July 4th, 1867

Born on July 4th, 1867

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 57,000 days old!

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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

Born on July 4th, 1867

62

Stephen Tyng Mather

American businessman and conservationist

*July 4th, 1867, San Francisco †January 22nd, 1930, Brookline

Same Day
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

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

53

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

American astronomer and human calculator

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

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

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

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

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

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

93

George Mostow

American mathematician

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

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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

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

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist

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

Same year
Born in 1867

66

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

57

Franz Boll

German classical scholar and historian of astrology (1867–1924)

*July 1st, 1867, Rothenburg ob der Tauber †July 3rd, 1924, Heidelberg

69

Luigi Pirandello

Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)

*June 28th, 1867, Agrigento †December 10th, 1936, Rome

91

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect (1867-1959)

*June 8th, 1867, Richland Center †April 9th, 1959, Phoenix

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

58

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist (1867-1925)

*May 7th, 1867, Kobiele Wielkie †December 5th, 1925, Warsaw

65

John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867-1933)

*August 14th, 1867, Kingston upon Thames †January 31st, 1933, London

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

*December 9th, 1867, 18th arrondissement of Paris †May 17th, 1953, Paris

48

Charles Klein

British-American playwright and actor

*January 7th, 1867, New York City †May 7th, 1915, Atlantic Ocean

74

Lew Fields

American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941)

*January 1st, 1867, Beverly Hills †July 20th, 1941, Beverly Hills

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

*October 3rd, 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses †January 23rd, 1947, Le Cannet

49

Rubén Darío

Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat

*January 18th, 1867, Ciudad Darío †February 6th, 1916, León

77

Käthe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor (1867—1945)

*July 8th, 1867, Königsberg †April 22nd, 1945, Moritzburg

60

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Spanish author (1867-1928)

*January 29th, 1867, Valencia †January 28th, 1928, Menton

67

Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

*December 5th, 1867, Zalavas †May 12th, 1935, Warsaw

80

Edgar de Wahl

Estonian teacher and linguist

*August 11th, 1867, Olviopol †March 9th, 1948, Tallinn

74

Léon Daudet

French journalist and writer (1867-1942)

*November 16th, 1867, 4th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1942, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

54

Walther Rathenau

German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)

*September 29th, 1867, Berlin †June 24th, 1922, Berlin

74

Chris Watson

Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)

*April 9th, 1867, Valparaíso †November 18th, 1941, Sydney

83

Charles Dillon Perrine

American astronomer (1867-1951)

*July 28th, 1867, Steubenville †June 21st, 1951, Córdoba

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Public holidays on July 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 4th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1867 is a normal year and no leap year.

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