January 7th, 2009

Born on January 7th, 2009

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 636 days, exactly on March 8th, 2028, people who were born on January 7th, 2009 will be 7,000 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, 1327

The Parliament of 1327, which was instrumental in the transfer of the English Crown from King Edward II to his son, Edward III, began at the Palace of Westminster.

January 7th, 2025

A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed.

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

Same year
Born in 2009

17

Julia Butters

American actress

*April 15th, 2009, Los Angeles

17

Walker Scobell

American actor

*January 5th, 2009, Virginia Beach

16

Marius De Saeger

Belgian actor

*September 28th, 2009, City of Brussels

17

Lou Goossens

Belgian actor

*February 24th, 2009, Opdorp

16

Owen Cooper

English actor (born 2009)

*December 5th, 2009, Warrington

16

Willis Gibson

Tetris player from Oklahoma

*November 30th, 2009, Stillwater

17

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Danish former prince; son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*May 4th, 2009, Rigshospitalet

17

Kim Kang-hoon

South Korean actor

*June 7th, 2009, Cheongju

17

Shin Rin-ah

South Korean actress

*May 14th, 2009, Seoul

16

Samaya Clark Gabriel

American basketball player

*October 1st, 2009, Brooklyn

16

Heo Yool

South Korean actress

*August 26th, 2009, South Korea

17

Claudia Scheunemann

Indonesian footballer (born 2009)

*April 24th, 2009, Tangerang

16

Kler Çaku

Albanian chess player

*November 30th, 2009, Shkodër

16

Leanne Bautista

Filipino child actress

*October 14th, 2009, Philippines

16

Alihan Türkdemir

Turkish actor

*June 29th, 2009, Istanbul

16

Fairooj Labiba

Bangladeshi singer

*June 13th, 2009, Khulna

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, 2009
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2009 is a normal year and no leap year.

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