A Wednesday
Born on December 9, 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
New Moon
🎂 Age today
83 years
Famous people born on December 9, 1942
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 9, 1942 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 9, 1942 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 9, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,647 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on December 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
1594 · Swedish king (regent – )

John Milton
1608 · English poet and civil servant

Fritz Haber
1868 · German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

Grace Hopper
1906 · American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
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 9, 1942
- What day of the week was December 9, 1942?
- December 9, 1942 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 9, 1942?
- Someone born on December 9, 1942 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 9, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 9, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 9, 1942?
- Someone born on December 9, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,647 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 9, 1942?
- On December 9, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.
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