December 24th, 1974

Born on December 24th, 1974

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What happened on December 24th, 1974?

December 24th, 1974

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

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What else 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.

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

Born on December 24th, 1974

49

Marcelo Salas

Chilean footballer

*December 24th, 1974, Temuco

49

Ryan Seacrest

American television host, radio host and television producer

*December 24th, 1974, Dunwoody

49

Paal Nilssen-Love

Norwegian jazz drummer

*December 24th, 1974, Molde Municipality

32

Tadjou Salou

Togolese footballer (1974-2007)

*December 24th, 1974, Lomé †April 2nd, 2007, Lomé

49

Cristina Umaña

Actress

*December 24th, 1974, Ibagué

49

Samuel Caballero

Honduran association football player

*December 24th, 1974, Puerto Lempira

49

César García Calvo

Spanish bicycle racer

*December 24th, 1974, Ponferrada

49

Fary Faye

Senegalese footballer

*December 24th, 1974, Dakar

49

Henny Reents

German actress

*December 24th, 1974, Wittmund

49

J.D. Walsh

Film/TV actor, writer and producer

*December 24th, 1974, Madison

49

Thure Lindhardt

Danish actor

*December 24th, 1974, Copenhagen

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

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

34

Diafra Sakho

Senegalese and French association football player

*December 24th, 1989, Guédiawaye

54

Ed Miliband

British politician (born 1969)

*December 24th, 1969, London

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

48

Keith Loach

Canadian skeleton racer

*December 24th, 1975, Calgary

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

50

Paul Foot

English comedian

*December 24th, 1973, Amersham

46

Jason Read

American rower

*December 24th, 1977, Flemington

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

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