December 24th, 1929

Born on December 24th, 1929

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What happened on December 24th, 1929?

December 24th, 1929

A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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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, 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.

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

Born on December 24th, 1929

66

Sverre Wilberg

Norwegian actor (1929-1996)

*December 24th, 1929, Fredrikstad Municipality †July 19th, 1996, Oslo

94

José Carol Archs

Spanish writer

*December 24th, 1929, Martorell

45

Lennart Skoglund

Swedish association football player (1929-1975)

*December 24th, 1929, Stockholm †July 8th, 1975, Stockholm

89

George Sullivan

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 24th, 1929, Peterborough †January 19th, 2019, Peterborough

67

Jorge Hugo Arguindegui

Argentinian military personnel

*December 24th, 1929, Buenos Aires †January 24th, 1997, Mar del Plata

93

Philip Ziegler

British historian

*December 24th, 1929, Ringwood †February 22nd, 2023, London

94

Alan Gerry

American businessman

*December 24th, 1929, Liberty

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90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

76

Mauricio Kagel

Argentine-German composer (1931-2008)

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

86

Alves Barbosa

Portuguese road bicycle racer (1931–2018)

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

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

92

Mary Higgins Clark

American author of suspense novels (1927–2020)

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

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

67

Ava Gardner

American actress (1922–1990)

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

96

Marc Ferro

French historian

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

58

Jill Bennett

British actress (1931–1990)

*December 24th, 1931, Penang †October 4th, 1990, London

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

102

Pierre Soulages

French painter and engraver

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

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

55

Mohammed Rafi

Indian singer

*December 24th, 1924, Kotla Sultan Singh †July 31st, 1980, Mumbai

90

Frithjof Bergmann

German philosopher

*December 24th, 1930, Weimar Republic †May 24th, 2021, Ann Arbor

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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