A Friday
Born on December 11, 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
Sagittarius
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
83 years
Famous people born on December 11, 1942
Born the same week
Toots Hibbert
December 8 · Jamaican musician, singer and songwriter (1942–2020)
Aritatsu Ogi
December 10 · Japanese association football player
Fatma Girik
December 12 · Turkish actor and statesperson (1942–2022)
Arne Treholt
December 13 · Norwegian politician and spy (1942–2023)
Bui Tuong Phong
December 14 · Computer graphics researcher and pioneer (1942-1975)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 11, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on December 11, 1942 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 11, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,645 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on December 11
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Hector Berlioz
1803 · French composer and conductor

Robert Koch
1843 · German physician, bacteriologist

Max Born
1882 · German-Jewish physicist and mathematician

Naguib Mahfouz
1911 · Egyptian writer

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1918 · Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician
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 11, 1942
- What day of the week was December 11, 1942?
- December 11, 1942 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 11, 1942?
- Someone born on December 11, 1942 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 11, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 11, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 11, 1942?
- Someone born on December 11, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,645 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 11, 1942?
- On December 11, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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