January 20th, 1944

Born on January 20th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 684 days, exactly on March 10th, 2026, people who were born on January 20th, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

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What happened on January 20th?

January 20th, 2018

A group of Taliban gunmen attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.

January 20th, 2009

During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík.

January 20th, 1992

Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, France, resulting in 87 deaths.

January 20th, 1990

The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.

January 20th, 1969

Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.

January 20th, 1968

The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

January 20th, 1945

World War II: Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8 million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet Red Army, an operation that took nearly two months to complete.

January 20th, 1942

The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

January 20th, 1843

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.

January 20th, 1356

Edward Balliol, whose father John was briefly King of Scotland, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.

January 20th, 1265

Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament, considered the forerunner of the House of Commons of England.

January 20th, 1156

According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö.

January 20th, 2021

Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.

January 20th, 2018

Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.

January 20th, 2009

A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 20th

Born on January 20th, 1944

80

José Luis Garci

Spanish film director

*January 20th, 1944, Madrid

80

Volker Hassemer

Former German politician (CDU)

*January 20th, 1944, Metz

80

Isao Okano

Japanese judoka

*January 20th, 1944, Ryugasaki

58

Farhad Mehrad

Iranian singer and guitarist

*January 20th, 1944, Tehran †August 31st, 2002, 13th arrondissement of Paris

80

Margaret Avery

American actress

*January 20th, 1944, Mangum

80

Wolfgang Scherzinger

Austrian ornithologist and zoologist

*January 20th, 1944, Vienna

80

Günther Bott

German judge

*January 20th, 1944, Włocławek

65

Serge Marcil

Canadian politician

*January 20th, 1944, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield †January 12th, 2010, Port-au-Prince

45

Pat Parker

American poet

*January 20th, 1944, Houston †June 17th, 1989, Oakland

79

Adam Lisewski

Polish fencer

*January 20th, 1944, Warsaw †February 23rd, 2023, Warsaw

80

Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro

British surgeon, life peer (born 1944)

*January 20th, 1944, Achimota

80

Bill Griffith

Cartoonist

*January 20th, 1944, Brooklyn

80

Maurice Tillotson

Association footballer (born 1944)

*January 20th, 1944, Portsmouth

80

Eddy Shah

British businessman

*January 20th, 1944, Cambridge

80

Carol Schwartz

American politician

*January 20th, 1944, Greenville

80

Apolinor Jiménez

Paraguayan footballer

*January 20th, 1944, Paraguarí

80

Lesley Baker

Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedian

*January 20th, 1944, Melbourne

80

Armand Schaubroeck

American singer and music executive

*January 20th, 1944, Rochester

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Who's birthday is on January 20th?

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

81

Herman Rouwé

Dutch rower

*January 20th, 1943, Grou

84

Carol Heiss

US figure skater and actress

*January 20th, 1940, Queens

73

Federico Fellini

Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)

*January 20th, 1920, Rimini †October 31st, 1993, Rome

94

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

77

Cyrille Guimard

French cyclist and commentator

*January 20th, 1947, Bouguenais

51

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

72

Ann Savoy

American musician, author, and record producer

*January 20th, 1952, Richmond

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

76

Nigel Williams

English novelist, screenwriter and playwright.

*January 20th, 1948, Cheadle

76

Alexander Bílek

Czech racewalker (1941-2017)

*January 20th, 1941, Dresden †April 20th, 2017, Prague

84

Patricia Neal

American stage and film actress (1926-2010)

*January 20th, 1926, Packard †August 8th, 2010, Edgartown

79

Robert Olen Butler

American fiction writer

*January 20th, 1945, Granite City

46

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

79

Gianni Amelio

Italian film director

*January 20th, 1945, San Pietro Magisano

33

Sara Thygesen

Danish badminton player

*January 20th, 1991, Vejle

32

Deng Xuan

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1992, Guangzhou

70

Ken Page

American actor

*January 20th, 1954, St. Louis

81

Armando Guebuza

3rd President of Mozambique

*January 20th, 1943, Murrupula District

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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