Born on July 7
July 7 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 7, you share a birthday with Gustav Mahler, Ringo Starr and Robert A. Heinlein. July 7 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 7 is the 189th day of the year in leap years (188th in other years).
Famous people born on July 7
- 1860Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor
- 1940Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
- 1907Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter
- 1882Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer
- 1901Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director
- 1843Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1949Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer
- 1899George Cukor, American director and producer
- 1884Lion Feuchtwanger, German author and playwright
- 1947Gyanendra, King of Nepal
What happened on July 7
- 1907Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.
- 1907Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
- 1916The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
- 1928Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
- 1930Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- 1937The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.
- 1946Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
- 1952The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
- 1953Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1959Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- 1974West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands at the Munich Olympiastadion.
- 1983After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".
Also observed on July 7
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.
- Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
- Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)
- Tanabata (Japan)
- World Chocolate Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 7?
People born on July 7 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 7?
Gustav Mahler (1860), Ringo Starr (1940), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Yanka Kupala (1882), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Camillo Golgi (1843) were all born on July 7.
What happened on July 7 in history?
Among other things: in 1959, Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere; in 1974, West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands at the Munich Olympiastadion; in 1983, After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 7?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 7 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 7”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.