What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 26, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 26, 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 26, 1942?

On December 26, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on December 26, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on December 26, 1942

Vinicio Cerezo

Guatemalan President

Reza Naji

Iranian actor

Simon Narcisse Bozanga

Prime Minister of Central African Republic (1942-2010)

Born the same week

Quentin Bryce

December 23 · 25th Governor-General of Australia

Aníbal Torres

December 28 · Peruvian lawyer and politician

Rajesh Khanna

December 29 · Indian actor and film producer (1942–2012)

What happened that week

The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia, a communist youth movement, is founded.
French Admiral Darlan, the former Vichy leader who has switched over to the Allies following the Torch landings, is assassinated in Algiers.
North Atlantic Convoy ON 154 is heavily attacked by U-boats, sinking 13 ships.
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.
The Times Square Ball in Times Square, New York City is not dropped for the first time. Instead, there is a moment of silence at midnight, followed by the sound of bells playing from sound trucks at the base of One Times Square.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 26, 1942 was a Saturday. Someone born on December 26, 1942 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 26, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,630 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Babbage
1791 · English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer
Mao Zedong
1893 · 1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China
Alejo Carpanter
1904 · Cuban-French writer and musicologist

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Questions about December 26, 1942

What day of the week was December 26, 1942?: December 26, 1942 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on December 26, 1942?: Someone born on December 26, 1942 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 26, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 26, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on December 26, 1942?: Someone born on December 26, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,630 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 26, 1942?: On December 26, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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