July 7th, 1949

Born on July 7th, 1949

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Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.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

July 7th, 1846

US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.

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

Born on July 7th, 1949

74

Shelley Duvall

American actress

*July 7th, 1949, Houston

74

Mimmo Locasciulli

Italian singer-songwriter and physician

*July 7th, 1949, Penne

66

Zyta Gilowska

Polish economist, academic and politician (1949-2016)

*July 7th, 1949, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie †April 5th, 2016, Świdnik

74

Lynn Powis

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 7th, 1949, Saskatoon

74

Ian Randle

Jamaican publisher

*July 7th, 1949, Hanover Parish

74

Suthep Thaugsuban

Thai politician

*July 7th, 1949, Surat Thani

74

Stuart Varney

British-American economic journalist

*July 7th, 1949, Derbyshire

74

Heinz Welz

German journalist

*July 7th, 1949, Cologne

74

Tim Nordbrook

American baseball player

*July 7th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Tetsuo Takashima

Japanese writer

*July 7th, 1949, Tamano

74

Ruth Ann Palumbo

American politician

*July 7th, 1949, Lexington

74

Radhika Roy

Co-Founder, Co-Chairperson NDTV

*July 7th, 1949, Kolkata

74

Dan Kratzer

American football player and coach

*July 7th, 1949, Kearney

74

Andy Strenk

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games bronze medalist

*July 7th, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent

French philosopher

*July 7th, 1949, Béziers

74

Bobby Majors

American football player

*July 7th, 1949, Lynchburg

74

Ellen Mirojnick

American costumer designer

*July 7th, 1949, New York City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 7th?

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

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

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

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

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

73

Gerda Hasselfeldt

German politician

*July 7th, 1950, Straubing

76

Virak Dara

Cambodian actress

*July 7th, 1947, Kampot Province

77

Michel Virlogeux

French structural engineer and bridge specialist

*July 7th, 1946, Vichy

40

Li Li

Singaporean badminton player

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

37

Alamsyah Yunus

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1986, Jakarta

31

Kang Ji-wook

South Korean badminton player

*July 7th, 1992, Jeju

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

76

Gyanendra of Nepal

Former King of Nepal

*July 7th, 1947, Kathmandu

78

Moncef Marzouki

Tunisian politician

*July 7th, 1945, Grombalia

47

Bérénice Bejo

Argentine-born French actress

*July 7th, 1976, Buenos Aires

54

Cree Summer

American actress

*July 7th, 1969, Los Angeles

68

Andrés González Díaz

Colombian politician

*July 7th, 1955, Bogotá

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on July 7th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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