December 31st, 1974

Born on December 31st, 1974

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, 1974

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

49

Veronique Cloutier

Canadian television and radio personality

*December 31st, 1974, Laval

49

Cândido Barbosa

Portuguese cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Rebordosa

49

Joe Abercrombie

British fantasy writer and film editor

*December 31st, 1974, Lancaster

49

Priscilla Shirer

American writer

*December 31st, 1974, Dallas

49

Tony Kanaan

Brazilian racing driver

*December 31st, 1974, Salvador

49

Kenny Morrison

American actor

*December 31st, 1974, Los Angeles

49

Jennifer Euston

US casting director

*December 31st, 1974, West Caldwell

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

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

46

Psy

South Korean singer (born 1977)

*December 31st, 1977, Gangnam District

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

46

Donald Trump Jr.

American businessman and reality television personality

*December 31st, 1977, Manhattan

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

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

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

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

58

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress

*December 31st, 1965, Shenyang

48

Mikko Sirén

Finnish musician

*December 31st, 1975, Helsinki

51

Grazia Zafferani

Sammarinese politician

*December 31st, 1972, San Marino

64

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

48

Thomas Gansch

Austrian musician

*December 31st, 1975, St. Pölten

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

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

50

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

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

49

Bertrand Gallet

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1974, Lille

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Born on December 31st, 1974
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Leap year

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

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