A Friday
Born on October 23, 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
Scorpio
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
84 years
Famous people born on October 23, 1942
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 23, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on October 23, 1942 is a Scorpio. Someone born on October 23, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,694 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on October 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ignatius of Loyola
1491 · Spanish Catholic priest and theologian

Sarah Bernhardt
1844 · French stage actress, painter and sculptor

Pelé
1940 · Brazilian footballer

Ang Lee
1954 · Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born )

Paul Kagame
1957 · President of Rwanda since (born )
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 October 23, 1942
- What day of the week was October 23, 1942?
- October 23, 1942 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 23, 1942?
- Someone born on October 23, 1942 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 23, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 23, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on October 23, 1942?
- Someone born on October 23, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,694 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 23, 1942?
- On October 23, 1942 the moon was a Full Moon.
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