December 24th, 1947

Born on December 24th, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 120 days, exactly on August 21st, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1947 will be 28,000 days old!

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What 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.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

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

Born on December 24th, 1947

76

Miguel Ángel González Suárez

Spanish footballer (1947-2024)

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

76

Joost Swarte

Dutch illustrator, comic artist and designer

*December 24th, 1947, Heemstede

76

Kevin Sheedy

Australian rules footballer and coach

*December 24th, 1947, South Yarra

27

Jean Léturgie

French screenwriter

*December 24th, 1947, Caen †January 1st, 1975

76

Michel Rolland

French winemaker

*December 24th, 1947, Libourne

76

Brigitte Meyer

German politician

*December 24th, 1947, Bayreuth

76

Michael Arnal

German screenwriter

*December 24th, 1947, Würzburg

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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

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

58

Frank Jürgen Krüger

German guitarist (1948-2007)

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

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

77

Jeff Sessions

American politician and lawyer (born 1946)

*December 24th, 1946, Selma

70

Lemmy

British rock musician (1945–2015)

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

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

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

77

Andrew Yao

Computer scientist and computational theorist

*December 24th, 1946, Shanghai

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

77

Jan Akkerman

Dutch guitarist

*December 24th, 1946, Amsterdam

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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