September 7th, 1956

Born on September 7th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 303 days, exactly on February 17th, 2025, people who were born on September 7th, 1956 will be 25,000 days old!

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What happened on September 7th?

September 7th, 2011

Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board.

September 7th, 2010

A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

September 7th, 2004

Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least 85 percent of buildings on the island.

September 7th, 1999

Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".

September 7th, 1986

Desmond Tutu (pictured) became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

September 7th, 1984

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and policemen.

September 7th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.

September 7th, 1936

The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.

September 7th, 1916

World War I: The 'Supreme War Command was established to oversee the armed forces of all the Central Powers.

September 7th, 1812

Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army fought near the village of Borodino during the French invasion of Russia.

September 7th, 1778

Anglo-French War: France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort before Britain had even learned of the Franco-American alliance.

September 7th, 1652

Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.

September 7th, 1191

Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in present-day Israel.

September 7th, 2021

The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

September 7th, 2019

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

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

Born on September 7th, 1956

67

Diane Warren

American songwriter (born 1956)

*September 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

67

Michael Feinstein

American musician

*September 7th, 1956, Columbus

67

Malika Haimeur

French engineer and chemist

*September 7th, 1956, Le Rove

67

Geneviève Paris

French singer-songwriter

*September 7th, 1956, Suresnes

67

Françoise Joly

French journalist

*September 7th, 1956, Caen

50

Byron Stevenson

Welsh footballer (1956-2007)

*September 7th, 1956, Llanelli †September 6th, 2007, Llanelli

67

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Japanese singer-songwriter, actor (1956-)

*September 7th, 1956, Kagoshima

67

Lawrence Coates

Writer

*September 7th, 1956, Berkeley

58

Niki Ganahl

Austrian alpine skier and singer

*September 7th, 1956, Galtür †August 29th, 2015, Ischgl

59

Regino Delgado

Cuban association football player (1956-2016)

*September 7th, 1956, Santo Domingo †February 2nd, 2016, Santo Domingo

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

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

56

Natalia Wörner

German actress

*September 7th, 1967, Stuttgart

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

61

Jennifer Egan

American novelist, short story writer

*September 7th, 1962, Chicago

36

Aurea

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*September 7th, 1987, Santiago do Cacém

64

Drew Weissman

American physician-scientist (born 1959)

*September 7th, 1959, Lexington

65

Mira Furlan

Croatian actress and singer (1955–2021)

*September 7th, 1955, Zagreb †January 20th, 2021, Los Angeles

62

Chris Owens

Canadian actor

*September 7th, 1961, Toronto

56

Alok Sharma

British politician

*September 7th, 1967, West Bengal

66

J. Smith-Cameron

American actress

*September 7th, 1957, Louisville

96

Edward Lunn Young

American politician (1920-2017)

*September 7th, 1920, Florence †May 9th, 2017, Florence

57

Toby Jones

British actor

*September 7th, 1966, Hammersmith

69

Michael Emerson

American actor (born 1954)

*September 7th, 1954, Cedar Rapids

60

Terence Beesley

British actor (1957-2017)

*September 7th, 1957, London †November 30th, 2017, Somerset

55

Marcel Desailly

French association football player

*September 7th, 1968, Accra

62

Eva Grimaldi

Italian actress and model

*September 7th, 1961, Verona

76

Anthony Quayle

British actor, director (1913–1989)

*September 7th, 1913, Sefton †October 20th, 1989, London

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Born on September 7th, 1956
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Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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