January 21st, 1947

Born on January 21st, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

January 21st, 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Born on January 21st, 1947

77

Michel Jonasz

French singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1947, Drancy

77

Dorian M. Goldfeld

American mathematician

*January 21st, 1947, Marburg

77

Jill Eikenberry

American actress

*January 21st, 1947, New Haven

77

Catherine Salviat

French actress

*January 21st, 1947, Paris

77

Gérard Chambre

French actor

*January 21st, 1947, Choisy-le-Roi

77

Giuseppe Savoldi

Italian footballer

*January 21st, 1947, Gorlago

77

Roberto Zywica

Argentine footballer

*January 21st, 1947, Buenos Aires

77

Pye Hastings

British musician

*January 21st, 1947, Banffshire

77

Cherith Baldry

Writer of fantasy fiction

*January 21st, 1947, Lancaster

25

Yulia Ryabchinskaya

Ukkrainian soviet canoe racer

*January 21st, 1947, Pishchanka †January 13th, 1973, Poti

77

Jerry London

American television director and producer

*January 21st, 1947, Los Angeles

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 21st?

31

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

65

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

83

Plácido Domingo

Spanish tenor and conductor

*January 21st, 1941, Madrid

79

Martin Shaw

British actor

*January 21st, 1945, Birmingham

70

Thomas de Maizière

German politician

*January 21st, 1954, Bonn

68

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

62

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

67

Rainer Laupichler

German actor

*January 21st, 1957, Daun

90

Audrey Dalton

Actress

*January 21st, 1934, Dublin

52

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

68

Adeline Hazan

French politician

*January 21st, 1956, Paris

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

75

Trương Tấn Sang

Former president of Vietnam

*January 21st, 1949, Đức Hòa

67

Gert Mattenklott

German university professor and dean, specialist in German and comparative literature, essayist, critic, collector (1942-2009)

*January 21st, 1942, Oranienburg †October 3rd, 2009, Berlin

88

Radley Metzger

American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor

*January 21st, 1929, The Bronx †March 31st, 2017, New York City

68

Geena Davis

American actress

*January 21st, 1956, Wareham

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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