January 7th, 1998

Born on January 7th, 1998

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 404 days, exactly on May 25th, 2025, people who were born on January 7th, 1998 will be 10,000 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, 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.

January 7th, 2012

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

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

Born on January 7th, 1998

26

Yangel Herrera

Venezuelan association football player

*January 7th, 1998, La Guaira

26

Mylène Chavas

French association football player

*January 7th, 1998, Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand

26

José Joaquín Esquivel

Mexican association football player

*January 7th, 1998, Zacatecas

26

Ali Al Haidhani

Emirati association football player

*January 7th, 1998, Yemen

26

Isaiah Rodgers

American football cornerback

*January 7th, 1998, Tampa

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

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

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

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

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

29

Enric Mas

Spanish cyclist

*January 7th, 1995, Artà

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

27

Lamar Jackson

American football player (born 1997)

*January 7th, 1997, Pompano Beach

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

74

Paul Deussen

German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar

*January 7th, 1845, Oberdreis †July 6th, 1919, Kiel

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

31

Davide Astori

Italian footballer (1987–2018)

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

35

John Degenkolb

German racing cyclist

*January 7th, 1989, Gera

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

25

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

25

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

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, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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