July 4th, 1961

Born on July 4th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 4th, 1961?

July 4th, 1961

On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-19

What else happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 2005

The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition.

July 4th, 1988

Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

July 4th, 1976

Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

July 4th, 1954

Four CIA officers arrived in Guatemala to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the United States' overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz one week prior.

July 4th, 1951

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

July 4th, 1950

The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.

July 4th, 1945

The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

July 4th, 1943

The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.

July 4th, 1941

The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

July 4th, 1918

World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.

July 4th, 1862

In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

July 4th, 1855

The first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry.

July 4th, 1837

The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 4th

Born on July 4th, 1961

62

Richard Garriott

British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur

*July 4th, 1961, Cambridge

62

Ted Elliott

American screenwriter

*July 4th, 1961, Santa Ana

62

Brendan Eich

American computer programmer and technologist

*July 4th, 1961, Pittsburgh

62

Massimo Popolizio

Italian actor

*July 4th, 1961, Genoa

62

Ana Acosta

Argentinian actor and comedian

*July 4th, 1961, Buenos Aires

62

Andrew Zimmern

American tv chef

*July 4th, 1961, New York City

62

Margaret Edson

American playwright

*July 4th, 1961, Washington, D.C.

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 4th?

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

59

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

*July 4th, 1964, Tirana

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

61

Julio César Chávez

Professional Mexican boxer

*July 4th, 1962, Culiacán

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi

64

Victoria Abril

Spanish actress

*July 4th, 1959, Madrid

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

61

Pam Shriver

American tennis player

*July 4th, 1962, Baltimore

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

65

Elena Horvat

Romanian rower (born 1958)

*July 4th, 1958, Luizi-Călugăra

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

49

Inara George

American musician

*July 4th, 1974, Baltimore

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

*July 4th, 1927, New York City †August 26th, 2018, Manhattan

95

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)

*July 4th, 1927, Subiaco †January 16th, 2023, Rome

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

*July 4th, 1932, Anzegem †October 17th, 2023, Waregem

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 (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

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

63

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer

German politician

*March 20th, 1961, Marburg

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American 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

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

63

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

63

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

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

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