June 7th, 1940

Born on June 7th, 1940

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

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What happened on June 7th, 1940?

June 7th, 1940

King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII

What else happened on June 7th?

June 7th, 1981

The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear-weapons program.

June 7th, 1969

The rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, played their only UK show in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.

June 7th, 1965

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy".

June 7th, 1948

Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.

June 7th, 1917

First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history.

June 7th, 1900

American temperance activist Carrie Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed its stock of alcoholic beverages with rocks.

June 7th, 1892

Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man from New Orleans, was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.

June 7th, 1832

The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent.

June 7th, 1810

Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres.

June 7th, 1776

Virginia statesman Richard Henry Lee presented a resolution to the Second Continental Congress, calling for the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.

June 7th, 1628

The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.

June 7th, 0421

Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia (pictured), who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution.

June 7th, 1800

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

June 7th, 1788

French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.

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

Born on June 7th, 1940

83

Tom Jones

Welsh singer

*June 7th, 1940, Pontypridd

80

Ronald Pickup

British actor (1940–2021)

*June 7th, 1940, Chester †February 24th, 2021, London

80

Samuel Little

American serial killer

*June 7th, 1940, Reynolds †December 30th, 2020, Lancaster

83

Lambert Hamel

German actor

*June 7th, 1940, Ludwigshafen

81

Liudmila Belavenets

Russian chess player

*June 7th, 1940, Moscow †November 7th, 2021, Moscow

78

Helmut Bieler

German composer and pianist

*June 7th, 1940, Gersfeld †January 11th, 2019

83

Don Peake

American musician and composer

*June 7th, 1940, Los Angeles

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

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

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

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

76

Géza Alföldy

Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)

*June 7th, 1935, Budapest †November 6th, 2011, Athens

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

40

Shama Aboobakar

Mauritian badminton player

*June 7th, 1983, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

57

Prince

American musician (1958–2016)

*June 7th, 1958, Minneapolis †April 21st, 2016, Chanhassen

86

Neeme Järvi

Estonian conductor

*June 7th, 1937, Tallinn

86

Andy Griffith

American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926–2012)

*June 7th, 1926, Mount Airy †July 3rd, 2012, Manteo

82

Klaus Hirche

East German ice hockey player

*June 7th, 1939, Weißwasser †May 3rd, 2022

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

27

Shane Eagle

South African rapper

*June 7th, 1996, Johannesburg

82

Ian St John

Scottish association football player and manager

*June 7th, 1938, Motherwell †March 1st, 2021, Arrowe Park Hospital

78

Wolfgang Schüssel

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007

*June 7th, 1945, Vienna

42

Anna Kournikova

Russian tennis player and model

*June 7th, 1981, Moscow

75

Roberto Cantoral

Mexican composer, singer, musician

*June 7th, 1935, Ciudad Madero †August 7th, 2010, Toluca

76

Anneke Grönloh

Dutch singer (1942–2018)

*June 7th, 1942, Tondano †September 14th, 2018, Villapourçon

74

Toti Soler

Catalan singer-songwriter and guitarist

*June 7th, 1949, Vilassar de Dalt

33

Iggy Azalea

Australian rapper

*June 7th, 1990, Sydney

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

83

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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