What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 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 12, 1942?

On August 12, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on August 12, 1942?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

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

Famous people born on August 12, 1942

Koji Funamoto

Japanese association football player

Born the same week

Miguel Littin

August 9 · Chilean film director, film producer and writer

Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa

August 10 · Cameroonian physician

Nurit Hirsh

August 13 · Israeli composer, arranger and conductor

Hissène Habré

August 13 · 5th president of Chad

Valeriya Zaklunnaya

August 15 · Soviet and Ukrainian actress (1942–2016)

What happened that week

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.
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.
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.
WWII: American tanker reaches Malta, as part of the convoy of Operation Pedestal.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 12, 1942 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 12, 1942 is a Leo. Someone born on August 12, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,766 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
1844 · Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi
Cecil B. DeMille
1881 · American film director, producer and actor
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 · Austrian physicist
George Soros
1930 · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born )

Gift ideas for someone born in 1942

Presents that go back to the year it all began.

As an Amazon Associate, Birthscape earns from qualifying purchases. Prices and availability are set by Amazon.

Questions about August 12, 1942

What day of the week was August 12, 1942?: August 12, 1942 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 12, 1942?: Someone born on August 12, 1942 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on August 12, 1942?: Someone born on August 12, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,766 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 12, 1942?: On August 12, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

Born on this day?

Get the full time capsule: weather, star map, local No. 1, prices and a certificate.