July 1st, 1903

Born on July 1st, 1903

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 1st, 1903?

July 1st, 1903

Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_Tour_de_France

What else happened on July 1st?

July 1st, 2002

Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.

July 1st, 1999

Legislative governance of Scotland was transferred from the Scottish Office in Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.

July 1st, 1983

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.

July 1st, 1979

Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own choice of music.

July 1st, 1970

The Belfast Banking Company, which [[[Banknotes of Northern Ireland|issued banknotes in Northern Ireland]], merged with its rival Northern Bank.

July 1st, 1960

Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.

July 1st, 1948

The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.

July 1st, 1940

Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.

July 1st, 1935

The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.

July 1st, 1927

The Singapore Improvement Trust was founded to oversee the construction of public housing in Singapore, where more than three quarters of residents live.

July 1st, 1916

First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths.

July 1st, 1874

The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.

July 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimate unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.

July 1st, 1849

Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 1st

Born on July 1st, 1903

87

Don Beddoe

American film and television actor (1903-1991)

*July 1st, 1903, Pittsburgh †January 19th, 1991, Laguna Hills

76

Beatrix Lehmann

British actress

*July 1st, 1903, Bourne End †July 31st, 1979, London

37

Amy Johnson

Pioneering English aviator

*July 1st, 1903, Kingston upon Hull †January 5th, 1941, Thames Estuary

58

Percy Austin

English footballer (1903-1961)

*July 1st, 1903, Watford †August 15th, 1961, St Albans

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 1st?

79

William Wyler

Swiss-German-American director and producer (1902–1981)

*July 1st, 1902, Mulhouse †July 27th, 1981, Los Angeles

81

James Cotton

American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)

*July 1st, 1935, Tunica †March 16th, 2017, Austin

32

Ezhel

Turkish rapper

*July 1st, 1991, Çankaya

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

37

Agnez Mo

Indonesian singer and actress

*July 1st, 1986, Jakarta

57

Franz Boll

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

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

20

Tate McRae

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

85

Günter Oldenburg

German bicycle racer (1930-2016)

*July 1st, 1930, Dobra †April 8th, 2016, Berlin

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

88

Gunnar Möller

German actor (1928-2017)

*July 1st, 1928, Neukölln †May 16th, 2017, Berlin

70

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

*July 1st, 1646, Leipzig †November 14th, 1716, Hanover

56

Pamela Anderson

Canadian-American actress and model

*July 1st, 1967, Ladysmith

48

Sufjan Stevens

American singer and musician (born 1975)

*July 1st, 1975, Detroit

64

Maria Probst

German politician (1902-1967)

*July 1st, 1902, Munich †May 1st, 1967, Munich

63

Charles Laughton

British-American actor and director (1899–1962)

*July 1st, 1899, Scarborough †December 15th, 1962, Hollywood

62

Carl Lewis

US track & field athlete

*July 1st, 1961, Birmingham

46

Liv Tyler

American actress

*July 1st, 1977, East Harlem

Same year
Born in 1903

53

Preston Tucker

American businessman (1903-1956)

*September 21st, 1903, Michigan †December 26th, 1956, Ypsilanti

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

74

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

91

Heinrich Drake

German sculptor and illustrator (1903-1994)

*February 15th, 1903, Lügde †July 26th, 1994, Berlin

84

Marguerite Yourcenar

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

*June 8th, 1903, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1987, Bar Harbor

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

120

Alfred Krohn

German rower

*May 2nd, 1903, Szczecin

46

George Orwell

British writer and journalist

*June 25th, 1903, Motihari †January 21st, 1950, London

87

Anne Revere

American actress (1903-1990)

*June 25th, 1903, New York City †December 18th, 1990, Locust Valley

85

Alan Paton

South African writer and activist (1903-1988)

*January 11th, 1903, Pietermaritzburg †April 12th, 1988, Durban

65

Theodor W. Adorno

German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

*September 11th, 1903, Frankfurt †August 6th, 1969, Visp

53

Francis L. Sullivan

British actor (1903-1956)

*January 6th, 1903, London †November 19th, 1956, New York City

65

Vernon Duke

American composer (1903-1969)

*October 10th, 1903, Parafjanava †January 16th, 1969, Santa Monica

77

Reginald Gardiner

Actor (1903-1980)

*February 27th, 1903, London †July 7th, 1980, Westwood

85

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

*November 7th, 1903, Vienna †February 27th, 1989, Vienna

86

Claude Arrieu

French composer

*November 30th, 1903, 8th arrondissement of Paris †March 7th, 1990, 19th arrondissement of Paris

91

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)

*October 6th, 1903, Abbeyside †June 25th, 1995, Belfast

96

Habib Bourguiba

Leader of the Tunisian National Movement, founder of the Tunisian Republic and the first President of the Tunisian Republic after independence

*August 3rd, 1903, Monastir †April 6th, 2000, Monastir

94

Benjamin Spock

American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)

*May 2nd, 1903, New Haven †March 15th, 1998, La Jolla

92

Alec Douglas-Home

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964

*July 2nd, 1903, Mayfair †October 9th, 1995, The Hirsel

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1903 is a normal year and no leap year.

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