A Friday
Born on September 4, 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
Friday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years
Famous people born on September 4, 1942
Born the same week
António Lobo Antunes
September 1 · Portuguese writer (1942-2026)
Gregorio Rosa Chávez
September 3 · Catholic cardinal

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 4, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on September 4, 1942 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 4, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,743 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on September 4
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Wanli
1563 · emperor of the Ming Dynasty

Anton Bruckner
1824 · Austrian composer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1942
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 85
- “Born in 1942” gifts
- Wine from 1942
- Books about 1942
- A newspaper from 1942
- Coin set from 1942
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Questions about September 4, 1942
- What day of the week was September 4, 1942?
- September 4, 1942 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 4, 1942?
- Someone born on September 4, 1942 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 4, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 4, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on September 4, 1942?
- Someone born on September 4, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,743 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 4, 1942?
- On September 4, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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