January 3rd, 1987

Born on January 3rd, 1987

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What happened on January 3rd, 1987?

January 3rd, 1987

Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varig_Flight_797

What else happened on January 3rd?

January 3rd, 1888

The 36-inch (91 cm) refracting telescope (pictured) at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, the largest in the world until 1897, was used for the first time.

January 3rd, 1833

With the arrival of two British naval ships at the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom re-asserted sovereignty there.

January 3rd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton.

January 3rd, 1749

The first issue of Berlingske (front page pictured), Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.

January 3rd, 1521

Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his 95 Theses and other writings.

January 3rd, 0250

Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods, resulting in widespread persecution of Christians.

January 3rd, 2009

The cryptocurrency network of bitcoin was created when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block of the chain.

January 3rd, 2002

Israeli forces seized MV Karine A, which was carrying 50 tonnes of smuggled weapons on behalf of the Palestinian National Authority.

January 3rd, 1976

The multilateral International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, part of the International Bill of Human Rights, came into effect.

January 3rd, 1961

All 25 people on board Aero Flight 311 died in Finland's worst civilian air accident when the aircraft crashed near Kvevlax.

January 3rd, 1938

The American health charity March of Dimes was founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to help raise money for polio research.

January 3rd, 1919

Emir Faisal of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.

January 3rd, 1911

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw destroyed Almaty in Russian Turkestan.

January 3rd, 2023

Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 3rd

Born on January 3rd, 1987

37

Kim Ok-vin

South Korean actress

*January 3rd, 1987, Gwangyang

37

Adrián

Spanish association football player

*January 3rd, 1987, Seville

37

Reto Berra

Swiss ice hockey goaltender

*January 3rd, 1987, Bülach

37

Matjaž Rozman

Slovenian footballer

*January 3rd, 1987, Ptuj

37

Chris Turner

Irish footballer (born 1987)

*January 3rd, 1987, Ballymoney

37

Anchal Joseph

American model

*January 3rd, 1987, New Delhi

37

Joe Murray

British boxer

*January 3rd, 1987, Manchester

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 3rd?

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

*January 3rd, 1892, Bloemfontein †September 2nd, 1973, Bournemouth

36

Jonny Evans

Northern Irish association football player (born 1988)

*January 3rd, 1988, Belfast

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

*January 3rd, 1997, 4th arrondissement of Marseille

38

Jenn Bostic

American counry singer-songwriter

*January 3rd, 1986, Philadelphia

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

35

Jordi Masip

Spanish association football player

*January 3rd, 1989, Sabadell

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

36

Ikechi Anya

Scottish association football player (born 1988)

*January 3rd, 1988, Glasgow

29

Jisoo

South Korean singer and actress (born 1995)

*January 3rd, 1995, Grupo

25

Amaia

Spanish singer

*January 3rd, 1999, Pamplona

39

Leah Gibson

Actress

*January 3rd, 1985, Victoria

38

Nejc Pečnik

Slovenian association football player

*January 3rd, 1986, Dravograd

41

Katie McGrath

Irish actress

*January 3rd, 1983, Ashford

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

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No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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