January 4th, 1972

Born on January 4th, 1972

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What happened on January 4th, 1972?

January 4th, 1972

Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Heilbron

January 4th, 1972

Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Heilbron

What else happened on January 4th?

January 4th, 2020

Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.

January 4th, 2018

A passenger train collided with a truck and derailed in the Free State, South Africa, killing 21 people and injuring 254 others.

January 4th, 2010

The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.

January 4th, 2007

Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.

January 4th, 2004

Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.

January 4th, 1989

Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.

January 4th, 1973

Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.

January 4th, 1951

Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.

January 4th, 1936

Billboard published its first music hit parade.

January 4th, 1912

The Boy Scouts Association was incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.

January 4th, 1909

British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh (pictured), a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.

January 4th, 1853

Solomon Northup regained his freedom after having been sold into slavery in the American South; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later became a bestseller.

January 4th, 1847

American gun inventor Samuel Colt sold the first thousand of his Colt Walker revolvers to the Texas Rangers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 4th

Born on January 4th, 1972

52

John Ruiz

American former professional boxer

*January 4th, 1972, Chelsea

52

Rennie Mirro

Swedish actor

*January 4th, 1972, Gustav Vasa parish

52

Chad Fleischer

Olympic alpine skier, US ski team member

*January 4th, 1972, Columbus

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 4th?

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

60

Li Lingwei

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

31

Manu Gavassi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress

*January 4th, 1993, São Paulo

38

Cheng Shao-Chieh

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 4th, 1986, Taipei

51

Harmony Korine

American film director and screenwriter

*January 4th, 1973, Bolinas

34

Toni Kroos

German association football player

*January 4th, 1990, Greifswald

59

Yvan Attal

Israeli-born French actor and director

*January 4th, 1965, Tel Aviv

50

Armin Zöggeler

Italian luger

*January 4th, 1974, Merano

57

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

*January 4th, 1839, Steele †April 12th, 1896, İzmir

47

David Millar

Scottish cyclist (born 1977)

*January 4th, 1977, Mtarfa

51

Laia Marull

Spanish actress

*January 4th, 1973, Barcelona

51

Frank Høj

Danish cyclist, born 1973

*January 4th, 1973, Holte

17

Pitchamon Opatniputh

Badminton player

*January 4th, 2007, Chiang Mai

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

40

İbrahim Akın

Turkish footballer

*January 4th, 1984, İzmir

49

Dan Beery

American rower

*January 4th, 1975, Vincennes

61

May-Britt Moser

Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist

*January 4th, 1963, Fosnavåg

55

Christian Dahlke

German rower

*January 4th, 1969, Hamburg

84

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

*January 4th, 1940, Ganxian District

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 4th

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Born on January 4th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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