April 7th, 1936

Born on April 7th, 1936

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What happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

April 7th, 1824

The Mechanics' Institution is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 7th

Born on April 7th, 1936

88

Georges Garot

French politician

*April 7th, 1936, Saint-Berthevin

88

Xosé Manuel Beiras

Spanish politician and economist

*April 7th, 1936, Santiago de Compostela

59

Martín Colmenarejo

Spanish bicycle racer (1936-1995)

*April 7th, 1936, Madrid †November 27th, 1995, Soria

88

Princess Elizabeth of Serbia

Serbian Royal

*April 7th, 1936, Belgrade

81

Erdoğan Teziç

Turkish jurist and university teacher (1936-2017)

*April 7th, 1936, Fatih †April 23rd, 2017, Istanbul

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 7th?

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

86

Jerry Brown

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019

*April 7th, 1938, San Francisco

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

72

Ian Richardson

British actor (1934-2007)

*April 7th, 1934, Edinburgh †February 9th, 2007, London

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

86

Doe Avedon

American actress and model (1925-2011)

*April 7th, 1925, Old Westbury †December 18th, 2011, Encino

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

82

Wayne Rogers

American actor (1933–2015)

*April 7th, 1933, Birmingham †December 31st, 2015, Los Angeles

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

80

Makoto Kobayashi

Japanese theoretical physicist (1944-)

*April 7th, 1944, Nagoya

Same year
Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

68

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

*July 6th, 1936, Firhouse †March 10th, 2005, Kensington

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

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Born on April 7th, 1936
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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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