January 21st, 1960

Born on January 21st, 1960

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What happened on January 21st, 1960?

January 21st, 1960

A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrook_mining_disaster

What else 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, 2025

A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.

January 21st, 2003

The Spire of Dublin was completed.

January 21st, 1951

Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.

January 21st, 1793

French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris.

January 21st, 1931

Isaac Isaacs (pictured) became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia.

January 21st, 1326

King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

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

January 21st, 1997

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

January 21st, 1976

Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, 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.

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

Born on January 21st, 1960

66

Mike Terrana

American drummer

*January 21st, 1960, Buffalo

66

Jacek Wójcicki

Polish actor

*January 21st, 1960, Kraków

66

Sidney Lowe

American basketball player and coach

*January 21st, 1960, Washington, D.C.

66

Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin

French official

*January 21st, 1960, Le Creusot

Same year
Born in 1960

66

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

65

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

66

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

65

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

66

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

65

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

66

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

66

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

66

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

65

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

66

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

65

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

66

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

65

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

66

Weert Canzler

German sociologist and political scientist

*April 30th, 1960, Hage

65

Julianne Moore

British-American actress and author

*December 3rd, 1960, Fort Liberty

65

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

65

Stanley Tucci

American actor

*November 11th, 1960, Peekskill

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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