July 4th, 1942

Born on July 4th, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 4th, 1942?

July 4th, 1942

World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941–1942)

What else happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 2005

The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition.

July 4th, 1988

Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

July 4th, 1976

Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

July 4th, 1954

Four CIA officers arrived in Guatemala to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the United States' overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz one week prior.

July 4th, 1951

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

July 4th, 1950

The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.

July 4th, 1945

The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

July 4th, 1943

The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.

July 4th, 1941

The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

July 4th, 1918

World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.

July 4th, 1862

In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

July 4th, 1855

The first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry.

July 4th, 1837

The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 4th

Born on July 4th, 1942

78

Floyd Little

Player of American football

*July 4th, 1942, New Haven †January 1st, 2021, Las Vegas

65

Stefan Meller

Polish diplomat (1942-2008)

*July 4th, 1942, 6th arrondissement of Lyon †February 4th, 2008, Warsaw

81

Prince Michael of Kent

First cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; grandson of King George V and Queen Mary

*July 4th, 1942, Coppins

81

Peter Rowan

American bluegrass musician

*July 4th, 1942, United States of America

81

Hal Lanier

American baseball player and manager

*July 4th, 1942, Denton

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 4th?

80

Heide Simonis

German politician (1943–2023)

*July 4th, 1943, Bonn †July 12th, 2023, Kiel

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

80

Geraldo Rivera

American attorney, journalist and talk show host

*July 4th, 1943, Brooklyn

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

*July 4th, 1932, Anzegem †October 17th, 2023, Waregem

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

*July 4th, 1927, New York City †August 26th, 2018, Manhattan

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

95

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)

*July 4th, 1927, Subiaco †January 16th, 2023, Rome

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

83

Valentyn Symonenko

Ukrainian statesman

*July 4th, 1940, Odesa

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

*July 4th, 1926, Buenos Aires †July 7th, 2014, Madrid

80

Christoph Zöpel

German politician

*July 4th, 1943, Gliwice

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

79

Susan Kellerman

American Broadway and theatre-house actress

*July 4th, 1944, United States of America

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

82

Pavel Sedláček

Czech singer

*July 4th, 1941, Prague

83

Karolyn Grimes

American actress

*July 4th, 1940, Hollywood

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

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

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

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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