What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 30, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 30, 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 30, 1942?

On August 30, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on August 30, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on August 30, 1942

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Vasim Mammadaliyev

August 27 · Azerbaijani scientist (1942–2019)

José Eduardo dos Santos

August 28 · President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino

August 28 · Cardinal of the Catholic Church (1942–2021)

Gordana Kuić

August 29 · Serbian writer (1942–2023)

Raymond Ranjeva

August 31 · Malagasy judge

António Lobo Antunes

September 1 · Portuguese writer (1942-2026)

What happened that day

WWII: Luxembourg is formally annexed to the German Reich.
September 5 – WWII: Battle of Alam el Halfa – British forces in the Western Desert resist a German attack under Erwin Rommel. German tanks get slowed down in the minefields around Alam el Halfa Ridge and are forced to withdraw.

Also that week

WWII: Tokyo Express: The Japanese navy starts night-time delivery of reinforcements, supplies and equipment to the Japanese forces operating in and around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The 1942 Luxembourgish general strike is launched, to protest against forced conscription in Luxembourg.
28 – Sarny Massacre: Nazi troops and the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police systematically execute more than 14,000 people, mostly Jews, in and around Sarny in German-occupied Poland.
WWII: The island of Les Casquets in the Channel Islands is raided by the forerunner of the British SAS, the SSRF, led by Major Gus March-Phillipps; this is one of the first raids by Anders Lassen VC. In the raid, the entire garrison of 7 is abducted and returned to England as prisoners, and the radio and lighthouse are wrecked.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 30, 1942 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 30, 1942 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,748 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 30

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques-Louis David
1748 · French painter
Mary Shelley
1797 · English writer
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 · Dutch physical and organic chemist
Ernest Rutherford
1871 · New Zealand physicist
Warren Buffett
1930 · American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

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Questions about August 30, 1942

What day of the week was August 30, 1942?: August 30, 1942 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 30, 1942?: Someone born on August 30, 1942 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 30, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 30, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on August 30, 1942?: Someone born on August 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,748 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 30, 1942?: On August 30, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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