December 24th, 1914

Born on December 24th, 1914

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 24th, 1914?

December 24th, 1914

World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

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December 24th, 1914

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

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What else 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, 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.

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

Born on December 24th, 1914

81

Dorothy Hyson

American actress (1914-1996)

*December 24th, 1914, Chicago †May 23rd, 1996, London

65

Sheikh Mukhtar

Actor (1914-1980)

*December 24th, 1914, Delhi †May 12th, 1980, Karachi

92

Herbert Reinecker

German novelist and screenwriter for TV series (1914–2007)

*December 24th, 1914, Hagen †January 27th, 2007, Starnberg

63

Ralph Marterie

Italian musician

*December 24th, 1914, Acerra †October 10th, 1978, Chicago

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

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

93

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

10th prime minister of India in 1996, 1998 and from 1999–2004

*December 24th, 1924, Gwalior †August 16th, 2018, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

67

Ava Gardner

American actress (1922–1990)

*December 24th, 1922, Grabtown †January 25th, 1990, Westminster

102

Pierre Soulages

French painter and engraver

*December 24th, 1919, Rodez †October 25th, 2022, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nîmes

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

88

Lalo Guerrero

American musician, composer and labor activist

*December 24th, 1916, Tucson †March 17th, 2005, Palm Springs

96

Marc Ferro

French historian

*December 24th, 1924, 8th arrondissement of Paris †April 21st, 2021, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

76

Mauricio Kagel

Argentine-German composer (1931-2008)

*December 24th, 1931, Buenos Aires †September 18th, 2008, Cologne

78

Jean Vallerand

Canadian composer

*December 24th, 1915, Montreal †June 24th, 1994, Montreal

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

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

92

Mary Higgins Clark

American author of suspense novels (1927–2020)

*December 24th, 1927, New York City †January 31st, 2020, Naples

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

86

Alves Barbosa

Portuguese road bicycle racer (1931–2018)

*December 24th, 1931, Figueira da Foz †September 29th, 2018, Figueira da Foz

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Born in 1914

50

Viola Desmond

Canadian activist (1914-1965)

*July 6th, 1914, Halifax †February 7th, 1965, New York City

73

Charles Hawtrey

English film actor (1914-1988)

*November 30th, 1914, Hounslow †October 27th, 1988, Deal

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

*January 13th, 1914, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 2006, Santa Monica

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

*July 31st, 1914, Courbevoie †January 27th, 1983, Nantes

78

Tonny Ahm

Danish badminton player

*September 21st, 1914, Ordrup †April 7th, 1993

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

75

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

*November 2nd, 1914, Laurel †January 1st, 2001, Beverly Hills

96

Kevin McCarthy

American actor (1914–2010)

*February 15th, 1914, Seattle †September 11th, 2010, Hyannis

85

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)

*November 9th, 1914, Vienna †January 19th, 2000, Casselberry

77

Karl Carstens

President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)

*December 14th, 1914, Bremen †May 30th, 1992, Meckenheim

82

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist and composer

*June 29th, 1914, Býchory †August 11th, 1996, Kastanienbaum

109

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ

Turkish sumerologist

*June 20th, 1914, Bursa

81

David Wayne

American actor (1914–1995)

*January 30th, 1914, Traverse City †February 9th, 1995, Santa Monica

72

Robert Alda

American theatrical and film actor (1914–1986); father of actors Alan and Antony Alda

*February 26th, 1914, New York City †May 3rd, 1986, Los Angeles

103

Gisèle Casadesus

French actress (1914-2017)

*June 14th, 1914, 18th arrondissement of Paris †September 24th, 2017, Paris

86

Tove Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

*August 9th, 1914, Helsinki †June 27th, 2001, Helsinki

87

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)

*October 6th, 1914, Larvik †April 18th, 2002, Colla Micheri

94

Dorival Caymmi

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914-2008)

*April 30th, 1914, Salvador †August 16th, 2008, Rio de Janeiro

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Public holidays on December 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Christmas Eve) which are celebrated on December 24th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1914 is a normal year and no leap year.

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