January 21st, 1988

Born on January 21st, 1988

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 757 days, exactly on May 21st, 2026, people who were born on January 21st, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

January 21st, 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Born on January 21st, 1988

36

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

36

Vanessa Hessler

American model

*January 21st, 1988, Rome

36

Merle Wasmuth

German film actor and stage actor

*January 21st, 1988, Manado City

36

Ashton Eaton

American decathlete

*January 21st, 1988, Portland

36

Felipe Neto

Brazilian YouTuber

*January 21st, 1988, Rio de Janeiro

36

Anastasia Marinina

Russian-Canadian actress

*January 21st, 1988, Almaty

36

Ben Turner

Footballer (born 1988)

*January 21st, 1988, Birmingham

36

Pieter Timmers

Belgian swimmer

*January 21st, 1988, Neerpelt

36

Glaiza de Castro

Filipino actress and singer (born 1988)

*January 21st, 1988, Valenzuela

36

Tim Henkel

German handball player

*January 21st, 1988, Hanau

36

Nemanja Tomić

Serbian footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Kragujevac

36

Valérie Tétreault

Canadian tennis player

*January 21st, 1988, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

36

Aleksandar Lazevski

Macedonian footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Vršac

36

Yasmine Sabri

Egyptian actress and model

*January 21st, 1988, Alexandria

36

Marc Roca

Spanish water polo player

*January 21st, 1988, Barcelona

36

Adolfo Moyano Burgos

Spanish footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Torre del Mar

36

Ivan Baraban

Croatian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Stari Mikanovci

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Who's birthday is on January 21st?

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

31

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

35

Matteo Pelucchi

Italian road and track cyclist

*January 21st, 1989, Giussano

35

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Armenian association football player

*January 21st, 1989, Yerevan

37

Shaun Keeling

South African rower

*January 21st, 1987, Krugersdorp

32

Sven Erik Bystrøm

Norwegian racing cyclist

*January 21st, 1992, Haugesund Municipality

30

Amin Affane

Swedish footballer

*January 21st, 1994, Gothenburg

52

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

34

Sushant Singh Rajput

Indian actor (1986-2020)

*January 21st, 1986, Patna †June 14th, 2020, Bandra

26

Adrian Sellevoll

Norwegian artist

*January 21st, 1998, Bergen

40

Wes Morgan

Jamaican association football player (born 1984)

*January 21st, 1984, Nottingham

37

Brandon Crawford

American baseball player

*January 21st, 1987, Mountain View

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

68

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

62

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

65

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

37

Maša Zec Peškirič

Slovenian tennis player

*January 21st, 1987, Jesenice

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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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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