January 7th, 2024

Born on January 7th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 100 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 89 days, exactly on July 25th, 2024, people who were born on January 7th, 2024 will be 200 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

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

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

74

Paul Deussen

German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar

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

45

Christian Lindner

German politician, Federal Minister of Finance

*January 7th, 1979, Wuppertal

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

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

45

Bipasha Basu

Indian actress and model

*January 7th, 1979, New Delhi

29

Enric Mas

Spanish cyclist

*January 7th, 1995, Artà

85

Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician

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

44

David Arroyo

Road bicycle racer

*January 7th, 1980, Talavera de la Reina

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

53

Irrfan Khan

Indian actor

*January 7th, 1967, Tonk †April 29th, 2020, Mumbai

78

Dick Marty

Swiss politician

*January 7th, 1945, Sorengo †December 28th, 2023, Fescoggia

31

Davide Astori

Italian footballer (1987–2018)

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

61

Rand Paul

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011

*January 7th, 1963, Pittsburgh

74

Ichirō Mizuki

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

*January 7th, 1948, Setagaya-ku †December 6th, 2022, Tokyo

12

Blue Ivy Carter

American singer and daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé

*January 7th, 2012, New York City

52

Carsten Heymann

German biathlete

*January 7th, 1972, Sebnitz

35

John Degenkolb

German racing cyclist

*January 7th, 1989, Gera

37

Lyndsy Fonseca

American actress

*January 7th, 1987, Oakland

42

Lauren Cohan

American-British actress

*January 7th, 1982, Cherry Hill

36

Hardwell

Dutch DJ and record producer

*January 7th, 1988, Breda

55

Marco Simone

Italian football player and manager

*January 7th, 1969, Castellanza

34

Gregor Schlierenzauer

Austrian ski jumper

*January 7th, 1990, Fulpmes

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

36

Haley Bennett

American singer and actress

*January 7th, 1988, Fort Myers

37

Sirusho

Armenian singer

*January 7th, 1987, Yerevan

48

Charles Klein

British-American playwright and actor

*January 7th, 1867, New York City †May 7th, 1915, Atlantic Ocean

40

Jon Lester

Major League Baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization

*January 7th, 1984, Tacoma

92

Ursula Brunner

Swiss fair trade activist (1925-2017)

*January 7th, 1925, Frauenfeld †March 23rd, 2017, Frauenfeld

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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, 2024
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Leap year

Yes: 2024 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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