January 7th, 1973

Born on January 7th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 7th, 1973?

January 7th, 1973

In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, before being shot to death by police officers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Essex

What else 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 7th

Born on January 7th, 1973

51

Jonna Tervomaa

Finnish singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1973, Forssa

51

Txutxi

Spanish footballer

*January 7th, 1973, Bilbao

51

Rafael Dudamel

Venezuelan association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1973, San Felipe

51

Gabriel Hogan

Canadian actor

*January 7th, 1973, Toronto

51

Kerkko Koskinen

Finnish composer and musician

*January 7th, 1973, Espoo

51

Esta TerBlanche

South African actress

*January 7th, 1973, Rustenburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 7th?

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

52

Carsten Heymann

German biathlete

*January 7th, 1972, Sebnitz

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

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

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

45

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

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

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

49

Rob Waddell

New Zealand rower

*January 7th, 1975, Te Kūiti

44

David Arroyo

Road bicycle racer

*January 7th, 1980, Talavera de la Reina

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

55

Marco Simone

Italian football player and manager

*January 7th, 1969, Castellanza

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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