cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project. Pepsi enters China. China becomes the first country to ever reach a population of 1 billion around the end of 1981. Births January January 1 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian football player January 2 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer January 3 – Eli Manning, American football player January 4 – Zhang Jiewen, Chinese badminton player January 5 – Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman), Canadian DJ/producer January 6 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress January 8 Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player Genevieve Cortese, American actress January 9 Julia Dietze, French born-German actress Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer January 10 – Jared Kushner, American investor Chris Pozniak, Canadian footballer January 11 Jamelia, British singer Lee Hyo-jung, South Korean badminton player January 15 Howie Day, American singer El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer Pitbull, American hip-hop musician and record producer January 17 – Ray J, American rapper and singer January 18 – Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player January 19 Lucho González, Argentine footballer Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress January 20 Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born English footballer Jason Richardson, American basketball player January 21 – Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer January 25 Alicia Keys, American singer, pianist and actress Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (d. 2007) January 26 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor January 27 Yaniv Katan, Israeli footballer Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player January 28 Marko Babić, Croatian football player and coach Elijah Wood, American actor and producer January 29 – Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor January 30 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer January 31 Gemma Collins, English media personality and businesswoman Justin Timberlake, American actor and musician February February 2 – Emily Rose, American actress February 3 – Ben Sigmund, New Zealand footballer February 4 Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (d. 2019) Fahmi Fadzil, Malaysian politician February 5 Sara Foster, American actress Nora Zehetner, American actress February 8 Emanuele Birarelli, Italian volleyball player Dawn Olivieri, American actress Jim Parrack, American actor February 9 Tom Hiddleston, British actor Tian Jia, Chinese beach volleyball player February 10 Uzo Aduba, American actress Cho Yeo-jeong, South Korean actress Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer Holly Willoughby, English television presenter February 11 Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress Edoardo Molinari, Italian golfer February 12 – Selena Li, Hong Kong actress February 17 Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor and film director Paris Hilton, American model, heiress, and socialite February 18 – Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball