January 5th, 1978

Born on January 5th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1978

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

46

January Jones

American actress

*January 5th, 1978, Sioux Falls

46

Anke Wischnewski

German luger

*January 5th, 1978, Annaberg-Buchholz

46

Jaike Belfor

Dutch actress

*January 5th, 1978, Willemstad

46

America Olivo

American actress and singer

*January 5th, 1978, Van Nuys

46

Brett Epstein

American songwriter, musician, producer

*January 5th, 1978, Miami Beach

46

Clarine Harp

American actress

*January 5th, 1978, Dallas

46

Franck Montagny

Racecar driver

*January 5th, 1978, Feurs

46

Emilia Rydberg

Swedish female singer and songwriter

*January 5th, 1978, Stockholm

46

Tim Wolff

German journalist

*January 5th, 1978, Mannheim

46

Markus Pöttinger

German ice hockey player

*January 5th, 1978, Munich

46

Stephen Lee

Australian speed skater

*January 5th, 1978, Brisbane

46

Sabrina Harman

War criminal

*January 5th, 1978, Fairfax County

46

Tibor Lukács

Dutch actor

*January 5th, 1978, Leidschendam

46

Patrice Fisher

American actress

*January 5th, 1978, Del Rio

46

Jay de la Cueva

Mexican musician

*January 5th, 1978, Mexico City

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Who's birthday is on January 5th?

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

45

Alberto Loddo

Road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Cagliari

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

45

Liesbet De Vocht

Belgian cyclist

*January 5th, 1979, Turnhout

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

57

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

51

Uday Chopra

Indian actor, film director and producer

*January 5th, 1973, Mumbai

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Benoît Vaugrenard

Road racing cyclist

*January 5th, 1982, Vannes

57

J. H. Wyman

Canadian actor

*January 5th, 1967, Oakland

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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