December 24th, 1980

Born on December 24th, 1980

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 159 days, exactly on October 14th, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1980 will be 16,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 24th?

December 24th, 1918

Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje.

December 24th, 2021

Burmese military forces killed at least 40 civilians during the Mo So massacre in Kayah State, Myanmar.

December 24th, 2008

The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began attacks on several villages in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing hundreds and committing numerous atrocities.

December 24th, 1999

Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India.

December 24th, 1983

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashed on approach to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, killing 44 out of 49 people on board.

December 24th, 1979

The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.

December 24th, 1973

The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C., allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.

December 24th, 1968

Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon (Earthrise pictured).

December 24th, 1964

The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two U.S. Army officers and raising fears of an escalation of the Vietnam War.

December 24th, 1955

According to legend, the NORAD Tracks Santa program began after children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus's whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number in an advertisement.

December 24th, 1953

A railway bridge at Tangiwai on New Zealand's North Island was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train (wreckage pictured), killing 151 people.

December 24th, 1914

World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted fighting to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce .

December 24th, 1913

Seventy-three people were crushed to death in a stampede after someone falsely yelled "fire" at a crowded Christmas party in Calumet, Michigan, U.S.

December 24th, 1871

Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, made its debut in Cairo, Egypt.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 24th

Born on December 24th, 1980

43

Geoffrey Dernis

French footballer

*December 24th, 1980, Grande-Synthe

43

Maarja-Liis Ilus

Estonian singer

*December 24th, 1980, Tallinn

43

Nneka

Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1980, Warri

43

Sandra Lou

French actress

*December 24th, 1980, Calais

43

Stephen Appiah

Ghanaian footballer and the technical coordinator for the Ghana National Women's Football team

*December 24th, 1980, Accra

43

Álvaro Gómez

Chilean actor

*December 24th, 1980, Osorno

43

Cassidey

American pornographic actress

*December 24th, 1980, Denver

43

Tomas Kalnoky

Czech-born American musician

*December 24th, 1980, Prague

43

Jason Miller

American mixed martial arts fighter

*December 24th, 1980, Fayetteville

43

Maria Götze

German swimmer

*December 24th, 1980, Frankenberg

43

Kenan Ece

Turkish actor

*December 24th, 1980, Dubai

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 24th?

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

34

Diafra Sakho

Senegalese and French association football player

*December 24th, 1989, Guédiawaye

36

Jane Summersett

American ice dancer

*December 24th, 1987, Marquette

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

33

Lars Hartig

German rower

*December 24th, 1990, Husum

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

*December 24th, 1926, Krasnystaw †April 22nd, 2017, Warsaw

44

Chris Hero

American professional wrestler

*December 24th, 1979, Dayton

46

Jason Read

American rower

*December 24th, 1977, Flemington

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

62

Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

*December 24th, 1961, Baku

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

44

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

44

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Charlie Hunnam

British actor

*April 10th, 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne

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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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