A Wednesday
Born on December 2, 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
Sagittarius
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
83 years
Famous people born on December 2, 1942
Francisque Ravony
Malagasy Prime Minister (1942-2003)
Anna G. Jónasdóttir
Icelandic political scientist
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 2, 1942 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 2, 1942 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 2, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,654 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on December 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pedro II of Brazil
1825 · 2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. –89)

Georges Seurat
1859 · French painter

Georgy Zhukov
1896 · Marshal of the Soviet Union

Maria Meneghini Callas
1923 · American-Greek operatic soprano
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 December 2, 1942
- What day of the week was December 2, 1942?
- December 2, 1942 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 2, 1942?
- Someone born on December 2, 1942 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 2, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 2, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 2, 1942?
- Someone born on December 2, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,654 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1942?
- People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 2, 1942?
- On December 2, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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