December 24th, 1945

Born on December 24th, 1945

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What happened on December 24th, 1945?

December 24th, 1945

Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance

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, 1945

70

Lemmy

British rock musician (1945–2015)

*December 24th, 1945, Burslem †December 28th, 2015, Los Angeles

75

Enrique Jackson

Mexican politician

*December 24th, 1945, Los Mochis †December 1st, 2021, Mexico City

78

Edoardo De Angelis

Italian singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1945, Rome

78

Helmut Sauer

German politician

*December 24th, 1945, Lutomierz †January 10th, 2024, Brunswick

78

Nicholas Meyer

American screenwriter, producer, author, and director

*December 24th, 1945, New York City

78

Steve Smith

Canadian actor, writer and comedian

*December 24th, 1945, Toronto

31

Peter Houseman

English footballer (1945-1977)

*December 24th, 1945, Battersea †March 20th, 1977, Oxford

78

Luca Lombardi

Italian composer

*December 24th, 1945, Rome

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 24th?

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

77

Jeff Sessions

American politician and lawyer (born 1946)

*December 24th, 1946, Selma

58

Frank Jürgen Krüger

German guitarist (1948-2007)

*December 24th, 1948, Berlin †April 26th, 2007, Berlin

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

77

Erwin Pröll

Austrian politician, governor of Lower Austria

*December 24th, 1946, Ziersdorf

76

Miguel Ángel González Suárez

Spanish footballer (1947-2024)

*December 24th, 1947, Ourense †February 6th, 2024, Madrid

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

77

Andrew Yao

Computer scientist and computational theorist

*December 24th, 1946, Shanghai

82

Hans Eichel

German politician

*December 24th, 1941, Kassel

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

79

Mike Curb

American record producer, musician, sports executive

*December 24th, 1944, Savannah

76

Mauricio Kagel

Argentine-German composer (1931-2008)

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

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

Same year
Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

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

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

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

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

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

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

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

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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