December 20th, 1997

Born on December 20th, 1997

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 9,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 384 days, exactly on May 7th, 2025, people who were born on December 20th, 1997 will be 10,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1997

26

Stan Dewulf

Belgian cyclist

*December 20th, 1997, Stavele

26

Suzuka Nakamoto

Japanese entertainer

*December 20th, 1997, Hiroshima

26

Paul Akouokou

Ivorian association football player

*December 20th, 1997, Ivory Coast

26

De'Aaron Fox

American basketball player

*December 20th, 1997, New Orleans

26

Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine

Comoran swimmer

*December 20th, 1997, Comoros

26

Sung Ji-yeon

South Korean singer

*December 20th, 1997, Seoul

26

Anok Yai

Egyptian-born American model

*December 20th, 1997, Egypt

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

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

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

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

22

Sepp van den Berg

Dutch association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Zwolle

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

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

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

29

Giulio Ciccone

Italian cyclist

*December 20th, 1994, Chieti

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

43

Michael Albasini

Swiss road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1980, Brusio

25

Mohammad Mohebi

Iranian footballer

*December 20th, 1998, Bushehr

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

32

Jorginho

Brazilian and Italian association football player

*December 20th, 1991, Imbituba

25

Kriesha Chu

Filipino singer

*December 20th, 1998, Cebu City

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

32

Fabian Schär

Swiss footballer

*December 20th, 1991, Wil

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

43

Ashley Cole

English footballer (born 1980)

*December 20th, 1980, Stepney

40

Jonah Hill

American actor (born 1983)

*December 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

27

Jarrod Bowen

English association football player (born 1996)

*December 20th, 1996, Leominster

28

Feliks Zemdegs

Australian speedcuber

*December 20th, 1995, Melbourne

Same year
Born in 1997

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

26

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

27

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

27

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

26

Leony

German pop singer

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

27

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

26

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

26

Fabian Reese

German association football player

*November 29th, 1997, Kiel

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve) which are celebrated on December 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 20th, 1997
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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