July 4th, 1976

Born on July 4th, 1976

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What happened on July 4th, 1976?

July 4th, 1976

Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces

July 4th, 1976

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces

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, 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, 1976

26

Daijiro Kato

Japanese motorcycle racer

*July 4th, 1976, Saitama †April 20th, 2003, Yokkaichi

47

Aryan Vaid

Indian actor

*July 4th, 1976, Mumbai

47

Yevgeniya Medvedeva

Russian cross-country skier

*July 4th, 1976, Kondopoga

47

Rohan Nichol

Australian film actor

*July 4th, 1976, Geraldton

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

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

49

Inara George

American musician

*July 4th, 1974, Baltimore

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

46

Zoe Naylor

Australian actress

*July 4th, 1977, Sydney

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

50

Gackt

Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author

*July 4th, 1973, Okinawa

42

Tahar Rahim

French actor

*July 4th, 1981, Belfort

49

Karole Rocher

French actress

*July 4th, 1974, Bezons

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

45

Becki Newton

American actress

*July 4th, 1978, New Haven

67

Dieter Kühn

German footballer (born 1956)

*July 4th, 1956, Leipzig

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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