December 1st, 1976

Born on December 1st, 1976

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What happened on December 1st?

December 1st, 2019

Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1 victory over Bristol City W.F.C. that broke the record for the most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match.

December 1st, 1991

A referendum held to ratify the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine passed with more than 92 percent of the vote.

December 1st, 1988

Five armed men hijacked a bus carrying schoolchildren and a teacher in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz, Russia), and were later given an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and ransom for the release of the hostages.

December 1st, 1971

A period of political and economic reforms in the Socialist Republic of Croatia came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia decided to purge the state's reformist leadership.

December 1st, 1966

The first Gävle goat, a Swedish Yule goat tradition, was constructed in Gävle and then burned to the ground on New Year's Eve.

December 1st, 1959

Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in the Antarctic and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve.

December 1st, 1958

The musical Flower Drum Song by Rodgers and Hammerstein premiered on Broadway.

December 1st, 1955

In a key event in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.

December 1st, 1953

American men's magazine Playboy was founded in Chicago by Hugh Hefner and his associates.

December 1st, 1948

In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved.

December 1st, 1941

The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, was founded.

December 1st, 1934

Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.

December 1st, 1923

The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people.

December 1st, 1918

With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign state in personal union through a common monarch.

December 1st, 1828

Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War, Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 1st

Born on December 1st, 1976

47

Frank Streffing

German actor

*December 1st, 1976, North Rhine-Westphalia

47

Eva von Angern

German politician and lawyer

*December 1st, 1976, Magdeburg

47

Michael Esper

American actor

*December 1st, 1976, Manhattan

47

Tomasz Adamek

Polish boxer

*December 1st, 1976, Żywiec

21

Matthew Shepard

American LGBT student and murder victim

*December 1st, 1976, Casper †October 12th, 1998, Fort Collins

47

Dean O'Gorman

New Zealand actor

*December 1st, 1976, Auckland

47

Mobi Oparaku

Nigerian footballer

*December 1st, 1976, Owerri

47

Alya Rohali

Indonesian actress

*December 1st, 1976, Jakarta

47

David Nielsen

Danish footballer and manager (born 1976)

*December 1st, 1976, Skagen

47

Laura Ling

American journalist

*December 1st, 1976, Carmichael

47

Pablo Chiapella

Actor

*December 1st, 1976, Albacete

47

Hsu Ming-Chieh

Taiwanese baseball player

*December 1st, 1976, Kaohsiung

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Who's birthday is on December 1st?

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

48

David Hornsby

American actor

*December 1st, 1975, Newport News

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

50

Steve Gibb

British-American guitarist (born 1973)

*December 1st, 1973, London

45

Xanthe Elbrick

British actress

*December 1st, 1978, London

46

Brad Delson

American guitarist

*December 1st, 1977, Agoura Hills

42

Nora Waldstätten

Austrian actress

*December 1st, 1981, Vienna

35

Tyler Joseph

American musician

*December 1st, 1988, Columbus

42

Josh Grisetti

American actor

*December 1st, 1981, Washington, D.C.

74

Sebastián Piñera

Chilean entrepreneur and politician

*December 1st, 1949, Santiago †February 6th, 2024, Ranco Lake

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

60

Jochen Pietzsch

East German luger

*December 1st, 1963, Halle (Saale)

48

Matt Fraction

American comic book writer

*December 1st, 1975, Chicago Heights

65

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

*December 1st, 1940, Peoria †December 10th, 2005, Encino

49

Costinha

Portuguese footballer

*December 1st, 1974, Lisbon

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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