What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 24, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, June 24, 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 24, 1942?

On June 24, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on June 24, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on June 24, 1942

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

President of Chile from 1994 to 2000

Colin Groves

Australian anthropologist (1942-2017)

Gerhard Roth

Austrian writer and screenwriter (1942-2022)

Born the same week

Laila Freivalds

June 22 · Swedish politician and jurist

Gilberto Gil

June 26 · Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

Ute Bock

June 27 · Austrian educator and humanitarian (1942–2018)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

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: 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: Operation Blue: German forces of Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock drive to Stalingrad and the Baku oil fields. Spearheads of the 4th Panzer Army under General Hermann Hoth drive towards Voronezh, advancing nearly 50 km on day one. They crossed two rivers and cut the link one between the Soviet 13th and 40th armies.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

June 24, 1942 was a Wednesday. Someone born on June 24, 1942 is a Cancer. Someone born on June 24, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,815 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on June 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John of the Cross
1542 · Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint
Marc Chagall
1887 · Belarusian-French artist
Juan Manuel Fangio
1911 · Argentine racing driver
Lionel Messi
1987 · Argentine association football player (born )

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Questions about June 24, 1942

What day of the week was June 24, 1942?: June 24, 1942 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on June 24, 1942?: Someone born on June 24, 1942 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 24, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, June 24, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on June 24, 1942?: Someone born on June 24, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,815 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 24, 1942?: On June 24, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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