December 24th, 1988

Born on December 24th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 12,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 96 days, exactly on July 28th, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1988 will be 13,000 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, 1988

35

Felix Lobrecht

German stand-up comedian, podcast host and bestselling author

*December 24th, 1988, Münster

35

Momodou Ceesay

Gambian footballer (born 1988)

*December 24th, 1988, Banjul

35

Simon Zenke

Nigerian footballer

*December 24th, 1988, Kaduna

35

Emre Özkan

Turkish footballer

*December 24th, 1988, Üsküdar

35

Nura

German rapper

*December 24th, 1988, Jeddah

35

Kim Jae-kyung

South Korean singer and actress

*December 24th, 1988, Seoul

35

Park Jin-joo

South Korean actress

*December 24th, 1988, South Korea

35

Kohei Doi

Japanese association football player

*December 24th, 1988, Kobe

35

Nikola Mektić

Croatian tennis player

*December 24th, 1988, Zagreb

35

Stefanos Athanasiadis

Greek footballer

*December 24th, 1988, Chalkidiki

25

Sitamadji Allarassem

Chadian footballer (1988-2014)

*December 24th, 1988, N'Djamena †December 4th, 2014, Sarh

35

Abigail Klein

American actress

*December 24th, 1988, Dallas

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

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

34

Diafra Sakho

Senegalese and French association football player

*December 24th, 1989, Guédiawaye

36

Jane Summersett

American ice dancer

*December 24th, 1987, Marquette

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

33

Lars Hartig

German rower

*December 24th, 1990, Husum

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

36

Antonio Jesús Regal Angulo

Spanish footballer

*December 24th, 1987, Herrera

32

Louis Tomlinson

English singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1991, Doncaster

34

Daniel Durant

American actor

*December 24th, 1989, Detroit

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

31

Serge Aurier

Ivorian association football player

*December 24th, 1992, Ouragahio

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

34

Steve Johnson

American tennis player

*December 24th, 1989, Orange

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Born on December 24th, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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December 1988