December 20th, 1981

Born on December 20th, 1981

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 533 days, exactly on October 10th, 2025, people who were born on December 20th, 1981 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1940

The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

December 20th, 1852

Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.

December 20th, 1248

Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 1995

Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 20th, 1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China’s two largest newspapers, the People’s Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

December 20th, 1970

Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

Born on December 20th, 1981

42

Julien Benneteau

French tennis player

*December 20th, 1981, Bourg-en-Bresse

42

Marek Matějovský

Czech footballer

*December 20th, 1981, Stará Boleslav

42

Roy Williams

American football wide receiver, born 1981

*December 20th, 1981, Odessa

42

James Shields

Baseball player from the United States

*December 20th, 1981, Newhall

42

Royal Ivey

American basketball player

*December 20th, 1981, Harlem

42

Soundos El Ahmadi

Dutch actor, television presenter and presenter

*December 20th, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Janna

Finnish singer, songwriter and pianist.

*December 20th, 1981, Helsinki

42

Leo Bertos

New Zealand association football player

*December 20th, 1981, Wellington

42

Hakan Dinçkol

Turkish actor

*December 20th, 1981, Istanbul

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

43

Michael Albasini

Swiss road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1980, Brusio

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

43

Ashley Cole

English footballer (born 1980)

*December 20th, 1980, Stepney

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

40

Jonah Hill

American actor (born 1983)

*December 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

41

David Cook

American musician

*December 20th, 1982, Houston

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

43

Martín Demichelis

Argentine footballer and coach

*December 20th, 1980, Córdoba

41

Keny Arkana

Argentine-French rapper and activist

*December 20th, 1982, Boulogne-Billancourt

39

Bob Morley

Australian actor

*December 20th, 1984, Kyneton

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

43

Anthony da Silva

Portuguese footballer

*December 20th, 1980, Le Creusot

40

Ognjen Vukojević

Croatian association football manager and former player

*December 20th, 1983, Bjelovar

44

Katharina Schüttler

German actress

*October 20th, 1979, Cologne

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Public holidays on December 20th

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Born on December 20th, 1981
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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