What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 18, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 18, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 18, 1942?

On December 18, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on December 18, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on December 18, 1942

Samwel John Sitta

Tanzanian politician

Born the same week

Driss Bamous

December 15 · Moroccan footballer (1942-2015)

Milan Milutinović

December 19 · 2nd President of Serbia (1942–2023)

Jean-Claude Trichet

December 20 · French economist and central banker

Héctor Pulido

December 20 · Mexican footballer (1942–2022)

Hu Jintao

December 21 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

What happened that week

The Allies issue the Joint Declaration by Members of the United Nations (as the answer to Raczyński's Note), the first time they publicly acknowledge the Holocaust.
WWII: First Arakan Campaign: Allied forces begin a counter-offensive into Burma. During the offensive, Japanese defenders occupying well-prepared positions repeatedly repulse the British and Indian forces.
WWII: Guadalcanal campaign – Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse: the United States and allied forces begin to attack Japanese positions near the Matanikau River.
An avalanche in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, kills 26, including Vulcan Crucible Steel heir-apparent Samuel A. Stafford Sr., when two 100 ton boulders fall on a bus filled with wartime steelworkers on their way home.
An airplane carrying prominent Ustashe general Jure Francetić crashes. Francetić dies as a result of the injuries on December 27.
WWII: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 18, 1942 was a Friday. Someone born on December 18, 1942 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 18, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,638 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Joseph John Thomson
1856 · British physicist
Joseph Stalin
1878 · politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from to
Willy Brandt
1913 · German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Steven Spielberg
1946 · American filmmaker (born )
Steve Biko
1946 · South African anti-apartheid activist

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Questions about December 18, 1942

What day of the week was December 18, 1942?: December 18, 1942 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on December 18, 1942?: Someone born on December 18, 1942 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 18, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 18, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on December 18, 1942?: Someone born on December 18, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,638 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 18, 1942?: On December 18, 1942 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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