July 1st, 1954

Born on July 1st, 1954

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 1st?

July 1st, 2002

Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.

July 1st, 1999

Legislative governance of Scotland was transferred from the Scottish Office in Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.

July 1st, 1983

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.

July 1st, 1979

Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own choice of music.

July 1st, 1970

The Belfast Banking Company, which [[[Banknotes of Northern Ireland|issued banknotes in Northern Ireland]], merged with its rival Northern Bank.

July 1st, 1960

Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.

July 1st, 1948

The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.

July 1st, 1940

Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.

July 1st, 1935

The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.

July 1st, 1927

The Singapore Improvement Trust was founded to oversee the construction of public housing in Singapore, where more than three quarters of residents live.

July 1st, 1916

First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths.

July 1st, 1874

The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.

July 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimate unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.

July 1st, 1849

Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps.

July 1st, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 1st

Born on July 1st, 1954

46

Ulrike Butz

German actress and model

*July 1st, 1954, Frankfurt †August 27th, 2000, Munich

60

Heidrun Heidecke

German politician (1954-2015)

*July 1st, 1954, Magdeburg †April 10th, 2015, Bitterfeld

69

Feng Zhenghu

Chinese activist

*July 1st, 1954, Wenzhou

65

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

Iraqi politician and militia commander (1954-2020)

*July 1st, 1954, Basra †January 3rd, 2020, Baghdad International Airport

69

Eva Lichtenberger

Austrian politician

*July 1st, 1954, Zams

69

Herbert Zimmermann

German footballer

*July 1st, 1954, Engers

34

Keith Whitley

American country singer (1954–1989)

*July 1st, 1954, Ashland †May 9th, 1989, Nashville

69

Martin Childs

British film designer

*July 1st, 1954, Bedford

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 1st?

67

Denis Johnson

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

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

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

81

James Cotton

American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)

*July 1st, 1935, Tunica †March 16th, 2017, Austin

32

Ezhel

Turkish rapper

*July 1st, 1991, Çankaya

37

Agnez Mo

Indonesian singer and actress

*July 1st, 1986, Jakarta

71

Dan Aykroyd

Canadian-American actor (born 1952)

*July 1st, 1952, Ottawa

68

Li Keqiang

Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023

*July 1st, 1955, Dingyuan County †October 27th, 2023, Shanghai

20

Tate McRae

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

62

Carl Lewis

US track & field athlete

*July 1st, 1961, Birmingham

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

56

Pamela Anderson

Canadian-American actress and model

*July 1st, 1967, Ladysmith

85

Günter Oldenburg

German bicycle racer (1930-2016)

*July 1st, 1930, Dobra †April 8th, 2016, Berlin

48

Sufjan Stevens

American singer and musician (born 1975)

*July 1st, 1975, Detroit

72

Terrence Mann

American actor

*July 1st, 1951, Ashland

52

Julianne Nicholson

American actress

*July 1st, 1971, Medford

50

Richard Marion

American actor

*July 1st, 1949, Los Angeles †July 19th, 1999, Los Angeles

46

Liv Tyler

American actress

*July 1st, 1977, East Harlem

72

Trevor Eve

British actor

*July 1st, 1951, Sutton Coldfield

47

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Dutch professional footballer and coach

*July 1st, 1976, Oss

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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