December 31st, 1949

Born on December 31st, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Born on December 31st, 1949

74

Jean-Paul Penin

French conductor

*December 31st, 1949, Saint-Dizier

74

Bruce Davidson

Equestrian

*December 31st, 1949, Rome

74

Rainer Fetting

German artist

*December 31st, 1949, Wilhelmshaven

74

Karl Amon

Austrian journalist

*December 31st, 1949, St. Pölten

74

Ellen Datlow

American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist

*December 31st, 1949, New York City

74

Richard Dupras

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 31st, 1949, Montreal

74

Bärbel Zieling

German politician

*December 31st, 1949, Duisburg

74

Guy Cotret

French businessperson

*December 31st, 1949, Reims

74

Susan Shwartz

American author

*December 31st, 1949, Youngstown

74

Normand de Bellefeuille

Canadian poet and short story writer

*December 31st, 1949, Montreal †January 8th, 2024

70

Neil Crang

Australian racing driver

*December 31st, 1949, Melbourne †July 20th, 2020

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

63

Donna Summer

American singer

*December 31st, 1948, Boston †May 17th, 2012, Naples

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

80

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

69

Christine Scheiblich

East German rower

*December 31st, 1954, Wilsdruff

82

Alex Ferguson

Scottish association football manager and player (born 1941)

*December 31st, 1941, Govan

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

78

Leonard Adleman

American theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California

*December 31st, 1945, California

69

Alex Salmond

First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014

*December 31st, 1954, Linlithgow

75

Joe Dallesandro

American actor, model

*December 31st, 1948, Pensacola

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

64

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

75

Rita Lee

Brazilian singer and musician (1947–2023)

*December 31st, 1947, São Paulo †May 8th, 2023, São Paulo

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

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Born on December 31st, 1949
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Leap year

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

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