A Thursday
Born on September 3, 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
Virgo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years
Famous people born on September 3, 1942
Gregorio Rosa Chávez
Catholic cardinal
Michael Hui
Hong Kong comedian, screenwriter, film director and actor
Born the same week
António Lobo Antunes
September 1 · Portuguese writer (1942-2026)

Werner Herzog
September 5 · German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director (born 1942)
Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
September 5 · Saudi royal
Bonga
September 5 · Angolan folk and semba singer and songwriter
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 3, 1942 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 3, 1942 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 3, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,744 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on September 3
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis Sullivan
1856 · American architect
Questions about September 3, 1942
- What day of the week was September 3, 1942?
- September 3, 1942 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 3, 1942?
- Someone born on September 3, 1942 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 3, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 3, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on September 3, 1942?
- Someone born on September 3, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,744 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1942?
- People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 3, 1942?
- On September 3, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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