December 7th, 1968

Born on December 7th, 1968

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 762 days, exactly on June 6th, 2026, people who were born on December 7th, 1968 will be 21,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 7th?

December 7th, 2015

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (illustration shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

December 7th, 2007

A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.

December 7th, 2005

Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.

December 7th, 1995

The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

December 7th, 1993

A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

December 7th, 1975

The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.

December 7th, 1972

Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

December 7th, 1942

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.

December 7th, 1936

Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

December 7th, 1869

American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

December 7th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

December 7th, 1837

British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

December 7th, 0574

Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.

January 1st, 1970

Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.

December 7th, 2011

The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 7th

Born on December 7th, 1968

55

Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968)

*December 7th, 1968, Château-Gontier

55

Eva Maria Marold

Austrian actress

*December 7th, 1968, Eisenstadt

55

Pål Anders Ullevålseter

Norwegian motorcycle rider

*December 7th, 1968, Oslo

55

Noël Akchoté

French musician

*December 7th, 1968, Paris

55

Greg Ayres

American voice actor and singer

*December 7th, 1968, Richmond

55

Esra Dermancıoğlu

Turkish actress

*December 7th, 1968, Istanbul

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 7th?

58

Jeffrey Wright

American actor (born 1965)

*December 7th, 1965, Washington, D.C.

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

59

Ilse Aigner

German politician (CSU)

*December 7th, 1964, Feldkirchen-Westerham

59

Patrick Fabian

American actor

*December 7th, 1964, Pittsburgh

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

44

Sara Bareilles

American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist

*December 7th, 1979, Eureka

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

112

Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff

German supercentenarian

*December 7th, 1905, Gera †April 9th, 2018, Karlsruhe

57

Patricia Kaas

French singer

*December 7th, 1966, Forbach

51

Patrick Scheuß

German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

*December 7th, 1972, Hilden

31

Sfera Ebbasta

Italian singer and rapper (1992-)

*December 7th, 1992, Sesto San Giovanni

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

41

Jack Huston

British actor

*December 7th, 1982, King's Lynn

67

Larry Bird

American basketball player and coach (born 1956)

*December 7th, 1956, West Baden Springs

57

Lucía Etxebarria

Spanish writer

*December 7th, 1966, Valencia

39

Robert Kubica

Polish rally and racing driver

*December 7th, 1984, Kraków

75

Gary Morris

American singer

*December 7th, 1948, Fort Worth

52

DeObia Oparei

British actor

*December 7th, 1971, Hackney Central

51

Hermann Maier

Austrian alpine skier

*December 7th, 1972, Altenmarkt im Pongau

43

John Terry

English association football player

*December 7th, 1980, Barking

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

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

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

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Eve of the Immaculate Conception-related observances) which are celebrated on December 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 7th, 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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