January 5th, 1987

Born on January 5th, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 381 days, exactly on May 5th, 2025, people who were born on January 5th, 1987 will be 14,000 days old!

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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, 1987

37

Llorenç Riera Ortega

Spanish footballer

*January 5th, 1987, Manacor

37

Kristin Cavallari

American actress

*January 5th, 1987, Denver

37

Fabiola Guajardo

Mexican actress and model

*January 5th, 1987, Monterrey

37

Jason Mitchell

American actor

*January 5th, 1987, New Orleans

37

Dani Mathers

American model and actress

*January 5th, 1987, Tarzana

37

Luke Howell

British footballer (born 1987)

*January 5th, 1987, Heathfield

37

Dexter Bean

Racecar driver

*January 5th, 1987, Westby

37

Alexander Salák

Czech ice hockey goaltender

*January 5th, 1987, Strakonice

37

César Díaz

Spanish footballer

*January 5th, 1987, Villamalea

37

Stuart Flanagan

Australian rugby league footballer

*January 5th, 1987, Cooma

37

Icke Dommisch

German journalist

*January 5th, 1987, Frankfurt (Oder)

37

Radoslav Augustín

Slovak soccer player

*January 5th, 1987, Bratislava

37

Harsh Rajput

Indian actor

*January 5th, 1987, Navsari

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

36

Nikola Kalinić

Croatian association football player

*January 5th, 1988, Solin

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

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

39

Diego Vera

Uruguayan footballer

*January 5th, 1985, Montevideo

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

84

Umberto Eco

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

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

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

83

Hayao Miyazaki

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

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

41

Filip Adamski

Polish rower

*January 5th, 1983, Wrocław

35

Mirko Tedeschi

Italian bicycle racer, born 1989

*January 5th, 1989, Negrar di Valpolicella

36

Mandip Gill

British actress

*January 5th, 1988, United Kingdom

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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 (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

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Leap year

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

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