A Wednesday
Born on November 18, 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
Wednesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years
Famous people born on November 18, 1942
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Daniel Barenboim
November 15 · Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)

Martin Scorsese
November 17 · American filmmaker (born 1942)
Kang Kek Iew
November 17 · war criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020)
Amihai Mazar
November 19 · Israeli archaeologist
Joe Biden
November 20 · 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
Paulos Faraj Rahho
November 20 · Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul (1942–2008)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
November 18, 1942 was a Wednesday. Someone born on November 18, 1942 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 18, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,668 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on November 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis Daguerre
1787 · French scientist, artist and photographer

Margaret Atwood
1939 · Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1942
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 84
- “Born in 1942” gifts
- Wine from 1942
- Books about 1942
- A newspaper from 1942
- Coin set from 1942
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Questions about November 18, 1942
- What day of the week was November 18, 1942?
- November 18, 1942 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on November 18, 1942?
- Someone born on November 18, 1942 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 18, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, November 18, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on November 18, 1942?
- Someone born on November 18, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,668 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 18, 1942?
- On November 18, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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