December 24th, 1953

Born on December 24th, 1953

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What happened on December 24th, 1953?

December 24th, 1953

Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_disaster

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island

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, 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, 1953

70

Hans-Jürgen von Bose

German composer

*December 24th, 1953, Munich

70

Adam Szal

Polish archbishop

*December 24th, 1953, Wysoka

70

Timothy Carhart

American actor

*December 24th, 1953, Washington, D.C.

44

Mario Santiago Papasquiaro

Mexican poet, founder of infrarrealista movement (1953-1998)

*December 24th, 1953, Mexico City †January 10th, 1998, Mexico City

70

Christina Weiss

German journalist and politician

*December 24th, 1953, Sankt Ingbert

70

Wilfried Maria Blum

German sculptor

*December 24th, 1953, Leverkusen

46

Gerardo Solano

Costa Rican footballer (1953-2000)

*December 24th, 1953, San José †January 1st, 2000, Santa Cruz Canton

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

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

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

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

69

Christian Ruck

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Augsburg

80

Tarja Halonen

11th President of Finland

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

58

Frank Jürgen Krüger

German guitarist (1948-2007)

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

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

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

64

Michaela Noll

German politician and lawyer. Major member of the Bundestag

*December 24th, 1959, Düsseldorf

62

Wade Williams

American actor

*December 24th, 1961, Tulsa

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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