July 14th, 1939

Born on July 14th, 1939

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 32 days, exactly on May 28th, 2024, people who were born on July 14th, 1939 will be 31,000 days old!

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What happened on July 14th?

July 14th, 2016

A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in 86 deaths.

July 14th, 2003

In an effort to discredit U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an op-ed criticizing the invasion of Iraq, his wife Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative was leaked to and published by journalist Robert Novak.

July 14th, 1987

More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hour period in parts of Montreal, causing severe flooding.

July 14th, 1960

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo Island in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44.

July 14th, 1950

Early in the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea.

July 14th, 1916

The Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.

July 14th, 1902

The medieval St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapsed, also demolishing the Loggetta del Sansovino.

July 14th, 1881

While on the run from a death sentence, American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sherriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

July 14th, 1874

A fire destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people in Chicago, leading to reforms in the city's fire-prevention and firefighting efforts.

July 14th, 1798

The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.

July 14th, 1791

The Priestley Riots (depicted), targeting religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, began in Birmingham, England.

July 14th, 1789

The Bastille, a fortress and prison in Paris, was stormed by a crowd during the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

July 14th, 2016

A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police.

July 14th, 2015

NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.

July 14th, 2013

Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 14th

Born on July 14th, 1939

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Philippe Alfonsi

French journalist and writer

*July 14th, 1939, 19th arrondissement of Paris

52

Vince Taylor

British rock and roll singer (1939-1991)

*July 14th, 1939, Isleworth †August 28th, 1991, Lutry

73

Peter Duryea

American actor (1939-2013)

*July 14th, 1939, Los Angeles †March 24th, 2013, British Columbia

77

Eduard Brunner

Swiss musician (1939-2017)

*July 14th, 1939, Basel †April 27th, 2017, Munich

75

George Edgar Slusser

American writer

*July 14th, 1939, San Francisco †November 4th, 2014, Highland

84

Peter Goldreich

American astronomer

*July 14th, 1939, New York City

84

Francis Bonafede

Monegasque sport shooter

*July 14th, 1939, Monaco

84

Viktor Zsitva

Hungarian ice hockey player

*July 14th, 1939, Budapest

76

Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov

Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (1995–2003)

*July 14th, 1939, Tashkent †November 29th, 2015, Tashkent

76

Ekkehard Kreft

German university teacher

*July 14th, 1939, Sprottau District †December 27th, 2015, Krefeld

77

Ljubiša Beara

Bosnian Serb war criminal

*July 14th, 1939, Sarajevo †February 8th, 2017, Berlin

78

Dieter Kunzelmann

German left-wing activist (1939–2018)

*July 14th, 1939, Bamberg †May 14th, 2018, Kreuzberg

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Who's birthday is on July 14th?

68

Lino Ventura

Italian-French actor

*July 14th, 1919, Parma †October 22nd, 1987, Saint-Cloud

89

Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

*July 14th, 1918, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †July 30th, 2007, Fårö parish

81

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

80

Christopher Priest

British author (1943–2024)

*July 14th, 1943, Cheadle †February 2nd, 2024

93

Gerald Ford

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

*July 14th, 1913, Omaha †December 26th, 2006, Rancho Mirage

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

86

Yoshirō Mori

86th Prime Minister of Japan

*July 14th, 1937, Neagari

42

Ng Wei

Hong Kong badminton player

*July 14th, 1981, Jiangsu

45

Kristof Hopp

German badminton player

*July 14th, 1978, Kiel

71

Joel Silver

American film producer (born 1952)

*July 14th, 1952, South Orange

85

Ei-ichi Negishi

Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021)

*July 14th, 1935, Hsinking †June 6th, 2021, Indianapolis

30

Milica Simić

Badminton player

*July 14th, 1993, Peć

56

Valérie Pécresse

French politician (born 1967)

*July 14th, 1967, Neuilly-sur-Seine

85

Moshe Safdie

Israeli-Canadian architect

*July 14th, 1938, Haifa

97

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

23

Ashwathi Pillai

Badminton player

*July 14th, 2000, Kanyakumari

85

Tommy Vig

Hungarian percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer

*July 14th, 1938, Budapest

51

Manfred Weber

German politician, current president of the European People's Party and the EPP Group

*July 14th, 1972, Niederhatzkofen

83

Kwame Addo-Kufuor

Ghanaian politician and physician

*July 14th, 1940, Kumasi

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Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

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

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

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

84

Amanda Lear

French singer, actress, television presenter

*November 18th, 1939, Ho Chi Minh City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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