December 29th, 1960

Born on December 29th, 1960

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 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, 1960

63

Carola Anding

East German cross-country skier

*December 29th, 1960, Struth-Helmershof

63

Dave Pelzer

American author

*December 29th, 1960, Daly City

63

David Boon

Australian cricketer (born 1960)

*December 29th, 1960, Launceston

63

Karin Fleischanderl

Austrian translator, writer

*December 29th, 1960, Steyr

63

Stefan Godin

French actor

*December 29th, 1960, Abidjan

63

Kayoko Kishimoto

Japanese actress

*December 29th, 1960, Shimada

63

Hervé Giraud

French writer

*December 29th, 1960, Nogent-sur-Marne

63

Jean-Luc Thiébaut

French handball player

*December 29th, 1960, Metz

63

Michael James Pappas

American politician

*December 29th, 1960, New Brunswick

63

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

Militia leader, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes

*December 29th, 1960, Djugu Territory

63

Brian A. Hopkins

American writer

*December 29th, 1960, Altoona

63

Katerina Didaskalou

Greek actress

*December 29th, 1960, Athens

63

Joseba Apaolaza

Basque actor

*December 29th, 1960, Urretxu

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Who's birthday is on December 29th?

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

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

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

67

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

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

66

Bruce Beutler

American immunologist and geneticist

*December 29th, 1957, Chicago

45

Kevin Granata

Professor and researcher (1961-2007)

*December 29th, 1961, Toledo †April 16th, 2007

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

61

Wynton Rufer

New Zealand association football player

*December 29th, 1962, Wellington

64

Paula Poundstone

American stand-up comedian

*December 29th, 1959, Huntsville

66

Paul Rudnick

American playwright and screenwriter

*December 29th, 1957, Piscataway

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

62

Lê Quan Ninh

French musician

*December 29th, 1961, Paris

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Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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