July 10th, 1979

Born on July 10th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 645 days, exactly on January 24th, 2026, people who were born on July 10th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on July 10th?

July 10th, 1941

The Holocaust: Ethnic Poles murdered at least 340 Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German-occupied Poland.

July 10th, 1940

Second World War: The Battle of Britain, in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK from attacks by the German Luftwaffe, began.

July 10th, 1925

Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.

July 10th, 1921

Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.

July 10th, 1913

The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.

July 10th, 1806

Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at Vellore Fort.

July 10th, 1800

Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, founded Fort William College in Calcutta.

July 10th, 1645

English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the west of England.

July 10th, 1553

Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".

July 10th, 1372

The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

July 10th, 2018

The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

July 10th, 2011

The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.

July 10th, 2006

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall over Korea, potentially causing thousands of deaths in North Korea.

July 10th, 1999

The United States defeated China in the final match of the FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.

July 10th, 1973

John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 10th

Born on July 10th, 1979

44

Gong Yoo

South Korean actor

*July 10th, 1979, Busan

44

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz

Polish politician

*July 10th, 1979, Gdańsk

44

Tobias Unger

German sprinter

*July 10th, 1979, Munich

44

Anders Oechsler

Danish handball player

*July 10th, 1979, Ringsted

44

Damae

German singer

*July 10th, 1979, Cologne

44

Jorun Marie Kvernberg

Norwegian musician

*July 10th, 1979, Fræna Municipality

44

L.O.C.

Danish rapper

*July 10th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Dinesh Subasinghe

Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer (born 1979)

*July 10th, 1979, Colombo

44

Dimitri Soudas

Canadian political consultant

*July 10th, 1979, Montreal

44

Yinon Azulai

Israeli politician

*July 10th, 1979, Acre

44

Andrei Romanov

Russian racing driver

*July 10th, 1979, Moscow

44

A. J. Spiker

American politician in Iowa (born 1979)

*July 10th, 1979, United States of America

44

Mehdi Hosseini

Persian composer

*July 10th, 1979, Tehran

44

Mikhail Vilkov

Russian association football player

*July 10th, 1979, Nizhny Novgorod

44

Marius Joubert

South African rugby union footballer

*July 10th, 1979, Somerset West

44

Marieke Oeffinger

German actress and voice actress

*July 10th, 1979, Frankfurt

44

Asier Antonio

Spanish handball player

*July 10th, 1979, Irun

44

Klaus Jungbluth

Ecuadorian cross-country skier

*July 10th, 1979, Guayaquil

44

Mvondo Atangana

Cameroonian association footballer

*July 10th, 1979, Yaoundé

44

Sarah-Jane Mee

British television presenter

*July 10th, 1979, Birmingham

44

Tyrell Godwin

American baseball player

*July 10th, 1979, Wilmington

44

Shinichi Terano

Japanese long jumper

*July 10th, 1979, Osaka Prefecture

44

Onur Şengül

Turkish musician

*July 10th, 1979, İzmir

44

Carl Priso

Cameroonian footballer

*July 10th, 1979, Cameroon

44

Russell Hinder

Australian basketball player

*July 10th, 1979, Sydney

44

Gaëlle Maugeais

French footballer

*July 10th, 1979, Angers

44

Bongani Mahlangu

South African boxer

*July 10th, 1979, Boipatong

44

Antwan Lake

Player of American football

*July 10th, 1979, Seaford

44

Ivan Hodúr

Slovak soccer player

*July 10th, 1979, Šaľa

44

Lucjan Karasiewicz

Polish politician

*July 10th, 1979, Tarnowskie Góry

44

Mark Sanders

South African cricket player

*July 10th, 1979, Durban

44

Sun Xueling

Singaporean politician and business executive

*July 10th, 1979, Singapore

44

Sotiris Katoufas

Greek basketball player (1979-)

*July 10th, 1979, Athens

44

Sander Berk

Dutch triathlete

*July 10th, 1979, Nieuwveen

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34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

46

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Britain actor (born 1977)

*July 10th, 1977, Forest Gate

33

Elena Runggaldier

Italian ski jumper

*July 10th, 1990, Bolzano

43

Jessica Simpson

American singer

*July 10th, 1980, Abilene

31

Clara Luciani

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 10th, 1992, Martigues

52

Astrid Crabo

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1971, Täby

38

Mario Gómez

German association football player

*July 10th, 1985, Riedlingen

43

Maddy Crippen

American swimmer

*July 10th, 1980, Conshohocken

28

Yugo Kobayashi

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1995, Miyagi Prefecture

27

Saori Ozaki

Japanese badminton player

*July 10th, 1996, Saitama Prefecture

47

Marek Výborný

Czech politician

*July 10th, 1976, Heřmanův Městec

35

Sarah Walker

BMX racer

*July 10th, 1988, Whakatāne

34

Carlos Zambrano

Peruvian association football player

*July 10th, 1989, Callao

35

Heather Hemmens

American actress and director

*July 10th, 1988, Belfast

51

Sofía Vergara

Colombian-American actress and model

*July 10th, 1972, Barranquilla

65

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

*July 10th, 1958, County Cork

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

47

Wilfried Cretskens

Road bicycle racer

*July 10th, 1976, Herk-de-Stad

33

Emily Skeggs

American actress

*July 10th, 1990, New York City

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45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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