January 31st, 1970

Born on January 31st, 1970

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 198 days, exactly on November 3rd, 2024, people who were born on January 31st, 1970 will be 20,000 days old!

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What happened on January 31st?

January 31st, 2013

A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.

January 31st, 2010

James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over US$2 billion worldwide.

January 31st, 2000

Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.

January 31st, 1988

Doug Williams (pictured) became the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

January 31st, 1961

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space.

January 31st, 1957

A DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force F-89 and crashed into a schoolyard in Pacoima, California.

January 31st, 1900

Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not give up for five more years.

January 31st, 1862

American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

January 31st, 1747

The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.

January 31st, 1578

Eighty Years' War: Spain won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp.

January 31st, 0314

Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.

January 31st, 2007

Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.

January 31st, 1997

Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.

January 31st, 1919

Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 31st, 2023

The last Boeing 747, the first wide-body airliner, is delivered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 31st

Born on January 31st, 1970

54

Minnie Driver

British-American actress (born 1970)

*January 31st, 1970, Marylebone

54

Danny Michel

Musician

*January 31st, 1970, Regional Municipality of Waterloo

54

Goyo Jiménez Tornero

Spanish screenwriter and television presenter

*January 31st, 1970, Melilla

54

Frank

Spanish guitarist

*January 31st, 1970, Madrid

54

Eric Walker

American actor

*January 31st, 1970, Upland

45

Juan de los Santos

Dominican politician and lawyer (1970-2015)

*January 31st, 1970, Santo Domingo †December 14th, 2015, Santo Domingo

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 31st?

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

32

Linnéa Claeson

Swedish handball player

*January 31st, 1992, Norrköping

49

Preity Zinta

Indian film actress, entrepreneur

*January 31st, 1975, Shimla

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

65

Anthony LaPaglia

Australian actor

*January 31st, 1959, Adelaide

53

Patricia Velásquez

Venezuelan actress

*January 31st, 1971, Maracaibo

47

Kerry Washington

American actress

*January 31st, 1977, The Bronx

51

Portia de Rossi

Australian-American actress

*January 31st, 1973, Horsham

53

Danielle Ferland

American actress

*January 31st, 1971, Derby

56

Victor Feddersen

Danish rower

*January 31st, 1968, Gentofte Municipality

44

James Adomian

American comedian and actor

*January 31st, 1980, Omaha

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

73

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017)

*January 31st, 1944, Terranuova Bracciolini †April 16th, 2017, Genoa

58

Rolf Järmann

Swiss cyclist

*January 31st, 1966, Arbon

53

Matthias Berninger

German politician

*January 31st, 1971, Kassel

Same year
Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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