What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 16, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 16, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 16, 1944?

On May 16, 1944 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on May 16, 1944?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
82 years

Famous people born on May 16, 1944

Billy Cobham

Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944)

Born the same week

George Lucas

May 14 · American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

Ulrich Beck

May 15 · German sociologist & scholar (1944–2015)

Manuel Lapuente Díaz

May 15 · Mexican footballer and trainer (1944–2025)

Juan Manuel Alejándrez

May 17 · Mexican footballer (1944-2007)

W. G. Sebald

May 18 · German writer and academic (1944-2001)

What happened that week

WWII: Allied military and political leaders, including Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and more, meet for the final D-Day joint briefing at St. Paul's School in London.
WWII: Merrill's Marauders and Chinese troops (some 3,000 men) led by Brigadier General Frank Merrill capture Myitkyina airfield, after a 100-kilometer march over the Kumon Mountain range (using mules for carrying supplies).
The Holocaust: Predominantly Muslim Albanian troops of the 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) round up 281 Jews in Priština, and hand them over to the Germans for transportation to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
WWII:
Battle of Monte Cassino: The Germans evacuate Monte Cassino and Allied forces, led by Władysław Anders from Polish II Corps, take the stronghold after a struggle that has claimed 20,000 lives.
Crimean Tatars are deported by the Soviet Union.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

May 16, 1944 was a Tuesday. Someone born on May 16, 1944 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 16, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,122 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Questions about May 16, 1944

What day of the week was May 16, 1944?: May 16, 1944 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on May 16, 1944?: Someone born on May 16, 1944 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 16, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 16, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on May 16, 1944?: Someone born on May 16, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,122 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1944?: People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 16, 1944?: On May 16, 1944 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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