April 7th, 1961

Born on April 7th, 1961

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What happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

April 7th, 1824

The Mechanics' Institution is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU).

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

Born on April 7th, 1961

63

Axel Bauer

French singer and actor, born 1961

*April 7th, 1961, Paris

63

Thurl Bailey

American basketball player

*April 7th, 1961, Washington, D.C.

63

Luigi De Agostini

Italian association football player

*April 7th, 1961, Udine

63

Marco Rima

Swiss actor

*April 7th, 1961, Winterthur

63

Daniela Santanchè

Italian politician

*April 7th, 1961, Cuneo

63

Brigitte van der Burg

Dutch former politician

*April 7th, 1961, Tanga

63

Pascal Olmeta

French footballer (born 1961)

*April 7th, 1961, Bastia

63

Athanasius Schneider

Kazakhstani bishop

*April 7th, 1961, Tokmok

63

Laurent Bouhnik

French actor

*April 7th, 1961, Paris

37

DONDI

American graffiti artist (1961-1998)

*April 7th, 1961, Brooklyn †October 2nd, 1998

63

Teri Ann Linn

American actress and singer

*April 7th, 1961, Honolulu

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

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

64

Buster Douglas

American boxer

*April 7th, 1960, Columbus

73

Janis Ian

American singer-songwriter

*April 7th, 1951, The Bronx

64

Sandy Powell

British costume designer

*April 7th, 1960, London

39

KC Concepcion

Filipina actress and singer (born 1985)

*April 7th, 1985, Manila

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

58

Michela Figini

Swiss alpine skier

*April 7th, 1966, Prato

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

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

62

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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