July 4th, 1760

Born on July 4th, 1760

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 644 days, exactly on January 31st, 2026, people who were born on July 4th, 1760 will be 97,000 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

Four CIA officers arrived in Guatemala to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the United States' overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz one week prior.

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.

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

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

26

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

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

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

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

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

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general, patriot, and republican (1807–1882)

*July 4th, 1807, Nice †June 2nd, 1882, Caprera

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

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

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

95

Gina Lollobrigida

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

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

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

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

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

76

William Rush

U.S. neoclassical sculptor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1756-1833)

*July 4th, 1756, Philadelphia †January 17th, 1833, Philadelphia

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

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

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

90

Rudolf Friedrich

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1923-2013)

*July 4th, 1923, Winterthur †October 15th, 2013, Winterthur

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Born in 1760

88

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760-1849)

*October 31st, 1760, Honjo †May 10th, 1849, Asakusa

63

Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien

Prussian general

*September 15th, 1760, Potsdam †February 20th, 1824, Berlin

36

François-Noël Babeuf

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

*November 23rd, 1760, Saint-Quentin †May 27th, 1797, Vendôme

64

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)

*October 17th, 1760, Paris †May 19th, 1825, Paris

68

Leo XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829

*August 2nd, 1760, Genga †February 10th, 1829, Rome

34

Alexandre de Beauharnais

French general; president of the National Constituent Assembly in 1791

*May 28th, 1760, Fort-de-France †July 23rd, 1794, Paris

71

Richard Allen

Minister, educator, writer (1760-1831)

*February 14th, 1760, Philadelphia †March 26th, 1831, Philadelphia

62

Michael Leib

American politician (1760-1822)

*January 8th, 1760, Philadelphia †December 8th, 1822, Philadelphia

42

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

German composer

*January 10th, 1760, Lauda-Königshofen †January 27th, 1802, Stuttgart

85

David Heinrich Hoppe

German botanist (1760-1846)

*December 15th, 1760, Bruchhausen-Vilsen †August 1st, 1846, Regensburg

61

Jonas Rein

Norwegian priest, writer and politician (1760-1821)

*January 30th, 1760, Sunndal Municipality †November 21st, 1821, Bergen

69

William Payne

English painter and etcher (1760-1830)

*March 4th, 1760, London †January 1st, 1830, London

80

Anton Hasenhut

Austrian actor

*June 1st, 1760, Novi Sad †February 6th, 1841, Vienna

73

Oliver Wolcott

United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1760-1833)

*January 11th, 1760, Litchfield †June 1st, 1833, New York City

78

Tomaž Dolinar

(1760-1839)

*December 12th, 1760, Dorfarje †February 15th, 1839, Vienna

78

Francisco Javier Venegas

Spanish noble and general

*January 1st, 1760, Zafra †January 1st, 1838, Madrid

58

Joseph Ludwig Colmar

German bishop (1760-1818)

*June 22nd, 1760, Strasbourg †December 15th, 1818, Mainz

76

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

French army officer (1760-1836)

*May 10th, 1760, Lons-le-Saunier †June 26th, 1836, Choisy-le-Roi

86

Thomas Clarkson

English abolitionist (1760-1846)

*March 28th, 1760, Wisbech †September 26th, 1846, Playford Hall

82

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

British politician (1760-1842)

*June 20th, 1760, Meath †September 26th, 1842, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Leap year

Yes: 1760 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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