December 29th, 1958

Born on December 29th, 1958

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 141 days, exactly on September 13th, 2024, people who were born on December 29th, 1958 will be 24,000 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, 1958

65

Nancy J. Currie

American engineer, United States Army officer, and astronaut, Professor at Texas A&M

*December 29th, 1958, Wilmington

65

Ana Curra

Spanish singer

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

65

Lakhdar Belloumi

Algerian footballer (born 1958)

*December 29th, 1958, Mascara

65

Tyrone Benskin

Canadian actor

*December 29th, 1958, Bristol

65

Bobby Weaver

Olympic wrestler

*December 29th, 1958, Rochester

65

Mark Gruner

American actor (born 1958)

*December 29th, 1958, Fort Leonard Wood

56

Valmantas Budrys

Lithuanian university teacher and neurologist (1958-2015)

*December 29th, 1958, Vilnius †February 16th, 2015, Vilnius

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 29th?

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

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

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

66

Bruce Beutler

American immunologist and geneticist

*December 29th, 1957, Chicago

67

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

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

64

Marco Antonio Solís

Mexican musician, singer, songwriter, actor and businessman

*December 29th, 1959, Ario de Rosales

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

66

Paul Rudnick

American playwright and screenwriter

*December 29th, 1957, Piscataway

63

Carola Anding

East German cross-country skier

*December 29th, 1960, Struth-Helmershof

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

64

Paula Poundstone

American stand-up comedian

*December 29th, 1959, Huntsville

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

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

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

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