January 1st, 1908

Born on January 1st, 1908

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 43,000 days old!

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What happened on January 1st?

January 1st, 1995

The World Trade Organization, the international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade, came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

January 1st, 1960

Three men were killed and two wounded in a mass shooting at a public house in Sheffield, England.

January 1st, 2022

Emais Roberts succeeds Temmy Shmull as Governor of Peleliu.

January 1st, 1948

British Railways came into existence when the "Big Four" railway companies were nationalised.

January 1st, 2019

The NASA space probe New Horizons flew by the trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, making it the farthest object visited by a spacecraft.

January 1st, 2009

A nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand, killed 66 patrons celebrating the New Year.

January 1st, 2007

Adam Air Flight 574 crashed into the sea off Polewali, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board, when the pilots inadvertently disconnected the autopilot.

January 1st, 1998

Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.

January 1st, 1810

Lachlan Macquarie (pictured) became Governor of New South Wales, eventually playing a major role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony in Australia.

January 1st, 1965

The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, which later helped the country become a republic, was founded.

January 1st, 1957

The revised Thai criminal code came into force, strengthening the law on lèse-majesté in Thailand to include insult and treating it as a crime against national security.

January 1st, 1945

Second World War: The Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte in an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.

January 1st, 1928

Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, Boris Bazhanov, crossed the Iranian border and defected from the Soviet Union.

January 1st, 1915

Russia withdraws from its occupation of northwestern Iran, enabling a subsequent Ottoman invasion and massacres of Assyrians and Armenians.

January 1st, 1914

The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the U.S. state of Florida became the first scheduled airline using a winged aircraft.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 1st

Born on January 1st, 1908

83

Pierre de Morsier

Free French Naval Forces officer, compagnon de la Libération

*January 1st, 1908, Geneva †January 1st, 1991, Perroy

64

Mehmet Leblebi

Turkish footballer (1908-1972)

*January 1st, 1908, Pınarhisar †February 25th, 1972, Istanbul

55

Elizabeth Bentley

American spy for the USSR

*January 1st, 1908, New Milford †December 3rd, 1963, New Haven

37

Sándor Kuti

Hungarian composer

*January 1st, 1908, Budapest †January 1st, 1945, German Reich

89

Robert LaPalme

Canadian caricaturist

*January 1st, 1908, Montreal †June 19th, 1997, Montreal

75

Kåre Hatten

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 1st, 1908, Trysil Municipality †January 1st, 1983

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Born in 1908

78

Simone de Beauvoir

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

*January 9th, 1908, Paris †April 14th, 1986, 14th arrondissement of Paris

64

Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

*August 27th, 1908, Stonewall †January 22nd, 1973, Stonewall

57

August-Martin Euler

German politician (1908–1966)

*May 9th, 1908, Kassel †February 4th, 1966, Brussels metropolitan area

100

Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

*November 28th, 1908, City of Brussels †October 30th, 2009, 16th arrondissement of Paris

66

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

*June 26th, 1908, Santiago †September 11th, 1973, Santiago

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

81

Bette Davis

American actress (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Lowell †October 6th, 1989, Neuilly-sur-Seine

52

Richard Wright

American writer (1908-1960)

*September 4th, 1908, Natchez †November 28th, 1960, Paris

83

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)

*December 10th, 1908, Avignon †April 27th, 1992, Clichy

97

John Mills

English actor (1908-2005)

*February 22nd, 1908, Felixstowe †April 23rd, 2005, Denham

85

Raymond Scott

American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)

*September 10th, 1908, Brooklyn †February 8th, 1994, North Hills

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome

89

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

*May 20th, 1908, Indiana †July 2nd, 1997, Beverly Hills

92

Imogene Coca

American comic actress (1908–2001)

*November 18th, 1908, Philadelphia †June 2nd, 2001, Westport

84

Robert Morley

British actor (1908–1992)

*May 26th, 1908, Semley †June 3rd, 1992, Reading

82

Robert Cummings

American actor (1910–1990)

*June 9th, 1908, Joplin †December 2nd, 1990, Woodland Hills

82

Jill Esmond

British actress (1908–1990)

*January 26th, 1908, London †July 28th, 1990, Wimbledon

57

Elio Vittorini

Italian writer and novelist

*July 23rd, 1908, Syracuse †February 12th, 1966, Milan

81

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Salzburg †July 16th, 1989, Anif

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Dissolution of Czechoslovakia-related observances, New Year's Day) which are celebrated on January 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1908 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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