January 7th, 1961

Born on January 7th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 736 days, exactly on September 23rd, 2026, people who were born on January 7th, 1961 will be 24,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, marking 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

French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element to be 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 first adopted as an 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, 2020

After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.

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.

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

Born on January 7th, 1961

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

63

Rainer Schmeltzer

German politician

*January 7th, 1961, Lünen

63

John Thune

American politician

*January 7th, 1961, Pierre

63

Catherine Mavrikakis

Canadian professor and writer from the United States

*January 7th, 1961, Chicago

63

Andrew Thomson

Australian politician

*January 7th, 1961, Melbourne

63

Nils Økland

Norwegian musician

*January 7th, 1961, Haugesund Municipality

63

Roland Suso Richter

Film director

*January 7th, 1961, Marburg

63

Supriya Pathak

Indian actress

*January 7th, 1961, Mumbai

63

Gert Portael

Belgian actor

*January 7th, 1961, Beerse

63

Anthony Pritzker

American businessman

*January 7th, 1961, Chicago

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

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

61

Rand Paul

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011

*January 7th, 1963, Pittsburgh

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

62

Aleksandr Dugin

Russian political activist and philosopher (born 1962)

*January 7th, 1962, Moscow

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

55

Marco Simone

Italian football player and manager

*January 7th, 1969, Castellanza

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

52

Florica Lavric

Romanian rower (1962-2014)

*January 7th, 1962, Copălău †June 20th, 2014, Bucharest

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

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

65

Stefan Kuhnke

German rower

*January 7th, 1959, Bad Kreuznach

49

Rob Waddell

New Zealand rower

*January 7th, 1975, Te Kūiti

64

Loretta Sanchez

American politician

*January 7th, 1960, Lynwood

61

Clint Mansell

British composer and singer

*January 7th, 1963, Coventry

Same year
Born in 1961

63

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

63

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

63

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Thomas von Heesen

German association football player and manager

*October 1st, 1961, Höxter

63

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer

German politician

*March 20th, 1961, Marburg

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

63

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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