What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 27, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 27, 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 27, 1942?

On December 27, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on December 27, 1942?

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

Famous people born on December 27, 1942

Antonio Cisneros

Peruvian poet (1942–2012)

Born the same week

Vinicio Cerezo

December 26 · Guatemalan President

Reza Naji

December 26 · Iranian actor

Aníbal Torres

December 28 · Peruvian lawyer and politician

Rajesh Khanna

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

Vladimir Bukovsky

December 30 · Soviet dissident; prominent in the Soviet dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s and spent a total of twelve years in psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps and prisons within the Soviet Union

What happened that day

The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia, a communist youth movement, is founded.

Also that week

North Atlantic Convoy ON 154 is heavily attacked by U-boats, sinking 13 ships.
French Admiral Darlan, the former Vichy leader who has switched over to the Allies following the Torch landings, is assassinated in Algiers.
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.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 27, 1942 was a Sunday. Someone born on December 27, 1942 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 27, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,629 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 27

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Johannes Kepler
1571 · German mathematician and astronomer
Mirza Ghalib
1797 · Indian poet
Louis Pasteur
1822 · French chemist and microbiologist
Marlene Dietrich
1901 · German and American actress and singer
Larisa Latynina
1934 · Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast and ballet dancer (born )

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Questions about December 27, 1942

What day of the week was December 27, 1942?: December 27, 1942 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on December 27, 1942?: Someone born on December 27, 1942 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 27, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 27, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on December 27, 1942?: Someone born on December 27, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,629 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 27, 1942?: On December 27, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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