January 7th, 1980

Born on January 7th, 1980

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What happened on January 7th, 1980?

January 7th, 1980

U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

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, 1980

44

David Arroyo

Road bicycle racer

*January 7th, 1980, Talavera de la Reina

44

Ivan Moody

American heavy metal vocalist

*January 7th, 1980, Denver

44

Merritt Wever

American actress

*January 7th, 1980, Manhattan

44

Vaibhav Reddy

Indian actor

*January 7th, 1980, Hyderabad

44

Jackson Melián

Venezuelan baseball player

*January 7th, 1980, Caracas

44

Campbell Johnstone

New Zealand rugby union player

*January 7th, 1980, Waipukurau

44

Adékambi Olufadé

Togolese association football player

*January 7th, 1980, Lomé

44

Mariángel Carolina Ruiz Diaz

Venezuelan TV show hostess, actress and model

*January 7th, 1980, San Juan de los Morros

44

Reece Simmonds

Australian rugby league footballer

*January 7th, 1980, Sydney

44

Margarita Breitkreiz

German actress

*January 7th, 1980, Omsk

35

Michael Wright

Basketballer

*January 7th, 1980, Chicago †November 10th, 2015, Brooklyn

44

Simon Woods

British actor and writer

*January 7th, 1980, England

44

José Alejandro Teran

Venezolan politic

*January 7th, 1980, La Guaira

44

Tom Harper

English film director

*January 7th, 1980, London

44

Tonya Cooley

American actress

*January 7th, 1980, Visalia

44

Milan Kraft

Czech ice hockey player

*January 7th, 1980, Plzeň

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Who's birthday is on January 7th?

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

45

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

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

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

42

Lauren Cohan

American-British actress

*January 7th, 1982, Cherry Hill

45

Aloe Blacc

American singer and rapper

*January 7th, 1979, Newport Beach

46

Diego Clemente Giménez

Spanish politician

*January 7th, 1978, Roquetas de Mar

47

Marco Storari

Italian footballer

*January 7th, 1977, Pisa

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

52

Carsten Heymann

German biathlete

*January 7th, 1972, Sebnitz

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

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

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Charlie Hunnam

British actor

*April 10th, 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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