What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 29, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 29, 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 29, 1942?

On December 29, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on December 29, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on December 29, 1942

Rajesh Khanna

Indian actor and film producer (1942–2012)

Born the same week

Aníbal Torres

December 28 · Peruvian lawyer and politician

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

Muḥammad Ḍiyāʼ al-Raḥmān al-Aʻẓamī

January 1 · Muslim writer

Hamida al-Attas

January 1 · Mother of Osama bin Laden

Pınar Kür

January 1 · Turkish writer (1943–2025)

What happened that week

North Atlantic Convoy ON 154 is heavily attacked by U-boats, sinking 13 ships.
The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia, a communist youth movement, is founded.
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.
French Admiral Darlan, the former Vichy leader who has switched over to the Allies following the Torch landings, is assassinated in Algiers.
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 29, 1942 was a Tuesday. Someone born on December 29, 1942 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 29, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,627 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on December 29

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Elizabeth I of Russia
1709 · sixth Empress of Russia from to (lived - )
William Ewart Gladstone
1809 · British Liberal prime minister
Pau Casals
1876 · Spanish cellist, conductor and composer

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Questions about December 29, 1942

What day of the week was December 29, 1942?: December 29, 1942 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 29, 1942?: Someone born on December 29, 1942 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 29, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 29, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on December 29, 1942?: Someone born on December 29, 1942 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,627 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 29, 1942?: On December 29, 1942 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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