January 6th, 1939

Born on January 6th, 1939

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 850 days, exactly on August 17th, 2026, people who were born on January 6th, 1939 will be 32,000 days old!

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What happened on January 6th?

January 6th, 2014

The first episode of the documentary series Benefits Street aired on Channel 4, prompting discussion in the United Kingdom about welfare dependency.

January 6th, 2021

Rioters supporting President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the certification of the presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate.

January 6th, 1994

Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was hit on the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding.

January 6th, 1960

National Airlines Flight 2511, traveling from New York City to Miami, exploded in mid-air due to a bomb placed by an unknown party, resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board.

January 6th, 1953

The inaugural Asian Socialist Conference, an organisation of socialist political parties, opened in Rangoon with 177 delegates, observers and fraternal guests.

January 6th, 1941

During his State of the Union address, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his Four Freedoms as fundamental freedoms that all people ought to enjoy.

January 6th, 1912

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift, the precursor of plate tectonics.

January 6th, 1907

Italian educator Maria Montessori (pictured) opened her first school and day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing a philosophy of education that now bears her name.

January 6th, 1724

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, a Bach cantata for Epiphany, was first performed in Leipzig.

January 6th, 1540

King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves; the marriage was annulled six months later.

January 6th, 1536

The oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas, the Colegio de Santa Cruz, was founded in Tlatelolco, Mexico City.

January 6th, 1449

Four years before the fall of Constantinople, Constantine XI Palaiologos (pictured) assumed the throne as the last Byzantine emperor.

January 6th, 1322

Stefan Dečanski was crowned King of Serbia, succeeding his half-brother Stefan Konstantin, whom he later defeated in battle.

January 6th, 1066

Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon monarch before the Norman Conquest, was crowned King of England.

January 6th, 1969

Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 6th

Born on January 6th, 1939

85

Henri Nallet

French politician

*January 6th, 1939, Bergerac

73

Murray Rose

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1939-2012)

*January 6th, 1939, Birmingham †April 15th, 2012, Sydney

63

Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)

*January 6th, 1939, Kyiv †May 13th, 2002, Zaporizhzhia

77

Pamela Kurrell

American discus thrower

*January 6th, 1939, San Francisco †June 14th, 2016

82

Katinka Hoffmann

German actress

*January 6th, 1939, Wrocław †September 6th, 2021

82

Imre Simkó

Olympic athlete (1939-2021)

*January 6th, 1939, Békéscsaba †April 10th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on January 6th?

86

Elizabeth Teissier

French astrologer

*January 6th, 1938, Algiers

86

Adriano Celentano

Italian musician

*January 6th, 1938, Milan

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

60

Syd Barrett

British musician (1946–2006), co-founder of Pink Floyd

*January 6th, 1946, Cambridge †July 7th, 2006, Cambridge

68

Heinrich Schliemann

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

*January 6th, 1822, Neubukow †December 26th, 1890, Naples

89

Sylvia Syms

English actress (1934–2023)

*January 6th, 1934, Woolwich †January 27th, 2023, Denville Hall

40

Patrícia Kimberly

Brazilian pornographic actress

*January 6th, 1984, São Paulo

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

69

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

*January 6th, 1955, Consett

69

Bonnie Franklin

American actress

*January 6th, 1944, Santa Monica †March 1st, 2013, Los Angeles

25

Polo G

American rapper

*January 6th, 1999, Chicago

64

Malcolm Young

Australian guitarist (1953–2017)

*January 6th, 1953, Glasgow †November 18th, 2017, Elizabeth Bay

42

Eddie Redmayne

English actor

*January 6th, 1982, London

85

Kim Dae-jung

President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003

*January 6th, 1924, Hauido †August 18th, 2009, Severance Hospital

77

Martin Kähler

German theologian

*January 6th, 1835, Guryevsk †September 7th, 1912, Freudenstadt

88

Edward Gierek

Polish politician (1913-2001)

*January 6th, 1913, Porąbka †July 29th, 2001, Cieszyn

43

Jérémie Renier

Belgian actor

*January 6th, 1981, Brussels metropolitan area

48

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)

*January 6th, 1883, Bsharri †April 10th, 1931, New York City

89

Carl Sandburg

American writer and editor

*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock

58

A. R. Rahman

Indian composer and musician

*January 6th, 1966, Chennai

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Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born singer (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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