January 6th, 1976

Born on January 6th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 6th?

January 6th, 2014

The first episode of the documentary series Benefits Street aired on Channel 4, prompting discussion in the United Kingdom about welfare dependency.

January 6th, 2021

Rioters supporting President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the certification of the presidential election and forcing Congress to evacuate.

January 6th, 1994

Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was hit on the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding.

January 6th, 1960

National Airlines Flight 2511, traveling from New York City to Miami, exploded in mid-air due to a bomb placed by an unknown party, resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board.

January 6th, 1953

The inaugural Asian Socialist Conference, an organisation of socialist political parties, opened in Rangoon with 177 delegates, observers and fraternal guests.

January 6th, 1941

During his State of the Union address, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his Four Freedoms as fundamental freedoms that all people ought to enjoy.

January 6th, 1912

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift, the precursor of plate tectonics.

January 6th, 1907

Italian educator Maria Montessori (pictured) opened her first school and day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing a philosophy of education that now bears her name.

January 6th, 1724

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, a Bach cantata for Epiphany, was first performed in Leipzig.

January 6th, 1540

King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves; the marriage was annulled six months later.

January 6th, 1536

The oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas, the Colegio de Santa Cruz, was founded in Tlatelolco, Mexico City.

January 6th, 1449

Four years before the fall of Constantinople, Constantine XI Palaiologos (pictured) assumed the throne as the last Byzantine emperor.

January 6th, 1322

Stefan Dečanski was crowned King of Serbia, succeeding his half-brother Stefan Konstantin, whom he later defeated in battle.

January 6th, 1066

Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon monarch before the Norman Conquest, was crowned King of England.

January 6th, 1969

Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 6th

Born on January 6th, 1976

48

Judith Rakers

German journalist and television presenter

*January 6th, 1976, Paderborn

48

Johnny Yong Bosch

American actor

*January 6th, 1976, Kansas City

48

Aytaç Doğan

Turkish musician

*January 6th, 1976, Bursa

48

Johan Davidsson

Ice hockey player

*January 6th, 1976, Jönköping

48

Isha Sesay

British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International

*January 6th, 1976, Bordeaux

48

Andreas Seidl

German motorsport engineer and manager

*January 6th, 1976, Passau

48

David Di Michele

Italian footballer

*January 6th, 1976, Guidonia Montecelio

48

Richard Zedník

Slovak ice hockey player

*January 6th, 1976, Banská Bystrica

48

Jill Sayre

American screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer

*January 6th, 1976, Los Angeles

48

Danny Pintauro

American actor

*January 6th, 1976, Milltown

48

Matijs Jansen

Dutch actor

*January 6th, 1976, The Hague

48

Lu Yi

Chinese actor and singer

*January 6th, 1976, Shanghai

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 6th?

40

Patrícia Kimberly

Brazilian pornographic actress

*January 6th, 1984, São Paulo

42

Eddie Redmayne

English actor

*January 6th, 1982, London

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

25

Polo G

American rapper

*January 6th, 1999, Chicago

43

Jérémie Renier

Belgian actor

*January 6th, 1981, Brussels metropolitan area

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

68

Heinrich Schliemann

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

*January 6th, 1822, Neubukow †December 26th, 1890, Naples

38

Irina Shayk

Russian model and television personality

*January 6th, 1986, Yemanzhelinsk

69

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

*January 6th, 1955, Consett

58

A. R. Rahman

Indian composer and musician

*January 6th, 1966, Chennai

50

Aron Eisenberg

American actor

*January 6th, 1969, Hollywood †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

57

Tanja Jess

Dutch actor, television presenter, presenter and television actor

*January 6th, 1967, Karlsruhe

60

Syd Barrett

British musician (1946–2006), co-founder of Pink Floyd

*January 6th, 1946, Cambridge †July 7th, 2006, Cambridge

43

Rinko Kikuchi

Japanese actress

*January 6th, 1981, Hadano

40

Matteo Montaguti

Italian road and track cyclist

*January 6th, 1984, Forlì

44

Steed Malbranque

French association football player (born 1980)

*January 6th, 1980, Mouscron

39

Valerio Agnoli

Road bicycle racer

*January 6th, 1985, Alatri

61

Norm Charlton

American baseball player and coach

*January 6th, 1963, Fort Johnson

64

Malcolm Young

Australian guitarist (1953–2017)

*January 6th, 1953, Glasgow †November 18th, 2017, Elizabeth Bay

40

Kate McKinnon

American actress and comedian (born 1984)

*January 6th, 1984, Sea Cliff

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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