December 1st, 1968

Born on December 1st, 1968

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What happened on December 1st?

December 1st, 2019

Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1 victory over Bristol City W.F.C. that broke the record for the most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match.

December 1st, 1991

A referendum held to ratify the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine passed with more than 92 percent of the vote.

December 1st, 1988

Five armed men hijacked a bus carrying schoolchildren and a teacher in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz, Russia), and were later given an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and ransom for the release of the hostages.

December 1st, 1971

A period of political and economic reforms in the Socialist Republic of Croatia came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia decided to purge the state's reformist leadership.

December 1st, 1966

The first Gävle goat, a Swedish Yule goat tradition, was constructed in Gävle and then burned to the ground on New Year's Eve.

December 1st, 1959

Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in the Antarctic and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve.

December 1st, 1958

The musical Flower Drum Song by Rodgers and Hammerstein premiered on Broadway.

December 1st, 1955

In a key event in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.

December 1st, 1953

American men's magazine Playboy was founded in Chicago by Hugh Hefner and his associates.

December 1st, 1948

In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved.

December 1st, 1941

The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, was founded.

December 1st, 1934

Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.

December 1st, 1923

The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people.

December 1st, 1918

With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign state in personal union through a common monarch.

December 1st, 1828

Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War, Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 1st

Born on December 1st, 1968

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Annegret Strauch

East German rower

*December 1st, 1968, Radebeul

55

Daire Nolan

Irish dancer

*December 1st, 1968, Limerick

55

Anders Holmertz

Swedish swimmer

*December 1st, 1968, Motala

55

Sarah Fitz-Gerald

Australian squash player

*December 1st, 1968, Melbourne

46

Stephan Beckenbauer

German footballer (1968–2015)

*December 1st, 1968, Munich †August 1st, 2015, Munich

55

Jan Thoresen

Norwegian male curler

*December 1st, 1968, Oslo

55

Antonio Peñalver

Spanish decathlete

*December 1st, 1968, Alhama de Murcia

55

Nina Weniger

German actress

*December 1st, 1968, Frankfurt

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 1st?

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

36

Vance Joy

Australian singer-songwriter

*December 1st, 1987, Melbourne

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

74

Sebastián Piñera

Chilean entrepreneur and politician

*December 1st, 1949, Santiago †February 6th, 2024, Ranco Lake

50

Steve Gibb

British-American guitarist (born 1973)

*December 1st, 1973, London

47

Frank Streffing

German actor

*December 1st, 1976, North Rhine-Westphalia

60

Jochen Pietzsch

East German luger

*December 1st, 1963, Halle (Saale)

53

Sarah Silverman

American comedian, actress, and writer

*December 1st, 1970, Bedford

47

Eva von Angern

German politician and lawyer

*December 1st, 1976, Magdeburg

57

Édouard Baer

French actor

*December 1st, 1966, Boulogne-Billancourt

35

Tyler Joseph

American singer, rapper and record producer

*December 1st, 1988, Columbus

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

65

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

*December 1st, 1940, Peoria †December 10th, 2005, Encino

42

Nora Waldstätten

Austrian actress

*December 1st, 1981, Vienna

45

Xanthe Elbrick

British actress

*December 1st, 1978, London

48

David Hornsby

American actor

*December 1st, 1975, Newport News

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

56

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

56

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

56

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

56

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

56

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

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Born on December 1st, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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December 1968