January 5th, 1969

Born on January 5th, 1969

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 5th, 1969?

January 5th, 1969

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes in Fernhill, West Sussex, while on approach to Gatwick Airport, killing 50 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana_Afghan_Airlines_Flight_701

What else happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1969

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

55

Paul McGillion

Canadian actor

*January 5th, 1969, Paisley

55

Guy Torry

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, St. Louis

55

Ty Taylor

American musician

*January 5th, 1969, Montclair

55

Shaun Micheel

Professional golfer

*January 5th, 1969, Orlando

55

Katja Kessler

German journalist and author

*January 5th, 1969, Kiel

55

Alexander Fuhr

German politician

*January 5th, 1969, Dahn

55

Petra Behle

German biathlete

*January 5th, 1969, Offenbach am Main

55

Adriana Salonia

Argentinian actor

*January 5th, 1969, Buenos Aires

55

Heather Dubrow

American actress and television personality

*January 5th, 1969, The Bronx

55

Risto Vidaković

Serbian football player/manager

*January 5th, 1969, Šekovići

55

Mai Charoenpura

Thai singer and actress

*January 5th, 1969, Bangkok

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

57

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

57

J. H. Wyman

Canadian actor

*January 5th, 1967, Oakland

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

56

DJ BoBo

Swiss singer, rapper and dancer

*January 5th, 1968, Kölliken

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

57

Ramona Portwich

East German canoe racer

*January 5th, 1967, Rostock

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

51

Uday Chopra

Indian actor, film director and producer

*January 5th, 1973, Mumbai

59

Vinnie Jones

British actor and former professional footballer (born 1965)

*January 5th, 1965, Watford

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

54

Jeffrey Jey

Italian musician and singer-songwriter

*January 5th, 1970, Lentini

52

Sakis Rouvas

Greek recording artist

*January 5th, 1972, Corfu

Same year
Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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