March 7th, 1940

Born on March 7th, 1940

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 269 days, exactly on January 20th, 2025, people who were born on March 7th, 1940 will be 31,000 days old!

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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

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

Born on March 7th, 1940

76

Tony Conrad

American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016)

*March 7th, 1940, Concord †April 9th, 2016, Cheektowaga

39

Rudi Dutschke

German student activist (1940–1979)

*March 7th, 1940, Schönefeld †December 24th, 1979, Aarhus

84

Alejandro Goic

Catholic bishop

*March 7th, 1940, Punta Arenas

52

Hannah Wilke

American artist (1940-1993)

*March 7th, 1940, New York City †January 28th, 1993, Houston

84

Pierre Marois

Canadian economist and politician

*March 7th, 1940, Montreal

84

Daniel J. Travanti

American actor (born 1940)

*March 7th, 1940, Kenosha

84

Chris Christiaens

American politician

*March 7th, 1940, Conrad

84

Tsunehiko Kamijō

Japanese actor and voice actor

*March 7th, 1940, Asahi

84

Richard O'Callaghan

English film, stage and television character actor

*March 7th, 1940, London

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

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

70

Panajot Pano

Albanian association football player (1939–2010)

*March 7th, 1939, Durrës †January 19th, 2010, Jacksonville

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

82

Michael Eisner

American business executive

*March 7th, 1942, New York City

86

Albert Fert

French physicist, Nobel laureate in physics

*March 7th, 1938, Carcassonne

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

80

Michael Rosbash

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*March 7th, 1944, Kansas City

80

Ranulph Fiennes

British explorer (born 1944)

*March 7th, 1944, Windsor

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

79

Gerta Keller

American geologist and paleontologist

*March 7th, 1945, Schaan

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

68

Hannelore Kohl

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl

*March 7th, 1933, Berlin †July 5th, 2001, Ludwigshafen

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

78

Philippe Mohlitz

French engraver

*March 7th, 1941, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †March 14th, 2019, Bordeaux

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

38

Kowi Chandra

Badminton player

*March 7th, 1986, Palembang

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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