December 24th, 1948

Born on December 24th, 1948

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 489 days, exactly on August 22nd, 2025, people who were born on December 24th, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1948

58

Frank Jürgen Krüger

German guitarist (1948-2007)

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

75

Mo Layton

Basketball player

*December 24th, 1948, Newark

75

Juan Bau

Spanish singer

*December 24th, 1948, Aldaia

75

Michel Robert

French equestrian

*December 24th, 1948, Corbelin

75

Edwige Fenech

French-Italian actress

*December 24th, 1948, Annaba

75

Rafael Román Guerrero

Spanish politician

*December 24th, 1948, Chiclana de la Frontera

75

Menghesteab Tesfamariam

Eritrean Catholic archbishop

*December 24th, 1948, Eritrea

75

Stan Bowles

English footballer (1948–2024)

*December 24th, 1948, Collyhurst †February 24th, 2024, Manchester

65

Frank Oliver

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

*December 24th, 1948, Dunedin †March 16th, 2014, Palmerston North

75

Barra Grant

American actress

*December 24th, 1948, New York City

50

Tody Smith

American football player (1948-1999)

*December 24th, 1948, Frankfurt †July 18th, 1999, Los Angeles

68

Samuel Widmer

Physician, psychotherapist and author (1948-2017)

*December 24th, 1948, Zuchwil †January 18th, 2017, Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen

66

Christine Fröhlich

Austrian politician (1948-2015)

*December 24th, 1948, Langenwang †August 11th, 2015

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57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

80

Tarja Halonen

11th President of Finland

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

76

Miguel Ángel González Suárez

Spanish footballer

*December 24th, 1947, Ourense

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

70

Lemmy Kilmister

British rock musician (1945–2015)

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

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

77

Jeff Sessions

American politician and lawyer (born 1946)

*December 24th, 1946, Selma

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

77

Erwin Pröll

Austrian politician, governor of Lower Austria

*December 24th, 1946, Ziersdorf

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

76

Joost Swarte

Dutch illustrator, comic artist and designer

*December 24th, 1947, Heemstede

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

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Born on December 24th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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