July 4th, 1430

Born on July 4th, 1430

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 216,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 45 days, exactly on August 18th, 2024, people who were born on July 4th, 1430 will be 217,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 2005

The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition.

July 4th, 1988

Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

July 4th, 1976

Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

July 4th, 1954

CIA officers arrived in Guatemala City to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the overthrowing of Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz one week earlier.

July 4th, 1951

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

July 4th, 1950

The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.

July 4th, 1945

The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

July 4th, 1943

The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.

July 4th, 1941

The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

July 4th, 1918

World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.

July 4th, 1862

In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

July 4th, 1855

The first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry.

July 4th, 1837

The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.

July 4th, 1776

In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 4th?

27

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

30

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi

100

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

52

Nina Badrić

Croatian singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

48

Murad III

12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)

*July 4th, 1546, Manisa †January 16th, 1595, Istanbul

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

*July 4th, 1883, San Francisco †December 7th, 1970, New York City

33

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

62

Filippo Strozzi the Elder

Italian banker

*July 4th, 1428, Florence †May 14th, 1491, Florence

61

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

*July 4th, 1927, New York City †August 26th, 2018, Manhattan

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

*July 4th, 1804, Salem †May 19th, 1864, Plymouth

95

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)

*July 4th, 1927, Subiaco †January 16th, 2023, Rome

75

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

*July 4th, 1932, Anzegem †October 17th, 2023, Waregem

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist

*July 4th, 1895, New York City †December 18th, 1996, New York City

26

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

*July 4th, 1926, Buenos Aires †July 7th, 2014, Madrid

50

Inara George

American musician

*July 4th, 1974, Baltimore

49

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

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32

François Villon

French poet and criminal

*November 30th, 1430, Paris †November 30th, 1462, France

52

Margaret of Anjou

15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)

*March 23rd, 1430, Pont-à-Mousson †August 25th, 1482, Souzay-Champigny

46

Vlad the Impaler

15th-century ruler of Wallachia

*November 30th, 1430, Sighișoara †December 14th, 1476, Bucharest

29

James II of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1437 to 1460

*October 16th, 1430, Holyrood Abbey †August 3rd, 1460, Roxburgh

80

Oliviero Carafa

Catholic cardinal

*March 10th, 1430, Rome †January 20th, 1511, Rome

75

Infanta Beatrice, Duchess of Viseu

Duchess of Viseu, was the only female governor of the Order of Christ

*June 13th, 1430, Portugal †January 1st, 1506, Kingdom of Portugal

74

Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár

Hungarian writer and peacher (1430-1504)

*January 1st, 1430, Timișoara †January 22nd, 1504, Buda

45

Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter

English admiral

*June 27th, 1430, London †September 1st, 1475

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1430 is a normal year and no leap year.

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