December 29th, 1981

Born on December 29th, 1981

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 542 days, exactly on October 19th, 2025, people who were born on December 29th, 1981 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 29th

Born on December 29th, 1981

42

Alice Rohrwacher

Italian film director

*December 29th, 1981, Fiesole

42

Giovanna Di Rauso

Italian actress

*December 29th, 1981, Capua

42

Berkay

Turkish singer

*December 29th, 1981, Ankara

42

Shizuka Arakawa

Figure skater

*December 29th, 1981, Tokyo

42

Anna Woltz

Dutch writer and journalist

*December 29th, 1981, London

42

Natalia Jiménez

Spanish singer-songwriter

*December 29th, 1981, Madrid

42

Charlotte Riley

British actress

*December 29th, 1981, Grindon

42

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

Estonian footballer

*December 29th, 1981, Rapla

42

Ericka Dunlap

Miss America 2004

*December 29th, 1981, Orlando

42

Shaun Suisham

Player of American football

*December 29th, 1981, Wallaceburg

42

Crystal Mantecón

Actress

*December 29th, 1981, United States of America

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 29th?

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

45

Hélène Laporte

French politician

*December 29th, 1978, Villeneuve-sur-Lot

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

41

Alison Brie

American actress, comedian, guionist and producer (born 1982)

*December 29th, 1982, Hollywood

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

33

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

*December 29th, 1990, Ivry-sur-Seine

41

Florian Guillou

Cyclist

*December 29th, 1982, Concarneau

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

39

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

American playwright

*December 29th, 1984, Washington, D.C.

31

Théophile Onfroy

French rower

*December 29th, 1992, Verdun

44

Diego Luna

Mexican actor (1979-)

*December 29th, 1979, Toluca

41

Julia Wertz

Cartoonist, Explorer

*December 29th, 1982, San Francisco

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

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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Leap year

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

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