January 7th, 1962

Born on January 7th, 1962

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 22,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 253 days, exactly on December 27th, 2024, people who were born on January 7th, 1962 will be 23,000 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, 1962

52

Florica Lavric

Romanian rower (1962-2014)

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

62

Aleksandr Dugin

Russian political activist and philosopher (born 1962)

*January 7th, 1962, Moscow

62

Gustavo Béliz

Argentinian politician

*January 7th, 1962, Buenos Aires

62

Ron Rivera

American football player and coach

*January 7th, 1962, Fort Ord

62

Hallie Todd

American actress

*January 7th, 1962, Los Angeles

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

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

61

Rand Paul

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011

*January 7th, 1963, Pittsburgh

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

61

Carmen Machi

Spanish actress

*January 7th, 1963, Madrid

61

Clint Mansell

British composer and singer

*January 7th, 1963, Coventry

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

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

63

Rainer Schmeltzer

German politician

*January 7th, 1961, Lünen

61

Stephanie Roth Haberle

Actress

*January 7th, 1963, Boston

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

Same year
Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christmas) which are celebrated on January 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on January 7th, 1962
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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