December 29th, 1957

Born on December 29th, 1957

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 775 days, exactly on June 10th, 2026, people who were born on December 29th, 1957 will be 25,000 days old!

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What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 29th

Born on December 29th, 1957

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

66

Bruce Beutler

American immunologist and geneticist

*December 29th, 1957, Chicago

66

Paul Rudnick

American playwright and screenwriter

*December 29th, 1957, Piscataway

66

Louis Bodin

French meteorologist

*December 29th, 1957, Reims

66

Serge Riaboukine

French actor

*December 29th, 1957, Givors

66

Oliver Hirschbiegel

German film director

*December 29th, 1957, Hamburg

66

Vito D'Ambrosio

Italian actor

*December 29th, 1957, Taranto

Same Day
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55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

67

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

64

Marco Antonio Solís

Mexican musician, singer, songwriter, actor and businessman

*December 29th, 1959, Ario de Rosales

68

Donald Hoffman

American cognitive psychologist and popular science author

*December 29th, 1955, San Antonio

70

Thomas Bach

9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013

*December 29th, 1953, Würzburg

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

67

Ptiluc

Belgian comics writer and caricaturist

*December 29th, 1956, Mons

63

Carola Anding

East German cross-country skier

*December 29th, 1960, Struth-Helmershof

65

Ana Curra

Spanish singer

*December 29th, 1958, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

*December 29th, 1932, Omaha †July 23rd, 2023, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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