January 7th, 1988

Born on January 7th, 1988

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 880 days, exactly on May 7th, 2026, people who were born on January 7th, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, which marked 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

The French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element first 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 adopted for the first time as 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, 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.

January 7th, 2012

A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

January 7th, 1999

The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 7th

Born on January 7th, 1988

35

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

35

Haley Bennett

American singer and actress

*January 7th, 1988, Fort Myers

35

Hardwell

Dutch DJ and record producer

*January 7th, 1988, Breda

35

Rachele Lynae

American singer

*January 7th, 1988, Yuba City

35

Lim Ju-eun

South Korean actress

*January 7th, 1988, South Korea

35

Nick Soolsma

Dutch footballer

*January 7th, 1988, Andijk

35

Robert Sheehan

Irish actor

*January 7th, 1988, Port Laoise

35

Mike Moloney

Gaelic football player

*January 7th, 1988, Killarney

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 7th?

30

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

38

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

32

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

30

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Škofja Loka

36

Brian Cushing

American football player, linebacker

*January 7th, 1987, Park Ridge

36

Lyndsy Fonseca

American actress

*January 7th, 1987, Oakland

52

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

59

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

36

Sirusho

Armenian singer

*January 7th, 1987, Yerevan

31

Davide Astori

Italian footballer (1987–2018)

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

34

Wrabel

American singer, songwriter, musician

*January 7th, 1989, New York

39

Koena Mitra

Model, Actress

*January 7th, 1984, Kolkata

28

Enric Mas

Spanish cyclist

*January 7th, 1995, Artà

33

Camryn Grimes

American actress

*January 7th, 1990, Van Nuys

44

Christian Lindner

German politician and federal minister of finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

34

Emiliano Insúa

Argentine association football player

*January 7th, 1989, Buenos Aires

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

39

Victoria Thaine

Australian actress

*January 7th, 1984, Australia

44

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

32

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

American actress and singer

*January 7th, 1991, Newark

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

English singer-songwriter (born 1988)

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

35

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

35

Wang Yihan

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

35

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

34

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

35

Nikki Reed

American actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Lizzo

American singer and rapper (born 1988)

*April 27th, 1988, Detroit

35

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christmas) which are celebrated on January 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on January 7th, 1988
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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January 1988