December 21st, 1930

Born on December 21st, 1930

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 34,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 904 days, exactly on October 18th, 2026, people who were born on December 21st, 1930 will be 35,000 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, 1930

73

Kalevi Sorsa

Prime Minister of Finland (1930–2004)

*December 21st, 1930, Keuruu †January 16th, 2004, Helsinki

87

Adebayo Adedeji

Nigerian politician

*December 21st, 1930, Ijebu Ode †April 25th, 2018, Lagos

93

Phil Roman

American animator

*December 21st, 1930, Fresno

69

Clemens Kremer

German composer

*December 21st, 1930, Saarlouis †May 1st, 2000, Saarbrücken

83

Claude Carrère

French composer, song writer and producer

*December 21st, 1930, Clermont-Ferrand †April 9th, 2014, 8th arrondissement of Paris

66

Wolfgang Pietzsch

Chess Grandmaster (1930-1996)

*December 21st, 1930, Wittgendorf †December 29th, 1996, Leipzig

85

Raymond W. Lessard

Catholic bishop

*December 21st, 1930, Grafton †January 3rd, 2016, Boynton Beach

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84

Ove Sprogøe

Danish actor (1919-2004)

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

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

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

84

David Baker

American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and author (1931-2016)

*December 21st, 1931, Indianapolis †March 26th, 2016, Bloomington

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

75

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

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

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

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

81

John G. Avildsen

American film director

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

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

74

Claire Préaux

Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979)

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

52

Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

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

79

Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor, pianist and composer

*December 21st, 1944, Los Angeles

75

Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

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

76

Rolf Sagen

Norwegian writer (1940-2017)

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

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

67

Heinrich Böll

German writer (1917–1985)

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

88

Kurt Waldheim

Austrian politician and diplomat (1918-2007)

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

71

Dennis Boutsikaris

American actor

*December 21st, 1952, Newark

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74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

86

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930–2017)

*June 20th, 1930, Falenty †April 20th, 2017, Warsaw

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

88

Jean Guillou

French composer, organist, pianist

*April 18th, 1930, Angers †January 26th, 2019, Paris

86

Mildred Dresselhaus

American physicist (1930-2017)

*November 11th, 1930, The Bronx †February 20th, 2017, Mount Auburn Hospital

87

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

*April 3rd, 1930, Friesenheim †June 16th, 2017, Oggersheim

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

50

Preben Kaas

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

*March 30th, 1930, Aalborg †March 27th, 1981, Copenhagen

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

78

Erika Uitz

German historian of middle ages

*November 30th, 1930, Chemnitz †January 1st, 2009, Berlin

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

91

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

*December 3rd, 1930, 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 13th, 2022, Rolle

94

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

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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.

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Born on December 21st, 1930
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1930 is a normal year and no leap year.

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