January 5th, 2016

Born on January 5th, 2016

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 3,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 967 days, exactly on December 18th, 2026, people who were born on January 5th, 2016 will be 4,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

19

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Toronto

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

76

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

57

Markus Söder

German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria

*January 5th, 1967, Nuremberg

Same year
Born in 2016

8

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

Elder son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema

*February 5th, 2016, Lingkana Palace

8

Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

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

*March 2nd, 2016, Karolinska University Hospital

8

Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland

Elder son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*April 19th, 2016, Danderyd Municipality

7

Prince Liam of Nassau

Son of Prince Félix of Luxembourg

*November 28th, 2016, Geneva

7

Dream Kardashian

Child of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna

*November 10th, 2016, Los Angeles

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Born on January 5th, 2016
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Leap year

Yes: 2016 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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