July 4th, 1881

Born on July 4th, 1881

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What happened on July 4th, 1881?

July 4th, 1881

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

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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, 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.

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

Born on July 4th, 1881

69

Paul Augé

French lexicographer and publisher

*July 4th, 1881, L'Isle-Jourdain †January 1st, 1951, Cabourg

87

Ulysses S. Grant III

Grandson of US President Ulysses S. Grant (1881-1968)

*July 4th, 1881, Chicago †August 29th, 1968, Clinton

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87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

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

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

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

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

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

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

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

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist

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

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

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

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

54

Gertrude Lawrence

English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer

*July 4th, 1898, London †September 6th, 1952, New York City

81

Thomas E. Jackson

American actor (1886-1967)

*July 4th, 1886, New York City †September 7th, 1967, Hollywood

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

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91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

73

Alcide De Gasperi

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

*April 3rd, 1881, Pieve Tesino †August 19th, 1954, Borgo Valsugana

81

John XXIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963 (1881-1963)

*November 25th, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII †June 3rd, 1963, Apostolic Palace

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

93

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

64

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist

*March 25th, 1881, Sânnicolau Mare †September 26th, 1945, New York City

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

76

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

*December 23rd, 1881, Moguer †May 29th, 1958, San Juan

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

92

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1881 is a normal year and no leap year.

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