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

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

What is the birthstone for June?

The birthstone for June is pearl.

What was the moon phase on June 20, 1942?

On June 20, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on June 20, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on June 20, 1942

Homayoun Behzadi

Iranian footballer (1942-2016)

Eduard Markarov

Soviet footballer

Dashiin Byambasüren

Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1990 to 1992

Born the same week

Mohamed ElBaradei

June 17 · Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, 4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Paul McCartney

June 18 · English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

Muammar Gaddafi

June 19 · Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)

What happened that week

WWII: Japanese submarine I-25 surfaces off the US Pacific Coast and bombards Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River. The fort itself is not damaged, though a nearby baseball field is destroyed.
WWII:
Erwin Rommel arrives in Bardia and gives the 90th Light Division orders to attack eastwards. The British 8th Army withdraws to Mersa Matruh, where the Indian 10th Division, elements of the Indian 5th Division and the British 50th Division take up positions.
The experimental early-type nuclear reactor L-IV has an accident, becoming the first nuclear accident in history and consisting of a steam explosion and reactor fire in Leipzig.
WWII: Units of the Nazi Gestapo, SS and Czech collaborators shoot all 33 adult residents of the Czech village of Ležáky in retaliation for the presence of a Czech resistance operative in the aftermath of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. 11 children are deported to Chełmno extermination camp and gassed. The village is demolished and will never be rebuilt. Nazi propaganda openly announces the event on June 26.
WWII: The British Eighth Army under General Neil Ritchie is forced with two divisions to withdraw from the Gazala Line. The defenders of El-Adem and two neighbouring boxes hold out against the Germans. The South African 1st Division retreats along the coast road, practically intact. General Claude Auchinleck orders Ritchie to hold the line south-east from Acroma (west of Tobruk) through El-Adem to Bir El Gubi.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

June 20, 1942 was a Saturday. Someone born on June 20, 1942 is a Gemini. Someone born on June 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,819 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on June 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sigismund III Vasa
1566 · King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from until and King of Sweden from until

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Questions about June 20, 1942

What day of the week was June 20, 1942?: June 20, 1942 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on June 20, 1942?: Someone born on June 20, 1942 is a Gemini.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 20, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, June 20, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on June 20, 1942?: Someone born on June 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,819 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for June?: The birthstone for June is pearl.
What was the moon phase on June 20, 1942?: On June 20, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

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