September 7th, 1939

Born on September 7th, 1939

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 88 days, exactly on July 22nd, 2024, people who were born on September 7th, 1939 will be 31,000 days old!

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What happened on September 7th?

September 7th, 2011

Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.

September 7th, 2010

A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

September 7th, 2004

Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85 percent of buildings on the island.

September 7th, 1999

Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".

September 7th, 1986

Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

September 7th, 1984

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and policemen.

September 7th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.

September 7th, 1936

The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.

September 7th, 1916

World War I: The 'Supreme War Command was established to oversee the armed forces of all the Central Powers.

September 7th, 1812

Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army fought near the village of Borodino during the French invasion of Russia.

September 7th, 1778

Anglo-French War: France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort before Britain had even learned of the Franco-American alliance.

September 7th, 1652

Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.

September 7th, 1191

Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in present-day Israel.

September 7th, 2021

The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

September 7th, 2019

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

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

Born on September 7th, 1939

84

Donnie Allison

American racecar driver

*September 7th, 1939, Hueytown

84

Latimore

American singer

*September 7th, 1939, Charleston

77

Stanislav Petrov

Officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)

*September 7th, 1939, Vladivostok †May 19th, 2017, Fryazino

84

Peter Gill

British theatre director and writer

*September 7th, 1939, Cardiff

84

Christine Bergmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1939, Dresden

49

S. David Griggs

United States admiral (1939-1989)

*September 7th, 1939, Portland †June 17th, 1989, Earle

77

Chuck Allen

American football player (1939-2016)

*September 7th, 1939, Cle Elum †December 15th, 2016

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Who's birthday is on September 7th?

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

69

Abdurrahman Wahid

President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001

*September 7th, 1940, Jombang †December 30th, 2009, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

56

Natalia Wörner

German actress (born 1967)

*September 7th, 1967, Stuttgart

22

Buddy Holly

American rock 'n' roll singer (1936–1959)

*September 7th, 1936, Lubbock †February 3rd, 1959, Clear Lake

96

Edward Lunn Young

American politician (1920-2017)

*September 7th, 1920, Florence †May 9th, 2017, Florence

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

83

Dario Argento

Italian film director and screenwriter

*September 7th, 1940, Rome

36

Aurea

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*September 7th, 1987, Santiago do Cacém

61

Jennifer Egan

American novelist, short story writer

*September 7th, 1962, Chicago

76

Anthony Quayle

British actor, director (1913–1989)

*September 7th, 1913, Sefton †October 20th, 1989, London

81

June Harding

American actress (1937-2019)

*September 7th, 1937, Emporia †March 22nd, 2019, Deer Isle

56

Alok Sharma

British politician

*September 7th, 1967, West Bengal

88

Abdou Diouf

Senegalese President

*September 7th, 1935, Louga

62

Baudouin I of Belgium

Fifth king of the Belgians

*September 7th, 1930, Laeken - Laken †July 31st, 1993, Motril

81

Bruce Gray

Canadian actor (1936–2017)

*September 7th, 1936, San Juan †December 13th, 2017, Los Angeles

84

Albéric Schotte

Belgian cyclist (1919-2004)

*September 7th, 1919, Kanegem †April 4th, 2004, Kortrijk

70

John Phillip Law

American film actor (1937-2008)

*September 7th, 1937, Hollywood †May 13th, 2008, Los Angeles

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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

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

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

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

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

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