A Thursday
Born on August 20, 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
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years
Famous people born on August 20, 1942
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 20, 1942 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 20, 1942 is a Leo. Someone born on August 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,758 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on August 20
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 · Swedish chemist

H. P. Lovecraft
1890 · American writer and editor

Slobodan Milošević
1941 · Yugoslav–Serbian politician
Questions about August 20, 1942
- What day of the week was August 20, 1942?
- August 20, 1942 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 20, 1942?
- Someone born on August 20, 1942 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on August 20, 1942?
- Someone born on August 20, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,758 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 20, 1942?
- On August 20, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.
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