December 7th, 1978

Born on December 7th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 424 days, exactly on June 23rd, 2025, people who were born on December 7th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on December 7th?

December 7th, 2015

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (illustration shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

December 7th, 2007

A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.

December 7th, 2005

Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.

December 7th, 1995

The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

December 7th, 1993

A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

December 7th, 1975

The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.

December 7th, 1972

Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

December 7th, 1942

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.

December 7th, 1936

Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

December 7th, 1869

American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

December 7th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

December 7th, 1837

British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

December 7th, 0574

Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.

January 1st, 1970

Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.

December 7th, 2011

The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 7th

Born on December 7th, 1978

45

Shiri Appleby

American actress and director

*December 7th, 1978, Los Angeles

45

Suzannah Lipscomb

British historian and television presenter

*December 7th, 1978, London

45

Kristofer Hivju

Norwegian actor

*December 7th, 1978, Oslo

45

Jean Bouilhou

French rugby union player

*December 7th, 1978, Pau

45

Jeff Nichols

American film director

*December 7th, 1978, Little Rock

45

Mr. Porter

American rapper and producer

*December 7th, 1978, North Carolina

45

David Canal

Athletics (sport) competitor

*December 7th, 1978, Barcelona

45

Arisa Cox

Canadian broadcaster

*December 7th, 1978, Toronto

45

Donny Alamsyah

Indonesian actor

*December 7th, 1978, Jakarta

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 7th?

44

Sara Bareilles

American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist

*December 7th, 1979, Eureka

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

41

Jack Huston

British actor

*December 7th, 1982, King's Lynn

31

Sfera Ebbasta

Italian singer and rapper (1992-)

*December 7th, 1992, Sesto San Giovanni

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

44

Eric Bauza

Canadian voice actor

*December 7th, 1979, Toronto

43

John Terry

English association football player

*December 7th, 1980, Barking

44

Jimmy Engoulvent

Road bicycle racer & non professional handballer

*December 7th, 1979, Le Mans

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

112

Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff

German supercentenarian

*December 7th, 1905, Gera †April 9th, 2018, Karlsruhe

39

Robert Kubica

Polish rally and racing driver

*December 7th, 1984, Kraków

58

Jeffrey Wright

American actor (born 1965)

*December 7th, 1965, Washington, D.C.

59

Ilse Aigner

German politician (CSU)

*December 7th, 1964, Feldkirchen-Westerham

59

Patrick Fabian

American actor

*December 7th, 1964, Pittsburgh

51

Patrick Scheuß

German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

*December 7th, 1972, Hilden

55

Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968)

*December 7th, 1968, Château-Gontier

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

43

Clemens Fritz

German footballer

*December 7th, 1980, Erfurt

32

Łukasz Wiśniowski

Polish road cyclist

*December 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

46

Eric Chavez

Former Major League Baseball third baseman

*December 7th, 1977, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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Born on December 7th, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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