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Replaying Saturday, January 7, 1978

The January 7, 1978 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 6 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 182 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, January 7, 2027, in 182 days. You have lived for 17,714 days, or about 425,155 hours, or about 25,509,323 minutes, or about 1,530,559,380 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Lewis Hamilton (Formula One driver, racing automobile driver, born January 7, 1985)
  • Nicolas Cage (actor, character actor, executive producer, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television presenter, television producer, voice actor, born January 7, 1964)
  • Eden Hazard (association football player, born January 7, 1991)
  • Dustin Diamond (actor, child actor, film director, pornographic actor, professional wrestler, television actor, born January 7, 1977)
  • Jeremy Renner (film actor, film producer, make-up artist, musician, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1971)
  • Rand Paul (ophthalmologist, physician, politician, born January 7, 1963)
  • Lauren Cohan (actor, fashion model, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1982)
  • Christian Lindner (politician, writer, born January 7, 1979)
  • Irrfan Khan (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1967)
  • Haley Bennett (actor, film actor, musician, singer, born January 7, 1988)
  • Linda Kozlowski (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1958)
  • Robert Sheehan (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1988)
  • Caster Semenya (association football player, middle-distance runner, born January 7, 1991)
  • David Carsuo (actor, entrepreneur, film actor, film producer, television actor, born January 7, 1956)
  • Katie Couric (children's writer, film producer, journalist, news presenter, podcaster, presenter, television producer, voice actor, writer, born January 7, 1957)
  • Israel Keyes (criminal, serial killer, born January 7, 1978)
  • Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (socialite, born January 7, 1966)
  • Jan Oblak (association football player, born January 7, 1993)
  • Bernadette Soubirous (nun, born January 7, 1844)
  • Ruth Negga (actor, stage actor, born January 7, 1982)
  • Sammo Hung (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stunt performer, born January 7, 1952)
  • Millard Fillmore (lawyer, politician, statesperson, born January 7, 1800)
  • Davide Astori (association football player, born January 7, 1987)
  • Sean Harris (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1966)
  • Juan Gabriel (composer, music producer, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born January 7, 1950)
  • Bipasha Basu (actor, film actor, model, born January 7, 1979)
  • Leslie Grace (actor, composer, singer, born January 7, 1995)
  • Lyndsy Fonseca (actor, film actor, television actor, born January 7, 1987)
  • Ronald McDonald (clown, born January 7, 1963)
  • Thiago de Lima Santos (mixed martial arts fighter, born January 7, 1984)
  • Kenny Loggins (composer, guitarist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 7, 1948)
  • Joseph Bonaparte (diplomat, military officer, military personnel, politician, born January 7, 1768)
  • Gerald Durrell (biologist, conservationist, naturalist, presenter, writer, born January 7, 1925)
  • Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin (theologian, born January 4, 659)
  • Supriya Pathak (actor, television actor, born January 7, 1961)
  • Princess Charlotte of Wales (aristocrat, born January 7, 1796)
  • Aleksandr Dugin (geopolitician, philosopher, political scientist, politician, professor, sociologist, writer, born January 7, 1962)
  • Max Riemelt (actor, film actor, television actor, born January 7, 1984)
  • Simon Woods (actor, film actor, television actor, born January 7, 1980)
  • Camille Rowe-Pourcheresse (Playboy Playmate, actor, model, born January 7, 1990)
  • Merritt Wever (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 7, 1980)
  • Elena Ceaușescu (civil servant, born January 7, 1916)
  • Christian Louboutin (designer, fashion designer, born January 7, 1964)
  • Reena Roy (actor, born January 7, 1957)
  • Essie Davis (film actor, singer, stage actor, voice actor, born January 7, 1970)
  • Dagen McDowell (journalist, born January 7, 1969)
  • Michael Sam (American football player, born January 7, 1990)
  • Jorge Mendes (entrepreneur, sports agent, born January 7, 1966)
  • Aloe Blacc (composer, multi-instrumentalist, musician, rapper, singer, born January 7, 1979)
  • Hong Jong-hyeon (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born January 7, 1990)

7th of January 1978 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 7, 1978

UNIONDALE, L.I., Jan. 6 (AP)--The New York Islanders today assigned Michel Bergeron, a right wing, to their Fort Worth farm. Bergeron will remain with Fort Worth for 14 days to work himself back into shape. He had been sidelined with a back sprain. In 18 games with the Islanders, Bergeron had eight goals and five assists.; Alabama State Quintet Continues Its Boycott Australian Girl Breaks 800 Freestyle Record

Date: 07 January 1978

Sports News Briefs

Sports Briefs

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Rhodesia Imposes Strict News Censorship Rules

Date: 08 January 1978

Rhodesia imposes new censorship regulations, prohibiting foreign and Rhodesian journalists from reporting anything but official version of events in 5-yr-old guerrilla war (L)

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About New York; Immigrant Journal Survives Second Generation

Date: 07 January 1978

By RICHARD F. SHEPARD

Richard SHEPARD

Comment on Aufbau, NY German-language newspaper started in 1934 (M)

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France-Amerique Is Celebrating 150th Year of Newspaper Career; The Ancestors' Names

Date: 08 January 1978

By RUDY JOHNSON

Rudy JOHNSON

Comment on France-Amerique, French wkly newspaper in US, currently celebrating its 150th anniv; editor Francoise Martin-Chollet comments (M)

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POLL FINDS PUBLIC DECLINE IN CONFIDENCE IN PRESS

Date: 08 January 1978

Harris poll finds Amers have more confidence in major professions in '77 than they did in '76; details (S)

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Weekly News Quiz

Date: 07 January 1978

Edited by LINDA AMSTER

Edited AMSTER

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World News Briefs; South African Editor Arrives in London Polish Communists Urge Reform Program Beirut Says Palestinians Must Leave After Peace

Date: 07 January 1978

Woods arrives in London; says he will try to have S African mins declared internatl criminals (S)

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan

Date: 08 January 1978

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Dave Marash Leaves WCBS-TV for ABC Job

Date: 07 January 1978

WCBS-TV news correspondent Dave Marash joins ABC News (S)

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The Right to Frisk: Pros and Cons; NEWS ANALYSIS

Date: 08 January 1978

MARTIN WALDRON

Martin WALDRON

Article analyzes NJ Sup Ct recent ruling that proliferation of pistols in modern soc and anonymous tip are sufficient reasons for NJ police to stop and frisk people; pros and cons discussed (M)

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