July 4th, 1943

Born on July 4th, 1943

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What happened on July 4th, 1943?

July 4th, 1943

World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Sikorski

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, 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, 1943

80

Heide Simonis

German politician (1943–2023)

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

80

Geraldo Rivera

American attorney, journalist and talk show host

*July 4th, 1943, Brooklyn

80

Christoph Zöpel

German politician

*July 4th, 1943, Gliwice

80

Emerson Boozer

Player of American football

*July 4th, 1943, Augusta

80

Fred Wesley

American jazz trombonist

*July 4th, 1943, Columbus

80

Adam Hart-Davis

British scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster

*July 4th, 1943, Henley-on-Thames

80

Orestes Rodriguez Vargas

Chess player

*July 4th, 1943, Lima

80

Conny Bauer

German musician

*July 4th, 1943, Halle (Saale)

77

Roger Maes

Belgian volleyball player

*July 4th, 1943, Ghent †March 13th, 2021, Ghent

27

Alan Wilson

Musician (1943-1970)

*July 4th, 1943, Boston †September 3rd, 1970, Topanga

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

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

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

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

79

Susan Kellerman

American Broadway and theatre-house actress

*July 4th, 1944, United States of America

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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

78

Floyd Little

Player of American football

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

83

Valentyn Symonenko

Ukrainian statesman

*July 4th, 1940, Odesa

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

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

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

65

Stefan Meller

Polish diplomat (1942-2008)

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

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

*July 4th, 1883, San Francisco †December 7th, 1970, New York City

90

Rudolf Friedrich

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1923-2013)

*July 4th, 1923, Winterthur †October 15th, 2013, Winterthur

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

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

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