April 4th, 1953

Born on April 4th, 1953

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What happened on April 4th?

January 1st, 1970

Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

April 4th, 1988

Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, was removed from office after being convicted in his impeachment trial.

April 4th, 1975

Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.

April 4th, 1973

A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.

April 4th, 1968

American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

April 4th, 1949

Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO, an international military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

April 4th, 1873

The Kennel Club, the world's oldest kennel club, was founded in the United Kingdom after Sewallis Shirley became frustrated by trying to organise dog shows without a consistent set of rules.

April 4th, 1866

Russian tsar Alexander II narrowly survived an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov.

April 4th, 1841

William Henry Harrison (pictured) became the first U.S. president to die in office, sparking a brief constitutional crisis regarding questions of presidential succession that were unanswered by the U.S. Constitution.

April 4th, 1268

The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty.

April 4th, 1920

The four-day Nebi Musa riots commence.

April 4th, 2023

Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.

April 4th, 2011

Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32.

April 4th, 2010

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

April 4th, 2009

France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 4th

Born on April 4th, 1953

44

Laurie Beechman

American singer (1953-1998)

*April 4th, 1953, Philadelphia †March 8th, 1998, White Plains

71

Sammy Wilson

British politician (born 1953)

*April 4th, 1953, Belfast

71

Chen Yi

Chinese-American composer and violinist

*April 4th, 1953, Guangzhou

71

Henry Fotheringham

South African cricketer

*April 4th, 1953, Empangeni

71

Simcha Jacobovici

Canadian film director

*April 4th, 1953, Petah Tikva

69

Robert Bertrand

Canadian politician

*April 4th, 1953, Fort-Coulonge †May 17th, 2022, Shawville

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Who's birthday is on April 4th?

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

26

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter Turkish Origin

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

73

Francesco De Gregori

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1951-)

*April 4th, 1951, Rome

74

Christine Lahti

American actress and director (born 1950)

*April 4th, 1950, Birmingham

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

60

David Cross

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

*April 4th, 1964, Roswell

76

Pick Withers

English rock and jazz drummer

*April 4th, 1948, Leicester

58

Gary Moore

Northern Irish musician (1952–2011)

*April 4th, 1952, Belfast †February 6th, 2011, Estepona

59

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor (born 1965)

*April 4th, 1965, Manhattan

61

Graham Norton

Irish comedian, actor and television host

*April 4th, 1963, Clondalkin

75

Abdullah Öcalan

Ideologist, writer and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

*April 4th, 1949, Ömerli

60

Anthony Perkins

American actor, director, and singer (1932–1992)

*April 4th, 1932, New York City †September 12th, 1992, Hollywood

78

Lars-Göran Arwidson

Swedish biathlete

*April 4th, 1946, Malung

64

Hugo Weaving

British actor

*April 4th, 1960, Ibadan

79

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

*April 4th, 1945, Montauban

73

María Kosti

Spanish actress

*April 4th, 1951, Madrid

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

71

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

71

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

71

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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