What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 5, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 5, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 5, 1942?

On October 5, 1942 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Monday

Born on October 5, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on October 5, 1942

Ri Yong-ho

Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (1942-2012)

John Seale

Australian cinematographer

Born the same week

Roberto Perfumo

October 3 · Argentine football player and coach (1942-2016)

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

October 4 · Icelandic politician

Britt Ekland

October 6 · Swedish actress (born 1942)

Nguyễn Minh Triết

October 8 · Sixth President of Vietnam (2006-2011)

What happened that week

The first A-4 rocket is successfully launched from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. The rocket flies 147 kilometers and reaches an altitude of 84.5 kilometers, becoming the first man-made object to reach space.
British cruiser collides with liner (carrying troops from the United States) off the coast of Donegal and sinks; 338 drown.
WWII: Japanese troopship Lisbon Maru sinks, following a torpedo attack the previous day by submarine off the coast of China; 829 are killed, mostly British prisoners of war who (unknown to the attacker) were being held on board.
The first American-built turbojet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter prototype, makes its first official flight.
WWII: Third Battle of the Matanikau on Guadalcanal: American forces defeat the Japanese.
The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, passed by the Parliament of Australia, formalizes Australian autonomy from the United Kingdom.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

October 5, 1942 was a Monday. Someone born on October 5, 1942 is a Libra. Someone born on October 5, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,712 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on October 5

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jonathan Edwards
1703 · Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
Denis Diderot
1713 · French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist
Robert H. Goddard
1882 · American physicist
Václav Havel
1936 · Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic

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Questions about October 5, 1942

What day of the week was October 5, 1942?: October 5, 1942 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on October 5, 1942?: Someone born on October 5, 1942 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 5, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 5, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on October 5, 1942?: Someone born on October 5, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,712 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 5, 1942?: On October 5, 1942 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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