Caster Semenya
Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
In context
- When
- Monday, January 7 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
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- Person
- Caster Semenya
Who they were
Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
Why this date
Caster Semenya appears on our January 7 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
January 7 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1991Caster Semenya
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- 1999Impeachment of Bill Clinton
- 2010Nag Hammadi
- 2012Hot air balloon
- 2015January 2015 Sanaa bombing
- 2015Charlie Hebdo shooting
- 20202019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes
- 20202019–2020 Spanish government formation
- 2023January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
- 2025January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Also in 1991
- September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
- March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
- September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
- September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
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Questions about this entry
When did Caster Semenya happen?
January 7 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Monday.
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