March 7th, 1943

Born on March 7th, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 367 days, exactly on April 25th, 2025, people who were born on March 7th, 1943 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1943

81

Carolyn Carlson

American dancer

*March 7th, 1943, Oakland

81

Chris White

British bassist

*March 7th, 1943, Barnet

80

Billy MacMillan

Canadian hockey coach and player (1943—2023)

*March 7th, 1943, Charlottetown †July 15th, 2023

81

Shirish Panchal

Gujarati critic and editor

*March 7th, 1943, Vadodara

81

Arne Strid

Swedish botanist

*March 7th, 1943, Kristianstad

81

Bob Avakian

Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party/USA

*March 7th, 1943, Washington, D.C.

81

Turibio Santos

Brazilian musician

*March 7th, 1943, São Luís

79

Nelson Oñate

Cuban sports shooter

*March 7th, 1943, Havana †September 11th, 2022, Miami

81

Ross Free

Australian politician

*March 7th, 1943, Bathurst

81

Sherandaz Khan

Cricketer

*March 7th, 1943, Jalandhar

81

Irving Kirsch

Medical researcher

*March 7th, 1943, New York City

81

Roly Horrey

Footballer (born 1943)

*March 7th, 1943, Bishop Auckland

81

Christoffel Brändli

Swiss politician

*March 7th, 1943, Vnà

78

Rick Redman

American football player (1943–2022)

*March 7th, 1943, Portland †November 30th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on March 7th?

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

82

Michael Eisner

American business executive

*March 7th, 1942, New York City

80

Michael Rosbash

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*March 7th, 1944, Kansas City

80

Ranulph Fiennes

British explorer (born 1944)

*March 7th, 1944, Windsor

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

79

Gerta Keller

American geologist and paleontologist

*March 7th, 1945, Schaan

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

70

Panajot Pano

Albanian association football player (1939–2010)

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

86

Albert Fert

French physicist, Nobel laureate in physics

*March 7th, 1938, Carcassonne

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

76

Tony Conrad

American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016)

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

70

Audrey Arno

German pop singer (1942-2012)

*March 7th, 1942, Mannheim †June 9th, 2012, Las Vegas

77

Michel Mercier

French politician

*March 7th, 1947, Bourg-de-Thizy

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

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

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

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

68

Hannelore Kohl

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl

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

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

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Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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