July 4th, 1978

Born on July 4th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

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What happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 1848

The cornerstone of the Washington Monument, made to honor inaugural president, George Washington, is laid out in Washington, D.C.

July 4th, 1998

The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.

July 4th, 2024

Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.

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

In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.

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

German AB-Aktion in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed professors of the University of Lwów along with their families.

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.

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

Born on July 4th, 1978

47

Becki Newton

American actress

*July 4th, 1978, New Haven

47

Marcos Daniel

Brazilian tennis player

*July 4th, 1978, Passo Fundo

47

Andrea Gabriel

American actress

*July 4th, 1978, Los Angeles

47

Vicky Kaya

Greek model and television presenter

*July 4th, 1978, Athens

Same year
Born in 1978

47

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and former player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

47

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

47

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

47

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

47

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

48

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

47

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog Municipality

47

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

48

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

48

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

47

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

47

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

48

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

48

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

48

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

47

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

47

Moritz Führmann

German actor

*July 5th, 1978, Kassel

48

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

48

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

47

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

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Born on July 4th, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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