December 7th, 1956

Born on December 7th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 7th?

December 7th, 2015

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (illustration shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

December 7th, 2007

A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.

December 7th, 2005

Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.

December 7th, 1995

The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

December 7th, 1993

A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

December 7th, 1975

The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.

December 7th, 1972

Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

December 7th, 1942

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.

December 7th, 1936

Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

December 7th, 1869

American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

December 7th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

December 7th, 1837

British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

December 7th, 0574

Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.

January 1st, 1970

Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.

December 7th, 2011

The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 7th

Born on December 7th, 1956

67

Larry Bird

American basketball player and coach (born 1956)

*December 7th, 1956, West Baden Springs

67

Anna Soubry

British independent former politician

*December 7th, 1956, Lincoln

67

Iveta Radičová

Slovak politician and sociologist, former prime minister

*December 7th, 1956, Bratislava

63

Chuy Bravo

Mexican-American comedian and actor (1956-2019)

*December 7th, 1956, Tangancícuaro †December 14th, 2019, Mexico City

67

Laura Hickman

American fantasy author and tabletop roleplaying game designer

*December 7th, 1956, Long Beach

67

Michele Oliveri

German actor, film producer and author

*December 7th, 1956, Munich

67

Susan Minot

American author and screenwriter

*December 7th, 1956, Boston

67

Mark Rolston

American actor

*December 7th, 1956, Baltimore

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 7th?

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

59

Ilse Aigner

German politician (CSU)

*December 7th, 1964, Feldkirchen-Westerham

112

Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff

German supercentenarian

*December 7th, 1905, Gera †April 9th, 2018, Karlsruhe

58

Jeffrey Wright

American actor (born 1965)

*December 7th, 1965, Washington, D.C.

59

Patrick Fabian

American actor

*December 7th, 1964, Pittsburgh

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

75

Gary Morris

American singer

*December 7th, 1948, Fort Worth

44

Sara Bareilles

American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist

*December 7th, 1979, Eureka

31

Sfera Ebbasta

Italian singer and rapper (1992-)

*December 7th, 1992, Sesto San Giovanni

55

Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968)

*December 7th, 1968, Château-Gontier

74

Tom Waits

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)

*December 7th, 1949, Pomona

68

Gerold Otten

German politician

*December 7th, 1955, Lübberstedt

41

Jack Huston

British actor

*December 7th, 1982, King's Lynn

51

Patrick Scheuß

German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

*December 7th, 1972, Hilden

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

74

Kurt Helmudt

Danish rower

*December 7th, 1943, Copenhagen †September 7th, 2018

88

Jean-Claude Casadesus

French conductor

*December 7th, 1935, 9th arrondissement of Paris

66

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

Nigerian political scientist

*December 7th, 1957, Kebbi State

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Born on December 7th, 1956
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Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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