December 31st, 1969

Born on December 31st, 1969

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Born on December 31st, 1969

54

Claudia Kleinert

German television presenter

*December 31st, 1969, Koblenz

54

Anne Le Ny

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*December 31st, 1969, Antony

54

Kazu Makino

Japanese musician

*December 31st, 1969, Kyoto

54

Trent Opaloch

Canadian actor and cinematographer

*December 31st, 1969, Thunder Bay

54

Thom Russo

American record producer

*December 31st, 1969, Cleveland

54

Pit Arne Pietz

Swiss film actor

*December 31st, 1969, Solothurn

54

Ekaterina Borulya

German chess player

*December 31st, 1969, Kyiv

54

François Pesenti

French journalist

*December 31st, 1969, Nîmes

54

Emmanuel Orhant

French physician

*December 31st, 1969, La Ferté-Macé

54

Lahcen Abrami

Moroccan footballer

*December 31st, 1969, Casablanca

54

Maki Ohguro

Japanese singer-songwriter

*December 31st, 1969, Sapporo

54

Lisa Lillien

American producer and creator of Hungry Girl

*December 31st, 1969, United States of America

54

Jayo Felony

American rapper

*December 31st, 1969, Portsmouth

54

Leslie Horan

American actress

*December 31st, 1969, Hawaii

54

Saxon Trainor

American acting coach

*December 31st, 1969, New York City

54

Duma Boko

Motswana politician

*December 31st, 1969, Mahalapye

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

58

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress

*December 31st, 1965, Shenyang

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

55

Junot Díaz

Author

*December 31st, 1968, Santo Domingo

64

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

46

Psy

South Korean singer (born 1977)

*December 31st, 1977, Gangnam District

46

Donald Trump Jr.

American businessman and reality television personality

*December 31st, 1977, Manhattan

69

Christine Scheiblich

East German rower

*December 31st, 1954, Wilsdruff

51

Nina Kraft

German triathlete

*December 31st, 1968, Brunswick †August 16th, 2020, Clermont

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55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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Born on December 31st, 1969
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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