July 4th, 1966

Born on July 4th, 1966

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What happened on July 4th, 1966?

July 4th, 1966

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.

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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, 1966

49

Lee Reherman

American actor, television personality (1966-2016)

*July 4th, 1966, Louisville †February 29th, 2016, Los Angeles

57

Sven Ahlström

Swedish actor

*July 4th, 1966, Malmö

57

Oren Moverman

Film director, screenwriter, and former journalist

*July 4th, 1966, Jaffa

57

Alessio Boni

Italian actor

*July 4th, 1966, Sarnico

57

Adrian Caldwell

American basketball player

*July 4th, 1966, Falls County

57

Minas Hantzidis

Greek footballer

*July 4th, 1966, Kettwig

57

Ronni Ancona

Scottish comedian

*July 4th, 1966, Louth

57

Marnie McPhail

American actress

*July 4th, 1966, Columbus

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

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

59

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

*July 4th, 1964, Tirana

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

49

Inara George

American musician

*July 4th, 1974, Baltimore

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

61

Julio César Chávez

Professional Mexican boxer

*July 4th, 1962, Culiacán

64

Victoria Abril

Spanish actress

*July 4th, 1959, Madrid

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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

54

Al Golden

American football player and coach (born 1969)

*July 4th, 1969, Colts Neck Township

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

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

58

Inon Zur

Israeli-American composer

*July 4th, 1965, Israel

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 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

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No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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