December 1st, 1944

Born on December 1st, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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What happened on December 1st?

December 1st, 2019

Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1 victory over Bristol City W.F.C. that broke the record for the most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match.

December 1st, 1991

A referendum held to ratify the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine passed with more than 92 percent of the vote.

December 1st, 1988

Five armed men hijacked a bus carrying schoolchildren and a teacher in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz, Russia), and were later given an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and ransom for the release of the hostages.

December 1st, 1971

A period of political and economic reforms in the Socialist Republic of Croatia came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia decided to purge the state's reformist leadership.

December 1st, 1966

The first Gävle goat, a Swedish Yule goat tradition, was constructed in Gävle and then burned to the ground on New Year's Eve.

December 1st, 1959

Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in the Antarctic and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve.

December 1st, 1958

The musical Flower Drum Song by Rodgers and Hammerstein premiered on Broadway.

December 1st, 1955

In a key event in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.

December 1st, 1953

American men's magazine Playboy was founded in Chicago by Hugh Hefner and his associates.

December 1st, 1948

In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved.

December 1st, 1941

The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, was founded.

December 1st, 1934

Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.

December 1st, 1923

The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people.

December 1st, 1918

With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign state in personal union through a common monarch.

December 1st, 1828

Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War, Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 1st

Born on December 1st, 1944

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

79

Pierre Arditi

French actor

*December 1st, 1944, 6th arrondissement of Paris

79

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan naturalized French writer

*December 1st, 1944, Fez

79

Arja Saijonmaa

Finnish and Swedish singer

*December 1st, 1944, Mikkeli

79

Daniel Pennac

French author

*December 1st, 1944, Casablanca

79

Salvador Cañellas

Spanish motorcycle racer

*December 1st, 1944, Santa Oliva

79

Eberhard Menzel

German politician

*December 1st, 1944, Wilhelmshaven

79

Achim Exner

German politician

*December 1st, 1944, Wrocław

79

John Densmore

American drummer

*December 1st, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Eric Bloom

American singer, songwriter and musician

*December 1st, 1944, New York City

79

Noëlle Boisson

French film editor

*December 1st, 1944, France

79

Michael Hagee

33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps

*December 1st, 1944, Hampton

79

Jay Cocks

American screenwriter

*December 1st, 1944, New York City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 1st?

36

Vance Joy

Australian singer-songwriter

*December 1st, 1987, Melbourne

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

74

Sebastián Piñera

Chilean entrepreneur and politician

*December 1st, 1949, Santiago †February 6th, 2024, Ranco Lake

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

78

Bette Midler

American singer and actress (born 1945)

*December 1st, 1945, Honolulu

65

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

*December 1st, 1940, Peoria †December 10th, 2005, Encino

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

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

88

Heinz Riesenhuber

German politician (CDU)

*December 1st, 1935, Frankfurt

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

81

John Clauser

American physicist

*December 1st, 1942, Pasadena

73

Ueli Maurer

Swiss Politician

*December 1st, 1950, Wetzikon

73

René Malleville

French media personality

*December 1st, 1947, Carcassonne †September 19th, 2021, 9th arrondissement of Marseille

80

Finn E. Kydland

Norwegian economist

*December 1st, 1943, Ålgård

80

Nicholas Negroponte

American computer scientist

*December 1st, 1943, New York City

44

Pablo Escobar

Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)

*December 1st, 1949, Rionegro †December 2nd, 1993, Medellín

35

Tyler Joseph

American singer, rapper and record producer

*December 1st, 1988, Columbus

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

80

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

80

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

80

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

79

Bernard Hill

British actor (1944–2024)

*December 17th, 1944, Manchester †May 5th, 2024, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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