December 31st, 1997

Born on December 31st, 1997

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Born on December 31st, 1997

26

Ekaterina Efremenkova

Russian short-track speed skater

*December 31st, 1997, Chelyabinsk

26

Ilzat Akhmetov

Russian association football player

*December 31st, 1997, Bishkek

26

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Nigerian association football player

*December 31st, 1997, Okija

26

Cameron Carter-Vickers

American soccer player

*December 31st, 1997, Southend-on-Sea

26

Taher Mohamed

Egyptian association football player

*December 31st, 1997, Cairo

26

Madelyn Cole

US volleyball player

*December 31st, 1997, Dallas

26

Moctar Sidi El Hacen

Mauritanian footballer

*December 31st, 1997, Arafat

26

Aldemir dos Santos Ferreira

Brazilian footballer

*December 31st, 1997, Dourados

26

Ludovic Blas

French footballer

*December 31st, 1997, Colombes

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

24

Ellesse Andrews

New Zealand cyclist

*December 31st, 1999, Christchurch Women’s Hospital

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

25

Alina Sanko

Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1998)

*December 31st, 1998, Azov

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

31

Michael Eric Reid

American actor

*December 31st, 1992, Jacobi Medical Center

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

28

Gabby Douglas

2012 Olympic gymnastics all-around champion

*December 31st, 1995, Newport News

36

Seydou Doumbia

Ivorian association football player

*December 31st, 1987, Abidjan

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

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Born on December 31st, 1997
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Leap year

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

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