What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 11, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 11, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 11, 1942?

On August 11, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

A Tuesday

Born on August 11, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on August 11, 1942

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Miguel Littin

August 9 · Chilean film director, film producer and writer

Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa

August 10 · Cameroonian physician

Mounira M. Charrad

August 10 · French-Tunisian sociologist

Koji Funamoto

August 12 · Japanese association football player

Nurit Hirsh

August 13 · Israeli composer, arranger and conductor

Hissène Habré

August 13 · 5th president of Chad

What happened that day

Hedy Lamarr's and her friend George Antheil's frequency-hopping system for radio-controlled torpedoes is granted a patent under . In 1962 (at the time of the Cuban missile crisis), an updated version of their design will at last appear on Navy ships.

Also that week

Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay, by British forces.
Start, led by the goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich, play football against the German Luftwaffe team Flakelf in Nazi-occupied Kyiv. Against all odds, they win 5–3. Eight of them are later arrested and tortured, and at least four are killed.
Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, with the city still under siege.
A Quit India resolution is passed by the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), which leads to the start of a historical civil disobedience movement across India.
WWII: Battle of Savo Island: The Japanese Imperial Navy under Admiral Gunichi Mikawa wins a spectacular victory over the US Navy and the Australian Navy at Savo Island. Five cruisers and one destroyer are sunk, Mikawa's decision to withdraw under cover of the night rather than attempt to destroy the Allied invasion transports is primarily because of a possible Allied carrier strike against his fleet.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 11, 1942 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 11, 1942 is a Leo. Someone born on August 11, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,767 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Steve Wozniak
1950 · American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

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Questions about August 11, 1942

What day of the week was August 11, 1942?: August 11, 1942 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 11, 1942?: Someone born on August 11, 1942 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 11, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 11, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on August 11, 1942?: Someone born on August 11, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,767 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 11, 1942?: On August 11, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

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