November 7th, 1956

Born on November 7th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 356 days, exactly on April 19th, 2025, people who were born on November 7th, 1956 will be 25,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 7th, 1956?

November 7th, 1956

Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

What else happened on November 7th?

November 7th, 2000

Hillary Clinton was elected a US senator, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

November 7th, 1991

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

November 7th, 1987

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

November 7th, 1949

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

November 7th, 1917

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

November 7th, 1916

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

November 7th, 1861

American Civil War: Future U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant engaged in his first combat leadership role in the Battle of Belmont in Mississippi County, Missouri.

November 7th, 1837

American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials.

November 7th, 1811

Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.

November 7th, 1775

Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia, signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if they joined the British Armed Forces.

November 7th, 1723

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) for Leipzig, was first performed.

November 7th, 0680

The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.

November 7th, 1934

The first specimens of the tufted jay to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

November 7th, 1982

Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.

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

Born on November 7th, 1956

61

Mikhail Alperin

Ukrainian musician (1956-2018)

*November 7th, 1956, Kamianets-Podilskyi †May 11th, 2018, Oslo

67

Agnès Maltais

Canadian politician

*November 7th, 1956, Longue-Rive

67

Jonathan Palmer

British racing driver

*November 7th, 1956, Lewisham

67

Anna Ogino

Writer

*November 7th, 1956, Yokohama

37

Pedro Plascencia Salinas

Mexican composer (1956-1994)

*November 7th, 1956, Guadalajara †April 19th, 1994

67

Michael Wooldridge

Australian politician

*November 7th, 1956, Melbourne

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

56

Olaf Schubert

German comedian and musician

*November 7th, 1967, Plauen

56

David Guetta

French DJ and record producer

*November 7th, 1967, Paris

73

Lindsay Duncan

Scottish actress

*November 7th, 1950, Edinburgh

66

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

69

Kamal Haasan

Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1954)

*November 7th, 1954, Paramakudi

28

Cameron Coetzer

Badminton player

*November 7th, 1995, East London

43

Anna Katharina Kränzlein

German violinist

*November 7th, 1980, Fürstenfeldbruck

88

Judy Parfitt

British actress

*November 7th, 1935, Sheffield

31

Jürgen Damm

Mexican association football player

*November 7th, 1992, Túxpan

70

Ottfried Fischer

German actor and Kabarett artist

*November 7th, 1953, Ornatsöd

82

Lila Kaye

British actress (1929-2012)

*November 7th, 1929, Middlesbrough †January 10th, 2012, Worthing

72

Lawrence O'Donnell

American television presenter

*November 7th, 1951, Boston

84

Siegfried Herrmann

German track and field athlete (1932-2017)

*November 7th, 1932, Unterschönau †February 14th, 2017, Erfurt

66

Tony Schiavone

Sports broadcaster

*November 7th, 1957, Craigsville

80

Silvia Cartwright

New Zealand viceroy, jurist

*November 7th, 1943, Dunedin

27

Lorde

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)

*November 7th, 1996, Takapuna

50

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress, born 1973

*November 7th, 1973, Seoul

42

Anushka Shetty

Indian actress (born 1981)

*November 7th, 1981, Mangaluru

69

Jon Taffer

American television personality

*November 7th, 1954, Great Neck

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on November 7th, 1956
Future birthdays

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).

Calendar
November 1956