December 24th, 1653

Born on December 24th, 1653

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 729 days, exactly on May 3rd, 2026, people who were born on December 24th, 1653 will be 136,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 24th?

December 24th, 1918

Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje.

December 24th, 2021

Burmese military forces killed at least 40 civilians during the Mo So massacre in Kayah State, Myanmar.

December 24th, 2008

The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began attacks on several villages in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing hundreds and committing numerous atrocities.

December 24th, 1999

Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India.

December 24th, 1983

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashed on approach to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, killing 44 out of 49 people on board.

December 24th, 1979

The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.

December 24th, 1973

The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C., allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.

December 24th, 1968

Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon (Earthrise pictured).

December 24th, 1964

The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two U.S. Army officers and raising fears of an escalation of the Vietnam War.

December 24th, 1955

According to legend, the NORAD Tracks Santa program began after children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus's whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number in an advertisement.

December 24th, 1953

A railway bridge at Tangiwai on New Zealand's North Island was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train (wreckage pictured), killing 151 people.

December 24th, 1914

World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted fighting to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce .

December 24th, 1913

Seventy-three people were crushed to death in a stampede after someone falsely yelled "fire" at a crowded Christmas party in Calumet, Michigan, U.S.

December 24th, 1871

Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, made its debut in Cairo, Egypt.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 24th?

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

72

Andreas Gärtner

German astronomer

*December 24th, 1654, Quatitz/Chwaćicy †February 2nd, 1727, Dresden

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

*December 24th, 1818, Salford †October 11th, 1889, Sale

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

*December 24th, 1926, Krasnystaw †April 22nd, 2017, Warsaw

61

Mariana of Austria

Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)

*December 24th, 1634, Vienna †May 16th, 1696, Madrid

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris

56

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

68

Hans Carl von Carlowitz

German forester (1645-1714)

*December 24th, 1645, Rabenstein †March 3rd, 1714, Freiberg

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

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59

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer

*February 17th, 1653, Fusignano †January 8th, 1713, Rome

90

Marie Poussepin

French Dominican and founder of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation

*October 4th, 1653, Dourdan †January 24th, 1744, Sainville

36

Jeremiáš Süssner

German sculptor (1653-1690)

*December 12th, 1653, Ostrov †June 5th, 1690, Prague

79

Emperor Reigen

Emperor of Japan

*July 9th, 1653, Kyoto †September 24th, 1732, Kyoto

52

Johann Pachelbel

German composer, organist and teacher

*September 1st, 1653, Nuremberg †March 3rd, 1706, Nuremberg

50

Giovanni Anastasi

Italian painter (1653-1704)

*March 17th, 1653, Senigallia †March 13th, 1704, Macerata

76

Anton Maria Salvini

Italian naturalist and classicist

*January 12th, 1653, Florence †May 17th, 1729, Florence

89

André-Hercule de Fleury

Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)

*June 22nd, 1653, Lodève †January 29th, 1743, Paris

76

Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour

French classical scholar (1653-1730)

*March 1st, 1653, Paris †January 4th, 1730, Paris

74

Johann Conrad Brunner

Swiss anatomist

*January 16th, 1653, Diessenhofen †October 2nd, 1727, Mannheim

81

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Marshal General of France

*May 8th, 1653, Moulins †June 17th, 1734, Turin

55

Prince George, Duke of Cumberland

Husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702

*April 2nd, 1653, Copenhagen Castle †October 28th, 1708, Kensington Palace

75

Louis-Guillaume Pécour

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 10th, 1653, Paris †April 22nd, 1729, Paris

40

Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

*November 19th, 1653, Merseburg †October 20th, 1694, Merseburg

81

Carlo Ruzzini

Doge of Venice

*November 11th, 1653, Venice †January 5th, 1735, Venice

66

Johann Heinrich Majus

German historian and theologian

*February 5th, 1653, Pforzheim †September 3rd, 1719, Giessen

90

Matthias Klotz

German luthier

*January 1st, 1653, Mittenwald †August 16th, 1743, Mittenwald

44

Giovanni Francesco Grossi

Italian opera singer (1653–1697)

*February 12th, 1653, Chiesina Uzzanese †May 29th, 1697, Malalbergo

57

Joan van Hoorn

Dutch colonial governor (1653-1711)

*November 16th, 1653, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1711, Amsterdam

63

Joseph Sauveur

French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics

*March 24th, 1653, La Flèche †July 9th, 1716, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1653 is a normal year and no leap year.

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