July 7th, 1944

Born on July 7th, 1944

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What happened on July 7th, 1944?

July 7th, 1944

World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on July 7th?

July 7th, 2016

A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers (memorial service pictured) in Dallas, Texas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.

July 7th, 1991

Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.

July 7th, 1983

After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith (pictured) visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".

July 7th, 1963

The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis.

July 7th, 1937

The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.

July 7th, 1911

Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.

July 7th, 1907

Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.

July 7th, 1798

Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.

July 7th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.

July 7th, 1456

Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.

July 7th, 1898

US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

July 7th, 1892

The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

July 7th, 1865

Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

July 7th, 1863

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

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

Born on July 7th, 1944

79

Ian Wilmut

British embryologist

*July 7th, 1944, Hampton Lucy †September 10th, 2023

79

Tony Jacklin

Professional golfer

*July 7th, 1944, Scunthorpe

79

Feleti Sevele

Prime Minister of Tonga

*July 7th, 1944, Nuku'alofa

77

Jürgen Grabowski

German footballer (1944–2022)

*July 7th, 1944, Wiesbaden †March 10th, 2022, Wiesbaden

57

Araquem de Melo

Brazilian footballer (1944-2001)

*July 7th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 19th, 2001, Miami

79

Michael Edelson

British football director

*July 7th, 1944, Oldham

79

Jim Barnett

American basketball player

*July 7th, 1944, Greenville

79

Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham

Army officer (born 1944)

*July 7th, 1944, Harare

68

Emanuel Steward

American boxer, trainer, and commentator

*July 7th, 1944, Bottom Creek †October 25th, 2012, Chicago

79

Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

British politician (1944–2023)

*July 7th, 1944, Roade †December 3rd, 2023, London

78

Karl-Heinz Ferschl

German footballer

*July 7th, 1944, Nuremberg †May 30th, 2023

79

Rosie Bonds

American hurdler

*July 7th, 1944, Riverside

79

Hans-Jürgen Kurrat

German footballer

*July 7th, 1944, Dortmund

79

Dail Jones

New Zealand politician

*July 7th, 1944, Karachi

79

Luiz Cláudio Menon

Brazilian basketball player

*July 7th, 1944, São Paulo

79

Godehard Link

German philosopher

*July 7th, 1944, Lippstadt

39

Feri Cansel

Cypriot actress

*July 7th, 1944, Nicosia †September 2nd, 1983, İzmir

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Who's birthday is on July 7th?

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

78

Moncef Marzouki

Tunisian politician

*July 7th, 1945, Grombalia

77

Michel Virlogeux

French structural engineer and bridge specialist

*July 7th, 1946, Vichy

74

Shelley Duvall

American actress

*July 7th, 1949, Houston

80

Toto Cutugno

Italian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer (1943–2023)

*July 7th, 1943, Fosdinovo †August 22nd, 2023, Milan

76

Virak Dara

Cambodian actress

*July 7th, 1947, Kampot Province

40

Li Li

Singaporean badminton player

*July 7th, 1983, People's Republic of China

37

Alamsyah Yunus

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1986, Jakarta

63

Joel Siegel

American film critic and journalist (1943-2007)

*July 7th, 1943, Los Angeles †June 29th, 2007

31

Kang Ji-wook

South Korean badminton player

*July 7th, 1992, Jeju

84

Charlotte Moore

American actress (b. 1939)

*July 7th, 1939, Chicago

30

Tinn Isriyanet

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Bangkok

32

Quebonafide

Polish rapper and singer-songwriter

*July 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

30

Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Tangerang City

74

Mimmo Locasciulli

Italian singer-songwriter and physician

*July 7th, 1949, Penne

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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