December 23rd, 1976

Born on December 23rd, 1976

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What happened on December 23rd?

December 23rd, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill.

December 23rd, 1997

The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.

December 23rd, 2008

The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.

December 23rd, 1984

An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.

December 23rd, 1958

Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.

December 23rd, 1957

Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.

December 23rd, 1938

The first living specimen of a coelacanth, long believed to be extinct, was discovered in a South African fisherman's catch.

December 23rd, 1919

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.

December 23rd, 1916

First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.

December 23rd, 1815

Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published.

December 23rd, 1793

French Revolution: A Royalist counter-revolutionary army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Savenay, although fighting continued in the War in the Vendée for years afterward.

December 23rd, 1783

George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis (painting shown).

December 23rd, 2015

A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.

December 23rd, 2008

A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté.

December 23rd, 2007

An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 23rd

Born on December 23rd, 1976

47

Torsten Jansen

German handball player

*December 23rd, 1976, Adenau

47

Sergej Jakirović

Bosnian association football manager (born 1976)

*December 23rd, 1976, Mostar

47

Jamie Noble

American professional wrestler

*December 23rd, 1976, Hanover

47

Brad Lidge

American baseball player

*December 23rd, 1976, Sacramento

47

Kyle Kinane

American comedian

*December 23rd, 1976, United States of America

47

Sevara Nazarkhan

Uzbek singer, songwriter and dotar player (born 1976)

*December 23rd, 1976, Asaka

39

Amjad Sabri

Pakistani qawwal, naat khawan and a proponent of the Sufi Muslim tradition

*December 23rd, 1976, Karachi †June 22nd, 2016, Liaquatabad Town

47

Mikael Samuelsson

Swedish ice hockey player

*December 23rd, 1976, Mariefred

47

Yuliya Chepalova

Cross-country skier

*December 23rd, 1976, Komsomolsk-on-Amur

47

Dimitris Mavrogenidis

Greek footballer

*December 23rd, 1976, Tashkent

47

Joanna Hayes

American sprint hurdler

*December 23rd, 1976, Williamsport

47

Luke Matheny

American actor

*December 23rd, 1976, Pennsylvania

47

Master Manjunath

Indian actor

*December 23rd, 1976, Karnataka

47

Christopher Pizzey

British actor

*December 23rd, 1976, London

38

Natalia Strelchenko

Norwegian concert pianist of Russian origin

*December 23rd, 1976, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic †August 30th, 2015, Newton Heath

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38

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

46

Tore Johansen

Jazz trumpeter

*December 23rd, 1977, Bodø

45

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

British television personality

*December 23rd, 1971, Hampshire †February 8th, 2017, South Kensington

30

Alexis Floyd

American actress, dancer and singer

*December 23rd, 1993, Cleveland

91

Henri Wallon

French politician (1812-1904)

*December 23rd, 1812, Valenciennes †November 13th, 1904, Paris

42

Maritza Correia

Puerto Rican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-breaker

*December 23rd, 1981, San Juan

21

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician

*December 23rd, 2002, Vancouver

56

Carla Bruni

Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France

*December 23rd, 1967, Turin

96

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), SPD

*December 23rd, 1918, Hamburg †November 10th, 2015, Hamburg

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

59

Jens Heppner

Road bicycle racer

*December 23rd, 1964, Gera

59

Zindzi Mandela

South African diplomat and poet

*December 23rd, 1960, Soweto †July 13th, 2020, Johannesburg

62

Carol Smillie

Scottish television presenter

*December 23rd, 1961, Glasgow

73

Mathilde Wesendonck

German poet and mistress of the composer Richard Wagner

*December 23rd, 1828, Elberfeld †August 31st, 1902, Altmünster

49

Agustín Delgado

Ecuadorian footballer (born 1974)

*December 23rd, 1974, Ambuquí

46

Alge Crumpler

American football player

*December 23rd, 1977, Greenville

52

Andreas Kappes

Racing cyclist

*December 23rd, 1965, Bremen †July 31st, 2018, Cologne

33

Brice Dja Djédjé

Ivorian association football player

*December 23rd, 1990, Aboudé

44

Holly Madison

American television personality

*December 23rd, 1979, Astoria

51

Wolfgang Sigl

Austrian rower

*December 23rd, 1972, Linz

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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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