January 3rd, 2004

Born on January 3rd, 2004

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 3rd, 2004?

January 3rd, 2004

Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Airlines_Flight_604

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, 2004

20

Nicolás Vallejo

Argentinian association football player

*January 3rd, 2004, Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

20

Miha Fontaine

Canadian freestyle skier

*January 3rd, 2004, Magog

20

Ali Al-Masoud

Saudi Arabian footballer

*January 3rd, 2004, Saudi Arabia

20

Habib Diarra

Senegalese and French footballer

*January 3rd, 2004, Guédiawaye

20

Elijah Fisher

Canadian basketball player

*January 3rd, 2004, Oshawa

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

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

81

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

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

27

Jérémie Boga

Ivorian and French footballer

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

25

Amaia

Spanish singer

*January 3rd, 1999, Pamplona

24

Leandro Barreiro

Luxembourgian association football player

*January 3rd, 2000, Erpeldange

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

47

Iliana Fox

Mexican actress

*January 3rd, 1977, England

68

Mel Gibson

American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)

*January 3rd, 1956, Peekskill

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

29

Jisoo

South Korean singer and actress (born 1995)

*January 3rd, 1995, Grupo

39

Justin Paul

American theater and television composer and lyricist

*January 3rd, 1985, Westport

19

Digav Aaditya Singh Rajput

Elocutionist

*January 3rd, 2005, Motihari

28

Florence Pugh

British actress

*January 3rd, 1996, Oxford

46

Dominic Wood

English magician

*January 3rd, 1978, Exeter

87

Meinhard von Gerkan

German architect (1935–2022)

*January 3rd, 1935, Riga †November 30th, 2022, Hamburg

26

Patrick Cutrone

Italian association football player

*January 3rd, 1998, Como

22

Kornel Witkowski

Polish figure skater

*January 3rd, 2002, Łódź

36

Jonny Evans

Northern Irish association football player (born 1988)

*January 3rd, 1988, Belfast

Same year
Born in 2004

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

19

Gayle

American singer and songwriter

*June 10th, 2004, Dallas

20

Wejdene

French R&B singer

*April 23rd, 2004, Saint-Denis

20

Liu Shengshu

Badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

20

Justin Hoh

Malaysian badminton player

*April 1st, 2004, Kuala Lumpur

19

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu Regency

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

20

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

20

Putra Erwiansyah

Badminton player

*February 15th, 2004, Makassar City

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

20

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

20

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

19

Krisia Todorova

Bulgarian singer

*June 1st, 2004, Varna

19

Lequincio Zeefuik

Dutch association football player

*November 26th, 2004, Amsterdam

20

Kaitlyn Maher

American actress

*January 10th, 2004, Novi

20

Linus Gechter

German association football player

*February 27th, 2004, Berlin

20

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress (born. 2004)

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

19

Letizia Roscher

German figure skater

*October 7th, 2004, Chemnitz

19

Mana Ashida

Japanese actress and singer

*June 23rd, 2004, Nishinomiya

20

Savika Refa Zahira

Indonesian figure skater

*April 4th, 2004, Jakarta

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Leap year

Yes: 2004 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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