July 4th, 1863

Born on July 4th, 1863

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What happened on July 4th, 1863?

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia

July 4th, 1863

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on July 4th, 1863

49

Hugo Winckler

German archaeologist

*July 4th, 1863, Gräfenhainichen †April 19th, 1913, Berlin

90

Adolf Spilker

German chemist (1863-1954)

*July 4th, 1863, Bruchhausen-Vilsen †January 26th, 1954, Bonn

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Who's birthday is on July 4th?

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

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

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

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

95

Gina Lollobrigida

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

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

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

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

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

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

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

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

90

Rudolf Friedrich

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1923-2013)

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

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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

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

93

George Mostow

American mathematician

*July 4th, 1923, Boston †April 4th, 2017, Hamden

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

53

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

American astronomer and human calculator

*July 4th, 1868, Lancaster †December 12th, 1921, Cambridge

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

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Born in 1863

81

Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer known for operas

*December 7th, 1863, Livorno †August 2nd, 1945, Rome

74

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)

*March 12th, 1863, Pescara †March 1st, 1938, Gardone Riviera

80

Leo Baekeland

Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)

*November 14th, 1863, Ghent †February 23rd, 1944, Beacon

80

Edvard Munch

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

*December 12th, 1863, Ådalsbruk †January 23rd, 1944, Ekely

51

John Bunny

American actor (1863-1915)

*September 21st, 1863, New York City †April 26th, 1915, Brooklyn

83

Henry Ford

American business magnate (1863–1947)

*July 30th, 1863, Springwells Township †April 7th, 1947, Dearborn

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

82

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

*January 17th, 1863, Manchester †March 26th, 1945, Llanystumdwy

74

Pierre de Coubertin

Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

*January 1st, 1863, Paris †September 2nd, 1937, Geneva

79

W. W. Jacobs

English author of short stories and novels

*September 8th, 1863, Wapping †September 1st, 1943, Islington

64

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

61

Gene Stratton-Porter

American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)

*August 17th, 1863, Lagro †December 6th, 1924, Los Angeles

62

Maurice Hennequin

French playwright and writer

*December 10th, 1863, Liège †September 3rd, 1926, Montreux

77

Ernest Thayer

American poet

*August 14th, 1863, Lawrence †August 21st, 1940, Santa Barbara

88

George Santayana

Spanish-American philosopher

*December 16th, 1863, Madrid †September 26th, 1952, Rome

73

Austen Chamberlain

British politician (1863-1937)

*October 16th, 1863, Birmingham †March 17th, 1937, London

83

Wilhelm Marx

German politician (1863–1946)

*January 15th, 1863, Cologne †August 5th, 1946, Bonn

94

Henry van de Velde

Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (1863-1957)

*April 3rd, 1863, Antwerp †October 25th, 1957, Zürich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1863 is a normal year and no leap year.

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