January 7th, 2012

Born on January 7th, 2012

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 7th, 2012?

January 7th, 2012

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon

What else happened on January 7th?

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.

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

Born on January 7th, 2012

12

Blue Ivy Carter

American singer and daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé

*January 7th, 2012, New York City

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

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

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

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

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

74

Paul Deussen

German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar

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

29

Enric Mas

Spanish cyclist

*January 7th, 1995, Artà

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

45

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

74

Millard Fillmore

President of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*January 7th, 1800, Summerhill †March 8th, 1874, Buffalo

44

David Arroyo

Road bicycle racer

*January 7th, 1980, Talavera de la Reina

85

Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician

*January 7th, 1871, Saint-Affrique †February 3rd, 1956, Paris

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Born in 2012

7

Grumpy Cat

Cat and Internet meme celebrity

*April 4th, 2012, Morristown †May 14th, 2019, Morristown

12

Countess Athena of Monpezat

Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*January 24th, 2012, Rigshospitalet

12

Norodom Jenna

Princess of Cambodia

*March 11th, 2012, Paris

12

Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Daughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*February 23rd, 2012, Karolinska University Hospital

11

Kim Ji-yoo

South Korean actress

*September 26th, 2012, South Korea

11

Tinsley Price

American actress

*August 4th, 2012, United States of America

12

Isla Phillips

Granddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II

*March 29th, 2012, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

11

Caoilinn Springall

American actress

*November 30th, 2012, California

11

Penelope Disick

Child of Kourtney Kardashian Scott Disick

*July 8th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Julianna Gamiz

American actress

*January 3rd, 2012, Downey

12

Juju Journey Brener

American actress

*February 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Everleigh McDonell

American actress

*August 31st, 2012, California

12

Logan Moreau

American actor and voice actor

*January 27th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Lilah-Rose Rodriguez

American actress

*February 29th, 2012, Redwood City

11

Sebastian Benedict

Actor

*August 22nd, 2012, General Santos

11

Tucker Wilkerson

American actor and voice actor

*September 18th, 2012, Westport

3

Alan Kurdi

Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015

*May 4th, 2012, Kobanî †September 2nd, 2015, Bodrum

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Born on January 7th, 2012
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Leap year

Yes: 2012 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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