December 19th, 1980

Born on December 19th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 173 days, exactly on October 9th, 2024, people who were born on December 19th, 1980 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1776

Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2016

A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.

December 19th, 2013

Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 19th

Born on December 19th, 1980

43

Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor (born 1980)

*December 19th, 1980, Los Angeles

43

Fabian Bourzat

French ice dancer

*December 19th, 1980, Nantes

43

Lilly Goodman

Dominican singer-songwriter

*December 19th, 1980, Santo Domingo

43

Thomas Borenitsch

Association footballer

*December 19th, 1980, Eisenstadt

43

Marla Sokoloff

American actress

*December 19th, 1980, San Francisco

43

Victoria Koblenko

Dutch actress, presenter and columnist

*December 19th, 1980, Vinnytsia

43

Roberta Sá

Brazilian singer

*December 19th, 1980, Natal

43

Chris Haslam

Canadian skateboarder

*December 19th, 1980, Niagara Falls

43

Drayton Florence

American football player

*December 19th, 1980, Ocala

43

Justin Hamilton

American basketball player (1980-)

*December 19th, 1980, Sarasota

43

Diego Ruiz

Argentine footballer

*December 19th, 1980, San Miguel de Tucumán

43

Daniel Pankofer

German handball player

*December 19th, 1980, Nuremberg

43

Gregory Douglass

American musician

*December 19th, 1980, Burlington

43

Fernanda Oliveira

Brazilian sailor

*December 19th, 1980, Porto Alegre

43

Iman Ali

Pakistani actress

*December 19th, 1980, Lahore

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 19th?

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

45

Nicolas Fritsch

Road racing cyclist

*December 19th, 1978, Paris

40

Bridget Phillipson

Shadow Education Secretary.

*December 19th, 1983, Gateshead

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

44

Nikolai Bury

German actor

*December 19th, 1979, Munich

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

41

Tero Pitkämäki

Finnish javelin thrower

*December 19th, 1982, Ilmajoki

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

51

Alyssa Milano

American actress (born 1972)

*December 19th, 1972, Bensonhurst

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

38

Gary Cahill

English association football player

*December 19th, 1985, Dronfield

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

37

Ryan Babel

Dutch association football player

*December 19th, 1986, Amsterdam

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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