July 4th, 1962

Born on July 4th, 1962

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What 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, 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.

July 4th, 1776

In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.

July 4th, 1643

First English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Burton Bridge, securing a crossing of the River Trent for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen Henrietta Maria.

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

Born on July 4th, 1962

61

Julio César Chávez

Professional Mexican boxer

*July 4th, 1962, Culiacán

61

Pam Shriver

American tennis player

*July 4th, 1962, Baltimore

61

Claudia Zaczkiewicz

German hurdler

*July 4th, 1962, Oberhausen

61

Steven Cojocaru

Canadian journalist

*July 4th, 1962, Montreal

61

Neil Morrissey

British actor

*July 4th, 1962, Stafford

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

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

59

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

*July 4th, 1964, Tirana

64

Victoria Abril

Spanish actress

*July 4th, 1959, Madrid

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

62

Ted Elliott

American screenwriter

*July 4th, 1961, Santa Ana

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

65

Elena Horvat

Romanian rower (born 1958)

*July 4th, 1958, Luizi-Călugăra

49

Inara George

American musician

*July 4th, 1974, Baltimore

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

59

Mark Slaughter

American singer

*July 4th, 1964, Las Vegas

Same year
Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

62

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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