December 31st, 1999

Born on December 31st, 1999

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st, 1999?

December 31st, 1999

Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814

December 31st, 1999

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on December 31st, 1999

24

Ellesse Andrews

New Zealand cyclist

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

24

Leif Davis

English association football player (born 1999)

*December 31st, 1999, Newcastle upon Tyne

24

Calvin Bassey

Football player

*December 31st, 1999, Aosta

24

Polina Khan

Russian taekwondo practitioner

*December 31st, 1999, Rostov-on-Don

24

Kim So-hee

South Korean idol singer, born 1999

*December 31st, 1999, Incheon

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

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

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

23

Logan Sargeant

American racing driver

*December 31st, 2000, Fort Lauderdale

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

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

44

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

25

Alina Sanko

Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 1998)

*December 31st, 1998, Azov

45

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor, and YouTuber

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

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

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

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

49

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

22

Gabriele Frangipani

Italian figure skater

*December 31st, 2001, Pisa

31

Michael Eric Reid

American actor

*December 31st, 1992, Jacobi Medical Center

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

Same year
Born in 1999

25

Lil Nas X

American rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1999)

*April 9th, 1999, Lithia Springs

24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

24

Aitana

Spanish singer and actress

*June 27th, 1999, Sant Climent de Llobregat

24

Lennon Stella

Canadian singer and actress

*August 13th, 1999, Oshawa

24

Lit Killah

Argentine rapper and singer

*October 4th, 1999, González Catán

24

X González

American activist and gun control advocate

*November 11th, 1999, United States of America

24

Emma Muscat

Maltese singer-songwriter, pianist and model

*November 27th, 1999, St. Julian's

24

Slava Marlow

Russian music producer, rapper and YouTuber

*October 27th, 1999, Novosibirsk

24

Shiva

Italian rapper (1999-)

*August 27th, 1999, Isola della Scala

25

Christian Nodal

Mexican musician and singer-songwriter

*January 11th, 1999, Heroica Caborca

25

Polo G

American rapper

*January 6th, 1999, Chicago

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

25

Sheldon Riley

Australian singer (1999-)

*March 14th, 1999, Sydney

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

25

Azmy Qowimuramadhoni‎

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1999, Indonesia

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

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Born on December 31st, 1999
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1999 is a normal year and no leap year.

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