What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 2, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 2, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 2, 1944?

On April 2, 1944 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Sunday

Born on April 2, 1944?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
82 years

Famous people born on April 2, 1944

Francisco Massiani

writer from Venezuela (1944-2018)

Punch Gunalan

Malaysian badminton player (1944–2012)

Born the same week

Faisal bin Musaid

April 4 · Saudi Arabian prince, assassin of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1944-1975)

Magdaleno Mercado

April 4 · Mexican footballer (1944-2020)

Bassam Tibi

April 4 · Syrian-German social and political scientist and university lecturer

Willy Planckaert

April 5 · road bicycle racer

What happened that day

WWII: Ascq massacre – Members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend shoot 85 civilians suspected of blowing up their train on its approach to the Gare d'Ascq in France.

Also that week

The Swiss city of Schaffhausen is accidentally bombed by the United States causing serious damage to the city and killing or wounding more than 100 people.
WWII:
Allied bombardment of Bucharest, Romania begins. The United States Air Force and British Royal Air Force, with approximately 3,640 bombers of different types, accompanied by about 1,830 fighters bomb Romania for the following 4½ months. As collateral damage, 5,524 inhabitants are killed, 3,373 injured, and 47,974 left homeless.
An Allied photoreconnaissance aircraft of 60 Squadron SAAF photographs part of Auschwitz concentration camp.
In Sweden, Ruben Rausing patents Erik Wallenberg's method of packaging milk in paper, origin of the international company Tetra Pak.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

April 2, 1944 was a Sunday. Someone born on April 2, 1944 is a Aries. Someone born on April 2, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,167 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on April 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Giacomo Casanova
1725 · Venetian adventurer and writer
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 · Danish writer and poet
Émile Zola
1840 · French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet
Max Ernst
1891 · German artist
Serge Gainsbourg
1928 · French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director
Marvin Gaye
1939 · American R&B and soul singer

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Questions about April 2, 1944

What day of the week was April 2, 1944?: April 2, 1944 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on April 2, 1944?: Someone born on April 2, 1944 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 2, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 2, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on April 2, 1944?: Someone born on April 2, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,167 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1944?: People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 2, 1944?: On April 2, 1944 the moon was a First Quarter.

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