December 24th, 1964

Born on December 24th, 1964

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 24th, 1964?

December 24th, 1964

Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.

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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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on December 24th, 1964

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

59

Miossec

French singer

*December 24th, 1964, Brest

59

Jean-Paul Civeyrac

French film director

*December 24th, 1964, Firminy

59

Bernd Michael Lade

German actor and film director

*December 24th, 1964, Berlin

59

Prenal Oberai

Indian actress

*December 24th, 1964, Mumbai

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

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

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

62

Wade Williams

American actor

*December 24th, 1961, Tulsa

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

61

Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez

Boxer

*December 24th, 1962, Pilón

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

60

Neil Turbin

American singer

*December 24th, 1963, Brooklyn

54

Ed Miliband

British politician (born 1969)

*December 24th, 1969, London

67

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor

*December 24th, 1956, Mumbai

Same year
Born in 1964

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

60

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

60

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

60

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

60

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

60

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

60

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

60

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

60

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

Birthdays of famous people

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Born on December 24th, 1964
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Leap year

Yes: 1964 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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