January 5th, 1932

Born on January 5th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1932

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

67

Raisa Gorbacheva

Wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999)

*January 5th, 1932, Rubtsovsk †September 20th, 1999, Münster

92

Javier Valle Riestra

Prime Minister of Peru

*January 5th, 1932, Lima

92

Bob Barney

American academic and sports historian (born 1932)

*January 5th, 1932, Winthrop

82

Chuck Noll

American football player and coach (1932-2014)

*January 5th, 1932, Cleveland †June 13th, 2014, Sewickley

66

Johnny Adams

American blues, jazz and gospel singer

*January 5th, 1932, New Orleans †September 14th, 1998, Baton Rouge

81

Bill Foulkes

English football player and coach (1932–2013)

*January 5th, 1932, St Helens †November 25th, 2013, Manchester

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Who's birthday is on January 5th?

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

58

Alvin Ailey

African-American dancer, choreographer and activist

*January 5th, 1931, Rogers †December 1st, 1989, Manhattan

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

93

Walter Mondale

Vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*January 5th, 1928, Ceylon †April 19th, 2021, Minneapolis

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

80

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

76

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

93

Alfred Brendel

Austrian pianist, poet and author

*January 5th, 1931, Loučná nad Desnou

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

80

Peter Rieger

German boxer

*January 5th, 1944, Nysa

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

51

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)

*January 5th, 1928, Larkana †April 4th, 1979, Rawalpindi

90

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

91

Fritz Holthoff

German politician (1915-2006)

*January 5th, 1915, Dortmund †September 18th, 2006, Duisburg

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68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Leap year

Yes: 1932 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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