 30, 1942

Simona Kossak

Polish biologist

Born the same week

Kent Bernard

May 27 · Trinidad and Tobago sprinter (1942–2025)

Eloy Campos

May 31 · Peruvian footballer

Shukri Mustafa

June 1 · Islamist from Egypt (1942-1978)

Honorino Landa

June 1 · Chilean footballer (1942-1987)

Eduard Malofeyev

June 2 · Belarusian footballer

What happened that day

31 – WWII: Bombing of Cologne – British RAF Bomber Command's "Operation Millennium", its first "1,000 bomber raid", with associated fires make 13,000 families homeless and kills around 475 people, mostly civilians; 3,330 non-residential buildings are destroyed.

Also that week

Thai spelling reform of 1942 is initiated by the government of Prime Minister Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram with his office announcing a simplification of the Thai alphabet. The announcement is published in the Royal Gazette on June 1. The reform is canceled by the government of Khuang Aphaiwong on August 2, 1944.
June 1 – WWII: Attack on Sydney Harbour: Japanese midget submarines infiltrate Sydney Harbour in Australia, in an attempt to attack Allied warships.
WWII: Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan after the sinking of a Mexican tanker by a German U-boat a week earlier.
The Grand Coulee Dam is finished on the Columbia River in the United States.
WWII: Operation Anthropoid: Czech paratroopers acting for the Czech government in exile and trained in Britain attempt to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, acting Reichsprotektor of the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in Prague, and succeed in wounding him.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

May 30, 1942 was a Saturday. Someone born on May 30, 1942 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,840 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on May 30

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Peter the Great
1672 · Tsar/Emperor of Russia from to
Mikhail Bakunin
1814 · Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher
Howard Hawks
1896 · American film director, producer and screenwriter
Irving Thalberg
1899 · American film producer
Idi Amin
1928 · President of Uganda
Agnès Varda
1928 · French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer

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Questions about May 30, 1942

What day of the week was May 30, 1942?: May 30, 1942 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on May 30, 1942?: Someone born on May 30, 1942 is a Gemini.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 30, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 30, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on May 30, 1942?: Someone born on May 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,840 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 30, 1942?: On May 30, 1942 the moon was a Full Moon.

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