January 21st, 1972

Born on January 21st, 1972

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What happened on January 21st, 1972?

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

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What else happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

January 21st, 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

January 21st, 2004

NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Born on January 21st, 1972

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

52

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

52

Rickard Falkvinge

Former head of the Swedish Pirate Party

*January 21st, 1972, Gothenburg

52

Yasunori Mitsuda

Japanese composer and musician (born 1972)

*January 21st, 1972, Shūnan

52

Catherine Siachoque

Colombian actress

*January 21st, 1972, Bogotá

52

Tweet

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

*January 21st, 1972, Rochester

52

Blackthorn

Norwegian singer and musician

*January 21st, 1972, Trondheim

52

Sabina Valbusa

Italian cross-country skier

*January 21st, 1972, Verona

52

Shawn Rojeski

American male curler

*January 21st, 1972, Virginia

52

Sead Kapetanović

Bosnian association football player

*January 21st, 1972, Sarajevo

52

Billel Dziri

Algerian footballer

*January 21st, 1972, Algiers

33

Javier Yubero

Spanish footballer (1972-2005)

*January 21st, 1972, Irun †September 22nd, 2005, San Sebastián

52

Oleksandr Litvinov

Ukrainian politician

*January 21st, 1972, Balakliia

52

Glen Drake

New Zealand actor

*January 21st, 1972, New Zealand

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Who's birthday is on January 21st?

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

31

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

62

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

40

Wes Morgan

Jamaican association football player (born 1984)

*January 21st, 1984, Nottingham

59

María Luisa Ramos Urzagaste

Bolivian diplomat

*January 21st, 1965, Palmar Chico

36

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

65

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

48

Lars Eidinger

German actor

*January 21st, 1976, West Berlin

68

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

51

Rob Hayles

English racing cyclist

*January 21st, 1973, Portsmouth

67

Rainer Laupichler

German actor

*January 21st, 1957, Daun

49

Ito

Spanish football player/manager

*January 21st, 1975, Almendralejo

50

Marco Zanotti

Italian road bicycle racer, born 1974

*January 21st, 1974, Rovato

48

Emma Bunton

English singer

*January 21st, 1976, Finchley

63

Piotr Ugrumov

Soviet, Latvian and Russian cyclist

*January 21st, 1961, Riga

54

Ken Leung

American actor

*January 21st, 1970, Manhattan

68

Adeline Hazan

French politician

*January 21st, 1956, Paris

Same year
Born in 1972

52

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

52

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

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player (born 1972)

*June 23rd, 1972, 16th arrondissement of Marseille

52

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

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

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

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

51

Vanessa Paradis

French singer, model and actress

*December 22nd, 1972, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

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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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