July 7th, 1959

Born on July 7th, 1959

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What happened on July 7th, 1959?

July 7th, 1959

Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

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What else happened on July 7th?

July 7th, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: The British Royal Navy force attacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk (depicted), capturing a French frigate.

July 7th, 1974

West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands at the Munich Olympiastadion.

July 7th, 1898

US president William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

July 7th, 2016

A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers (memorial service pictured) in Dallas, 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 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. (pictured) 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Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.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, 1575

Anglo-Scottish Wars: A dispute between Sir John Forster and Sir John Carmichael led to a Scottish raid on Northumberland, England, in which 27 men were killed.

July 7th, 1456

Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.

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

Born on July 7th, 1959

67

Ben Swagerman

Dutch politician

*July 7th, 1959, Zeist

67

Billy Campbell

American actor

*July 7th, 1959, Charlottesville

67

Alessandro Nannini

Italian racecar driver

*July 7th, 1959, Siena

67

Rosalind Resnick

Businessperson

*July 7th, 1959, Jamaica

67

Frode Rønning

Norwegian speed skater

*July 7th, 1959, Trondheim

67

Kerstin Knabe

German hurdler

*July 7th, 1959, Oschatz

Same year
Born in 1959

67

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

67

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

66

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Dag Erik Pedersen

Norwegian racing cyclist and cycling journalist (1959-2024)

*June 6th, 1959, Skien †June 3rd, 2024, Helgeroa

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

66

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

67

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

67

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

67

Andreas Lämmel

German politician

*April 19th, 1959, Falkenstein, Saxony

67

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

67

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

66

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

66

B

Musician

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

67

Rainer Balzer

German politician

*June 10th, 1959, Heidelberg

67

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

67

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

66

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

67

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

67

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

66

Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959)

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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