December 15th, 1978

Born on December 15th, 1978

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What happened on December 15th, 1978?

December 15th, 1978

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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What else happened on December 15th?

December 15th, 2013

The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.

December 15th, 2005

The F-22 Raptor, an early successful stealth fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.

December 15th, 1970

The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.

December 15th, 1961

Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

December 15th, 1946

U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.

December 15th, 1945

The US-led occupying forces ordered the government of Japan to cease state support for Shinto.

December 15th, 1943

World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester.

December 15th, 1939

The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.

December 15th, 1906

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, a 14.17-kilometre (8.80 mi) long deep-level underground tube railway connecting Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, London, opened.

December 15th, 1890

Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota by U.S. Indian agency police.

December 15th, 1882

Maolra Seoighe was wrongly convicted and hanged for the Maamtrasna murders following a trial in a language he could not understand.

December 15th, 1871

Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory.

December 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Union troops defeated the Army of Tennessee, one of the largest Confederate forces, at the Battle of Nashville.

December 15th, 1791

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 15th

Born on December 15th, 1978

45

Mark Jansen

Dutch singer and musician

*December 15th, 1978, Reuver

45

Aleksei Svirin

Russian rower

*December 15th, 1978, Moscow

45

Henrieta Nagyová

Slovak tennis player

*December 15th, 1978, Nové Zámky

45

Jerome McDougle

Player of American football

*December 15th, 1978, Pompano Beach

45

Ned Brower

American musician

*December 15th, 1978, Chapel Hill

45

Kōsuke Takaguchi

Japanese voice actor

*December 15th, 1978, Hyōgo Prefecture

45

Bobby Roe

American actor

*December 15th, 1978, Columbia

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 15th?

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

30

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

43

Annalena Baerbock

German politician (born 1980)

*December 15th, 1980, Hanover

87

Paul Schmitthenner

German architect; Judges' Trial affiant

*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich

37

Keylor Navas

Costa Rican association football player

*December 15th, 1986, Cartago

44

Eric Young

Canadian professional wrestler

*December 15th, 1979, Dawn-Euphemia

50

Surya Bonaly

French figure skater

*December 15th, 1973, Nice

44

Adam Brody

American actor

*December 15th, 1979, San Diego

42

Roman Pavlyuchenko

Russian footballer

*December 15th, 1981, Mostovskoy, Krasnodar Krai

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

74

Don Johnson

American actor and singer (born 1949)

*December 15th, 1949, Flat Creek

39

Martin Škrtel

Slovak association football player

*December 15th, 1984, Handlová

36

Josh Norman

American football player (born 1987)

*December 15th, 1987, Greenwood

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

71

Julie Taymor

American film and theatre director

*December 15th, 1952, Newton

46

Rohff

Franco-Comorian rapper

*December 15th, 1977, Antananarivo

41

Charlie Cox

English actor (born 1982)

*December 15th, 1982, Westminster

47

Bhaichung Bhutia

Indian footballer

*December 15th, 1976, Tinkitam

29

Elisabet Casanovas

Spanish actor

*December 15th, 1994, Sabadell

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

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

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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

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