What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 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 16, 1942?

On October 16, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Friday

Born on October 16, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on October 16, 1942

Idowu Philips

Nigerian actress

Born the same week

Rutanya Alda

October 13 · Latvian-American actress

Francheska Yarbusova

October 13 · Russian artist

Péter Nádas

October 14 · Hungarian writer and photographer (1942–2026)

Joe Gibbs

October 14 · Jamaican record producer (1942-2008)

Péter Medgyessy

October 19 · Hungarian politician

What happened that day

A cyclone and consequential floods in the Bay of Bengal kill 40,000 people, with particularly heavy damage around Contai.
Animated short film The Mouse of Tomorrow, featuring the debut of Mighty Mouse (as "Super Mouse"), is released in the United States.

Also that week

The Holocaust: The International Committee of the Red Cross, meeting in special session at the Hotel Métropole, Geneva, Switzerland, declines to issue an international appeal condemning the holding of civilians in Nazi concentration camps.
WWII: A U-boat sinks the ferry off Newfoundland, killing 137.
WWII: Hitler issues the Commando Order, which stipulates that all Allied commandos encountered by German forces should be executed immediately without trial, even in proper uniforms, in response to the Dieppe Raid and Operation Basalt conducted by the Allies. After the war, the Nuremberg trials finds this order a direct violation of the laws and customs of war.
WWII: North Atlantic convoy SC 104 is attacked by U-boats, sinking seven ships.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

October 16, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on October 16, 1942 is a Libra. Someone born on October 16, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,701 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on October 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Noah Webster
1758 · American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author
Itō Hirobumi
1841 · 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan
Oscar Wilde
1854 · Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete
David Ben-Gurion
1886 · Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel - (born1886– )
Michael Collins
1890 · Irish revolutionary and politician

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Questions about October 16, 1942

What day of the week was October 16, 1942?: October 16, 1942 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on October 16, 1942?: Someone born on October 16, 1942 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on October 16, 1942?: Someone born on October 16, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,701 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 16, 1942?: On October 16, 1942 the moon was a First Quarter.

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