July 1 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 1, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#72 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 1 birthdays
George Sand · French novelist and memoirist1804
Ignaz Semmelweis · Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures1818
Charles Laughton · British-American actor1899
William Wyler · Swiss-German-American director and producer1902
Olivia de Havilland · British actress1916
Gerald Edelman · American biologist1929
Leslie Caron · French and American actress and dancer1931
Sydney Pollack · American film director, producer and actor1934
Karen Black · American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter1939
Alfred G. Gilman · American pharmacologist1941
Debbie Harry · American singer, songwriter and actress, frontwoman of Blondie1945
Dan Aykroyd · Canadian-American actor1952
Diana, Princess of Wales · Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales1961
Carl Lewis · US track & field athlete1961
Pamela Anderson · Canadian actress and model1967
Missy Elliott · American rapper1971
Ruud van Nistelrooy · Dutch association football player and coach1976
Liv Tyler · American actress1977
Hilarie Burton · American actress1982
Agnez Mo · Indonesian singer and actress1986
On this day in history
1782American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1922Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations staged a nationwide strike (striking workers pictured) that lasted two months.
1948The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.
1959B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of the United States after Alaska's admission to the Union as a U.S. state.
1979Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own choice of music.
1987The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
1999Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
2020The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA.
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