December 31st, 1971

Born on December 31st, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 890 days, exactly on October 3rd, 2026, people who were born on December 31st, 1971 will be 20,000 days old!

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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, 1971

52

Brent Barry

American basketball player

*December 31st, 1971, Hempstead

52

Heath Shuler

American football player and politician

*December 31st, 1971, Bryson City

52

Vanessa Burggraf

French journalist

*December 31st, 1971, Mulhouse

52

Claudio Bermúdez

Mexican singer

*December 31st, 1971, Mexico City

52

Esteban Loaiza

Baseball player

*December 31st, 1971, Tijuana

52

Søren Pape Poulsen

Danish politician (1971–2024)

*December 31st, 1971, Copenhagen †March 2nd, 2024, Odense University Hospital

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

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

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

51

Grazia Zafferani

Sammarinese politician

*December 31st, 1972, San Marino

58

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress

*December 31st, 1965, Shenyang

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

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

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

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

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

51

Joey McIntyre

American actor and singer

*December 31st, 1972, Needham

64

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 31st, 1971
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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