January 7th, 1941

Born on January 7th, 1941

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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What happened on January 7th?

January 7th, 2012

A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.

January 7th, 2010

In Nag Hammadi, Egypt, Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after attending Christmas Liturgy, killing eight of them, as well as one Muslim bystander.

January 7th, 1993

The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.

January 7th, 1989

Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.

January 7th, 1979

The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, which marked the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

January 7th, 1955

Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

January 7th, 1948

Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.

January 7th, 1939

The French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.

January 7th, 1931

Australian aviator Guy Menzies (pictured) flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight.

January 7th, 1797

The Italian tricolour was adopted for the first time as official flag, by the government of the Cispadane Republic.

January 7th, 1782

The Bank of North America (pictured) opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States.

January 7th, 1610

Through his telescope, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made the first observation of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, although he was not able to distinguish the first two until the following night.

January 7th, 2015

A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.

January 7th, 2012

A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

January 7th, 1999

The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 7th

Born on January 7th, 1941

82

John E. Walker

British chemist

*January 7th, 1941, Halifax

81

John Steiner

British actor

*January 7th, 1941, Chester †July 31st, 2022, La Quinta

80

Harvey Evans

American actor

*January 7th, 1941, Cincinnati †December 24th, 2021, Englewood

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 7th?

30

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

35

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

81

Jim Lefebvre

American baseball player and coach

*January 7th, 1942, Inglewood

74

Tassos Papadopoulos

5th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003-2008)

*January 7th, 1934, Ayios Antonios, Nicosia †December 12th, 2008, Nicosia New General Hospital

59

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

84

Birgitta Pettersson

Swedish actress

*January 7th, 1939, Uppsala

52

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

38

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

*January 7th, 1967, Tonk †April 29th, 2020, Mumbai

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

32

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

68

Kenneth Thomson

American actor (1899-1967)

*January 7th, 1899, Pittsburgh †January 26th, 1967, Hollywood

28

Enric Mas

Spanish cyclist

*January 7th, 1995, Artà

88

Manfred Kaiser

East German footballer and manager (1929-2017)

*January 7th, 1929, Zeitz †February 15th, 2017, Lindau

66

Katie Couric

American journalist, presenter, producer, and author

*January 7th, 1957, Arlington County

30

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Škofja Loka

70

Robert Longo

American artist

*January 7th, 1953, New York City

62

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

67

Uwe Ochsenknecht

German actor and singer

*January 7th, 1956, Biblis

Same year
Born in 1941

76

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

70

Kim Jong-il

Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1994—2011)

*February 16th, 1941, Vyatskoye †December 17th, 2011, Pyongyang

82

Faye Dunaway

American actress

*January 14th, 1941, Bascom

80

David Warner

British actor (1941–2022)

*July 29th, 1941, Manchester †July 24th, 2022, Northwood

80

Anne Rice

American writer

*October 4th, 1941, New Orleans †December 11th, 2021, Rancho Mirage

82

Tom Conti

British actor

*November 22nd, 1941, Paisley

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

82

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former fashion model

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

80

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

82

Bernie Sanders

American politician and activist (born 1941)

*September 8th, 1941, Brooklyn

32

Cass Elliot

American singer and actress (1941–1974)

*September 19th, 1941, Baltimore †July 29th, 1974, Mayfair

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

66

Ken Campbell

British actor, director and writer (1941-2008)

*December 10th, 1941, Ilford †August 31st, 2008, Loughton

82

Sergio Mattarella

President of Italy since 2015

*July 23rd, 1941, Palermo

82

Hayao Miyazaki

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

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

75

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

82

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

82

Stacy Keach

American actor

*June 2nd, 1941, Savannah

82

Michael D. Higgins

President of Ireland (2011–present)

*April 18th, 1941, Limerick

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Born on January 7th, 1941
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1941 is a normal year and no leap year.

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