December 20th, 1974

Born on December 20th, 1974

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 985 days, exactly on December 27th, 2026, people who were born on December 20th, 1974 will be 19,000 days old!

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What happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1940

The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

December 20th, 1852

Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.

December 20th, 1248

Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 1995

Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 20th, 1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China’s two largest newspapers, the People’s Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

December 20th, 1970

Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

Born on December 20th, 1974

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

49

Pietro Piller Cottrer

Italian cross-country skier

*December 20th, 1974, Pieve di Cadore

49

Samantha Buck

American actress

*December 20th, 1974, Dallas

49

Die

Japanese musician

*December 20th, 1974, Mie Prefecture

49

Esperanza Pedreño

Spanish actor

*December 20th, 1974, Albacete

41

Vasyl Slipak

Ukrainian opera singer

*December 20th, 1974, Lviv †June 29th, 2016, Luhanske

49

Yuriy Pakhlyayev

Kazakhstani high jumper

*December 20th, 1974, Bor

49

Mason Novick

American film producer

*December 20th, 1974, Chicago

49

Rachel Ramras

American actress

*December 20th, 1974, Phoenix

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

43

Michael Albasini

Swiss road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1980, Brusio

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

52

Thomas Gebhart

German politician

*December 20th, 1971, Kandel

48

Vasílis Anastópoulos

Greek bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1975, Megalopoli

43

Ashley Cole

English footballer (born 1980)

*December 20th, 1980, Stepney

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

48

Bartosz Bosacki

Polish footballer

*December 20th, 1975, Poznań

50

Connie Ansaldi

Argentine actor and journalist

*December 20th, 1973, Villa Urquiza

40

Jonah Hill

American actor (born 1983)

*December 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

55

Doina Ignat

Romanian rower

*December 20th, 1968, Rădăuți-Prut

53

Todd Phillips

American filmmaker

*December 20th, 1970, Brooklyn

68

Binali Yıldırım

Turkish politician; 27th Prime Minister of Turkey

*December 20th, 1955, Sivas Province

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Born on December 20th, 1974
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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