Replaying Saturday, January 17, 1981

The January 17, 1981 was a Saturday under the star sign of . It was the 16 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 45 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, January 17, 2026, 171 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, January 17, 2027, in 193 days. You have lived for 16,607 days, or about 398,585 hours, or about 23,915,129 minutes, or about 1,434,907,740 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Muhammad Ali (boxer, born January 17, 1942)
  • Betty White (author, comedian, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television personality, television presenter, television producer, voice actor, born January 17, 1922)
  • Jim Carrey (actor, anti-vaccine activist, comedian, film producer, painter, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born January 17, 1962)
  • Benjamin Franklin (autobiographer, chess player, designer, dilettante, diplomat, economist, editor, freemason, inventor, journalist, librarian, musician, physicist, political activist, political philosopher, political theorist, politician, polymath, postmaster, printer, publisher, slaveholder, statesperson, writer, born January 17, 1706)
  • Zooey Deschanel (actor, banjoist, composer, film actor, musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, voice actor, born January 17, 1980)
  • Oleksandr Usyk (boxer, born January 17, 1987)
  • James Earl Jones (dub actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 17, 1931)
  • Michelle Obama (lawyer, podcaster, politician, writer, born January 17, 1964)
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (anti-vaccine activist, biographer, blogger, lawyer, politician, radio personality, university teacher, born January 17, 1954)
  • Lucy Boynton (film actor, television actor, born January 17, 1994)
  • Steve Harvey (actor, comedian, film actor, film producer, radio personality, screenwriter, singer, stand-up comedian, television actor, television presenter, television producer, voice actor, writer, born January 17, 1957)
  • M. G. Ramachandran (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, politician, screenwriter, born January 17, 1917)
  • Dwyane Wade (basketball player, born January 17, 1982)
  • Dalida (actor, dancer, film actor, model, musician, singer, born January 17, 1933)
  • FKA twigs (actor, dancer, director, drummer, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 17, 1988)
  • Andy Kaufman (comedian, dancer, film actor, film producer, professional wrestler, screenwriter, showman, singer, television actor, writer, born January 17, 1949)
  • Kid Rock (actor, banjoist, musician, rapper, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 17, 1971)
  • Eartha Kitt (actor, comedian, dancer, musician, recording artist, singer, voice actor, born January 17, 1927)
  • Trevor Bauer (baseball player, born January 17, 1991)
  • Song Kang-ho (actor, film actor, stage actor, born January 17, 1967)
  • Momoe Yamaguchi (actor, lyricist, singer, born January 17, 1959)
  • Ray J (actor, cinematographer, film actor, film director, rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, television actor, born January 17, 1981)
  • Françoise Hardy (actor, astrologer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, writer, born January 17, 1944)
  • Reina Ueda (seiyū, born January 17, 1994)
  • Susanna Hoffs (composer, film actor, film producer, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, born January 17, 1959)
  • Mick Taylor (composer, guitarist, born January 17, 1949)
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto (actor, composer, conductor, film score composer, keyboardist, music arranger, musician, pianist, record producer, recording artist, university teacher, born January 17, 1952)
  • Calvin Harris (disc jockey, manufacturer, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born January 17, 1984)
  • Dalal Abdel Aziz (actor, film actor, born January 17, 1960)
  • Tiësto (disc jockey, music executive, record producer, songwriter, born January 17, 1969)
  • Naveen Andrews (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 17, 1969)
  • David Lloyd George (civil servant, diplomat, politician, solicitor, writer, born January 17, 1863)
  • Stanisław August Poniatowski (diplomat, military personnel, born January 17, 1732)
  • Krishnadevaraya (sovereign, born January 8, 1471)
  • Konstantin Stanislavski (actor, director, film director, pedagogue, stage actor, teacher, theatrical director, theatrologist, born January 17, 1863)
  • Javed Akhtar (lyricist, poet, politician, screenwriter, songwriter, writer, born January 17, 1945)
  • Arnold Rothstein (businessperson, born January 17, 1882)
  • Paul Young (musician, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born January 17, 1956)
  • Denis O'Hare (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, born January 17, 1962)
  • Cus D'Amato (boxer, boxing trainer, born January 17, 1908)
  • Leigh Whannell (actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, screenwriter, writer, born January 17, 1977)
  • Keith Chegwin (film actor, television actor, television presenter, born January 17, 1957)
  • Mami Koyama (actor, narrator, seiyū, born January 17, 1955)
  • Genndy Tartakovsky (animation director, animator, cinematographer, comics artist, film director, screenwriter, television producer, voice actor, born January 17, 1970)
  • Michelle Fairley (film actor, stage actor, born January 17, 1964)
  • Adriana Ugarte (actor, film actor, born January 17, 1985)
  • Steve Earle (actor, guitarist, mandolinist, peace activist, radio personality, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 17, 1955)
  • Luis Echeverría (diplomat, politician, born January 17, 1922)
  • Sajal Aly (actor, model, born January 17, 1994)
  • Ken Hirai (actor, model, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 17, 1972)

17th of January 1981 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 17, 1981

FINDING THE 'WHY' OF THE NEWS

Date: 18 January 1981

By J. B. O'MAHONEY

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CUTBACKS EXPECTED IN TRANSIT SUBSIDIES

Date: 18 January 1981

By States News Service

States Service

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News Analysis

Date: 17 January 1981

By JOSEPH LELYVELD, Special to the New York Times

Joseph LELYVELD

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Reality News; West Side

Date: 18 January 1981

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News Summary; SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1981

Date: 18 January 1981

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News Summary; SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1981

Date: 17 January 1981

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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: INFORMATION A RARE COMMODITY IN ALGERIA

Date: 18 January 1981

By PAUL LEWIS, Special to the New York Times

Paul LEWIS

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Undercover Tavern

Date: 18 January 1981

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

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Smiting Smut

Date: 18 January 1981

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

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Gigahertz Cooking

Date: 18 January 1981

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

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