December 19th, 1949

Born on December 19th, 1949

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 846 days, exactly on August 17th, 2026, people who were born on December 19th, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1776

Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2016

A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.

December 19th, 2013

Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 19th

Born on December 19th, 1949

74

Orna Berry

Israeli scientist, high-tech entrepreneur and businesswoman

*December 19th, 1949, Jerusalem

74

Rita Taggart

American actress

*December 19th, 1949, Salinas

65

Uffe Haagerup

Danish mathematician

*December 19th, 1949, Kolding †July 5th, 2015, Faaborg

66

Michael Starcke

German author

*December 19th, 1949, Erfurt †February 19th, 2016, Bochum

74

Lenny White

American drummer

*December 19th, 1949, New York City

74

Sebastian

Danish singer, guitarist and composer

*December 19th, 1949, Sønderborg

74

Nancy Kyes

American actress

*December 19th, 1949, Falls Church

74

Jupp Kapellmann

German footballer

*December 19th, 1949, Würselen

74

Claudia Kolb

American swimmer

*December 19th, 1949, Hayward

61

Nasser Hejazi

Iranian footballer (1949-2011)

*December 19th, 1949, Tehran †May 23rd, 2011, Tehran

74

Ivan Čermak

Croatian soldier and politician

*December 19th, 1949, Zagreb

73

Marlene Clark

Actress

*December 19th, 1949, Los Angeles †May 18th, 2023

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 19th?

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

67

Manfred Rein

Austrian politician (1948-2016)

*December 19th, 1948, Dornbirn †April 22nd, 2016, Feldkirch

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

70

Sam Kelly

British actor (1943–2014)

*December 19th, 1943, Manchester †June 14th, 2014, Esher

62

Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist, professor

*December 19th, 1961, Palo Alto

78

Elaine Joyce

American actress

*December 19th, 1945, Cleveland

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 19th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 19th, 1949
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1949