December 21st, 1913

Born on December 21st, 1913

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 698 days, exactly on March 23rd, 2026, people who were born on December 21st, 1913 will be 41,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 21st?

December 21st, 2018

Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.

December 21st, 2012

Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

December 21st, 1995

In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.

December 21st, 1994

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.

December 21st, 1988

A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

December 21st, 1970

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the primary fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years, made its first flight.

December 21st, 1968

Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.

December 21st, 1965

The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.

December 21st, 1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

December 21st, 1934

Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.

December 21st, 1923

Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.

December 21st, 1919

After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to Russia.

December 21st, 1872

HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography.

December 21st, 1826

Settlers from the United States in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.

December 21st, 1620

The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 21st

Born on December 21st, 1913

78

Andor Földes

Hungarian-American classical pianist

*December 21st, 1913, Budapest †February 9th, 1992, Herrliberg

72

Heinz Conrads

Austrian actor and singer (1913-1986)

*December 21st, 1913, Vienna †April 9th, 1986, Vienna

69

Rudolf Aschenauer

German jurist

*December 21st, 1913, Regensburg †January 28th, 1983, Nuremberg

96

Arnold Friberg

American painter and illustrator (1913-2010)

*December 21st, 1913, Winnetka †July 1st, 2010, Salt Lake City

79

François Bourlière

French physician

*December 21st, 1913, Roanne †November 10th, 1993, Boulogne-Billancourt

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84

Ove Sprogøe

Danish actor (1919-2004)

*December 21st, 1919, Odense †September 14th, 2004, Tårnby

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

74

Claire Préaux

Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979)

*December 21st, 1904, Liège †March 28th, 1979, Ixelles - Elsene

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

67

Heinrich Böll

German writer (1917–1985)

*December 21st, 1917, Cologne †July 16th, 1985, Langenbroich

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

88

Kurt Waldheim

Austrian politician and diplomat (1918-2007)

*December 21st, 1918, Sankt Andrä-Wördern †June 14th, 2007, Vienna

75

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

81

John G. Avildsen

American film director

*December 21st, 1935, Oak Park †June 16th, 2017, Los Angeles

56

Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgian-Ukrainian politician, former President of Georgia and former Governor of Odesa

*December 21st, 1967, Tbilisi

36

Khris Davis

Baseball player from the United States

*December 21st, 1987, Lakewood

75

Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

*December 21st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

79

Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor, pianist and composer

*December 21st, 1944, Los Angeles

52

Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

*December 21st, 1940, Baltimore †December 4th, 1993, Los Angeles

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

71

Dennis Boutsikaris

American actor

*December 21st, 1952, Newark

76

Rolf Sagen

Norwegian writer (1940-2017)

*December 21st, 1940, Vadheim †April 6th, 2017

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Born in 1913

81

Richard Nixon

President of the United States from 1969 to 1974

*January 9th, 1913, Yorba Linda †April 22nd, 1994, Manhattan

93

Gerald Ford

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

*July 14th, 1913, Omaha †December 26th, 2006, Rancho Mirage

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

*July 8th, 1913, Valencia †March 1st, 2017, Valencia

84

Kai-Uwe von Hassel

German politician (1913–1997)

*April 21st, 1913 †May 8th, 1997, Aachen

53

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

*November 5th, 1913, Darjeeling †July 8th, 1967, Eaton Square

88

Anthony Dexter

American actor

*January 19th, 1913, Talmage †March 27th, 2001, Greeley

63

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

*November 22nd, 1913, Lowestoft †December 4th, 1976, Aldeburgh

80

Burt Lancaster

American actor (1913–1994)

*November 2nd, 1913, New York City †October 20th, 1994, Los Angeles

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

92

Rosa Parks

African-American civil rights activist (1913-2005)

*February 4th, 1913, Tuskegee †October 24th, 2005, Detroit

74

Danny Kaye

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

*January 18th, 1913, Brooklyn †March 3rd, 1987, Los Angeles

84

Jean Marais

French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)

*December 11th, 1913, Cherbourg †November 8th, 1998, Cannes

74

Trevor Howard

English film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)

*September 29th, 1913, Cliftonville †January 7th, 1988, Bushey

76

Anthony Quayle

British actor, director (1913–1989)

*September 7th, 1913, Sefton †October 20th, 1989, London

66

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

*September 12th, 1913, Oakville †March 31st, 1980, Tucson

88

Edward Gierek

Polish politician (1913-2001)

*January 6th, 1913, Porąbka †July 29th, 2001, Cieszyn

76

Mary Martin

American actress (1913-1990)

*December 1st, 1913, Weatherford †November 3rd, 1990, Rancho Mirage

91

Claude Simon

French writer

*October 10th, 1913, Antananarivo †July 6th, 2005, Paris

86

Victor Mature

American actor (1913–1999)

*January 29th, 1913, Louisville †August 4th, 1999, Rancho Santa Fe

100

Marc Platt

American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)

*December 2nd, 1913, Pasadena †March 29th, 2014, San Rafael

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest usual date for the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, and its related observances) which are celebrated on December 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1913 is a normal year and no leap year.

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