December 24th, 1958

Born on December 24th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 135 days, exactly on September 8th, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1958 will be 24,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 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.

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.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 24th

Born on December 24th, 1958

65

Gene Sperling

American economist (born 1958)

*December 24th, 1958, Ann Arbor

65

Hans Spaan

Dutch motorcycle racer

*December 24th, 1958, Assen

65

Lea Sölkner

Austrian alpine skier

*December 24th, 1958, Tauplitz

65

Lyse Doucet

Canadian journalist and television presenter

*December 24th, 1958, Bathurst

65

Janfri Topera

Spanish actor

*December 24th, 1958, Oña

65

Manuel Enríquez Rosero

Colombian politician

*December 24th, 1958, Cumbal

65

Olivia Byington

Brazilian singer

*December 24th, 1958, Rio de Janeiro

65

Marc Abrams

American musician and music educator

*December 24th, 1958, New York City

65

Paul Pressey

American basketball player-coach

*December 24th, 1958, Richmond

49

Munetaka Higuchi

Japanese drummer (1958–2008)

*December 24th, 1958, Nara †November 30th, 2008, Osaka

40

Alex Lowe

American mountaineer

*December 24th, 1958, Frederick †October 5th, 1999, Shishapangma

65

Michael Flynn

U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor (born 1958)

*December 24th, 1958, Middletown

59

Bernward Rothe

German politician (1958-2018)

*December 24th, 1958, Bonn †March 22nd, 2018

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

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

64

Michaela Noll

German politician and lawyer. Major member of the Bundestag

*December 24th, 1959, Düsseldorf

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

62

Wade Williams

American actor

*December 24th, 1961, Tulsa

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

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

Lee Daniels

American director, producer, and screenwriter

*December 24th, 1959, Philadelphia

58

Frank Jürgen Krüger

German guitarist (1948-2007)

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

64

Diane Tell

Canadian singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1959, Quebec City

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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Born on December 24th, 1958
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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