December 20th, 1945

Born on December 20th, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 318 days, exactly on May 14th, 2025, people who were born on December 20th, 1945 will be 29,000 days old!

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What happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1940

The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

December 20th, 1852

Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.

December 20th, 1248

Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 1995

Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 20th, 1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China’s two largest newspapers, the People’s Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

December 20th, 1970

Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

Born on December 20th, 1945

78

Peter Criss

American drummer

*December 20th, 1945, Brooklyn

78

Jean-Marc Guillou

French footballer

*December 20th, 1945, Bouaye

78

Tom Tancredo

American politician

*December 20th, 1945, Denver

78

Arno Schmidt

German politician

*December 20th, 1945, Laubusch

64

Sivakant Tiwari

Senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service (1945-2010)

*December 20th, 1945, India †July 26th, 2010, Singapore

72

Jürg Laederach

Swiss writer (1945-2018)

*December 20th, 1945, Basel †March 19th, 2018, Basel

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

75

Daniel Rebillard

French racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1948, Tournan-en-Brie

74

Jacqueline Pearce

British actress (1943-2018)

*December 20th, 1943, Woking †September 3rd, 2018, Lancashire

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

77

Uri Geller

Israeli illusionist

*December 20th, 1946, Ein-Gedi Hospital

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

75

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

*December 20th, 1948, Willesden

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

68

Binali Yıldırım

Turkish politician; 27th Prime Minister of Turkey

*December 20th, 1955, Sivas Province

75

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian novelist

*December 20th, 1948, Zanzibar City

77

Bill Hosket

Basketball player

*December 20th, 1946, Dayton

86

Manfred Lahnstein

German politician

*December 20th, 1937, Erkrath

71

Lena Strothmann

German politician

*December 20th, 1952, Münster

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

75

Ronald M. Hahn

German writer

*December 20th, 1948, Wuppertal

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

Same year
Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

79

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Gullegem †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

79

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

79

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

78

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

German politician

*September 9th, 1945, Werlte

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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