September 7th, 1942

Born on September 7th, 1942

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What happened on September 7th, 1942?

September 7th, 1942

World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Naval_Landing_Forces

What else 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.

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

Born on September 7th, 1942

81

Sergio DellaPergola

Israeli demographer

*September 7th, 1942, Trieste

81

Gabriele Veneziano

Italian physicist (1942-)

*September 7th, 1942, Florence

74

Toby Kimball

American basketball player

*September 7th, 1942, Framingham †May 2nd, 2017, La Jolla

81

Alan Oakes

Footballer (born 1942)

*September 7th, 1942, Winsford

81

Billy Best

English footballer (born 1942)

*September 7th, 1942, Glasgow

80

Cornelius Kolig

Austrian painter

*September 7th, 1942, Vorderberg †November 7th, 2022

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Who's birthday is on September 7th?

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

56

Natalia Wörner

German actress

*September 7th, 1967, Stuttgart

69

Abdurrahman Wahid

President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001

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

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

96

Edward Lunn Young

American politician (1920-2017)

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

36

Aurea

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*September 7th, 1987, Santiago do Cacém

22

Buddy Holly

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

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

83

Dario Argento

Italian film director and screenwriter

*September 7th, 1940, Rome

61

Jennifer Egan

American novelist, short story writer

*September 7th, 1962, Chicago

80

Lena Valaitis

Lithuanian-German singer

*September 7th, 1943, Klaipėda

76

Anthony Quayle

British actor, director (1913–1989)

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

56

Alok Sharma

British politician

*September 7th, 1967, West Bengal

80

Beverley McLachlin

17th Chief Justice of Canada

*September 7th, 1943, Pincher Creek

79

Bertel Haarder

Danish politician

*September 7th, 1944, Denmark

62

Chris Owens

Canadian actor

*September 7th, 1961, Toronto

62

Baudouin I of Belgium

Fifth King of the Belgians

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

84

Albéric Schotte

Belgian cyclist (1919-2004)

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

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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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