December 24th, 1972

Born on December 24th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 235 days, exactly on December 31st, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1972 will be 19,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 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.

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.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

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

Born on December 24th, 1972

51

Richard Dutruel

French footballer

*December 24th, 1972, Thonon-les-Bains

51

Klaus Schnellenkamp

Chilean writer and businessman

*December 24th, 1972, Colonia Dignidad

51

Álvaro Mesén

Costa Rican footballer

*December 24th, 1972, Alajuela

51

Carmen Moore

Canadian actress

*December 24th, 1972, British Columbia

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

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

54

Ed Miliband

British politician (born 1969)

*December 24th, 1969, London

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

49

Marcelo Salas

Chilean footballer

*December 24th, 1974, Temuco

53

Amaury Nolasco

Puerto Rican actor

*December 24th, 1970, Vieques

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

49

Ryan Seacrest

American television host, radio host and television producer

*December 24th, 1974, Dunwoody

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

34

Diafra Sakho

Senegalese and French association football player

*December 24th, 1989, Guédiawaye

Same year
Born in 1972

52

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

52

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Christmas Eve) which are celebrated on December 24th.

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Born on December 24th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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