January 7th, 1985

Born on January 7th, 1985

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 7th, 1985?

January 7th, 1985

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAXA

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, 1985

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

39

Wayne Routledge

English association football player (born 1985)

*January 7th, 1985, Sidcup

39

Bănel Nicoliță

Romanian footballer

*January 7th, 1985, Făurei

39

Natalie Sideserf

American chef

*January 7th, 1985, Brunswick

39

Ryan Thompson

Jamaican footballer

*January 7th, 1985, Kingston

39

Duane Courtney

English association football player

*January 7th, 1985, Oldbury

39

Roger Silva

Brazilian association football player

*January 7th, 1985, Campinas

Same Day
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

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

40

Jon Lester

Major League Baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization

*January 7th, 1984, Tacoma

31

Davide Astori

Italian footballer (1987–2018)

*January 7th, 1987, San Giovanni Bianco †March 4th, 2018, Udine

45

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

44

David Arroyo

Road bicycle racer

*January 7th, 1980, Talavera de la Reina

42

Lauren Cohan

American-British actress

*January 7th, 1982, Cherry Hill

61

Rand Paul

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011

*January 7th, 1963, Pittsburgh

49

Rob Waddell

New Zealand rower

*January 7th, 1975, Te Kūiti

37

Sirusho

Armenian singer

*January 7th, 1987, Yerevan

55

Marco Simone

Italian football player and manager

*January 7th, 1969, Castellanza

37

Lyndsy Fonseca

American actress

*January 7th, 1987, Oakland

Same year
Born in 1985

39

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

*August 15th, 1985, Crenshaw †March 31st, 2019, Los Angeles

38

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

39

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

39

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Indonesian badminton player

*June 25th, 1985, Tuban

39

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese association football player

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

39

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

39

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

39

Mitchel Wongsodikromo

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1985, Paramaribo

39

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

39

Pablo Abián

Spanish badminton player

*June 12th, 1985, Calatayud

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

39

Simon Santoso

Badminton player

*July 29th, 1985, Tegal

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

39

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

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Born on January 7th, 1985
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1985 is a normal year and no leap year.

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