What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 9, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 9, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for November?

The birthstone for November is topaz.

What was the moon phase on November 9, 1942?

On November 9, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

A Monday

Born on November 9, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on November 9, 1942

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish

November 6 · Saudi Arabian businessman

André Vingt-Trois

November 7 · French Catholic cardinal (1942–2025)

Sandro Mazzola

November 8 · Italian association football player (1942–2026)

Hans-Rudolf Merz

November 10 · member of the Swiss Federal Council

Charles Konan Banny

November 11 · Ivorian politician (1942–2021)

Dobromir Zhechev

November 12 · Bulgarian footballer

What happened that week

WWII:
Operation Torch: Elements of the Allied expeditionary force (some 105,000 men) under Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower lands simultaneously along the coastline of Morocco and Algeria in French North Africa.
French Resistance Coup in Algiers: 400 French civil resisters neutralize the Vichyist XIXth Army Corps and the Vichyist generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.), thus allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers, and ultimately the whole of French North Africa.
WWII: In violation of a 1940 armistice, Germany invades Vichy France, following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
The Turkish parliament passes the Varlık Vergisi, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy.
WWII: Battle of Madagascar ends when Vichy French forces on Madagascar sign an armistice with the Allies.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

November 9, 1942 was a Monday. Someone born on November 9, 1942 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 9, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,677 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on November 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Muhammad Iqbal
1877 · British-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician
Hermann Weyl
1885 · German mathematician
Carl Sagan
1934 · American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author

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Questions about November 9, 1942

What day of the week was November 9, 1942?: November 9, 1942 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on November 9, 1942?: Someone born on November 9, 1942 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 9, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 9, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on November 9, 1942?: Someone born on November 9, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,677 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for November?: The birthstone for November is topaz.
What was the moon phase on November 9, 1942?: On November 9, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

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