December 29th, 1977

Born on December 29th, 1977

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 29th

Born on December 29th, 1977

46

Benjamin Griveaux

French politician

*December 29th, 1977, Saint-Rémy

46

Katherine Moennig

American actress

*December 29th, 1977, Philadelphia

46

Tuomo Könönen

Finnish footballer

*December 29th, 1977, Trollhättan

46

Artsyom Chelyadzinski

Belarusian footballer (born 1977)

*December 29th, 1977, Minsk

46

Claire Booth

British doctor

*December 29th, 1977, Sheffield

46

Claudio Rodríguez Medellín

Mexican television presenter

*December 29th, 1977, Torreón

46

Miguel Ángel Villar Pinto

Spanish writer

*December 29th, 1977, A Coruña

46

Laveranues Coles

American football player

*December 29th, 1977, Jacksonville

46

Filip Jan Rymsza

Polish-American filmmaker and short story writer

*December 29th, 1977, Olecko

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55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

45

Hélène Laporte

French politician

*December 29th, 1978, Villeneuve-sur-Lot

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

45

Christian Saba

Ghanaian association football player

*December 29th, 1978, Accra

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

47

Danny McBride

American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter

*December 29th, 1976, Statesboro

33

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

*December 29th, 1990, Ivry-sur-Seine

49

Twinkle Khanna

Indian author, interior designer

*December 29th, 1974, Pune

50

Patrice Verchère

Member of the National Assembly of France

*December 29th, 1973, Le Coteau

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

44

Diego Luna

Mexican actor (1979-)

*December 29th, 1979, Toluca

47

Michal Hvorecký

Slovak author

*December 29th, 1976, Bratislava

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46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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