December 20th, 2001

Born on December 20th, 2001

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 844 days, exactly on August 11th, 2026, people who were born on December 20th, 2001 will be 9,000 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, 2001

22

Sepp van den Berg

Dutch association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Zwolle

22

Nimari Burnett

American basketball player

*December 20th, 2001, Chicago

22

Facundo Pellistri

Uruguayan association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Montevideo

22

Indiah-Paige Riley

Australian football player

*December 20th, 2001, New Zealand

22

Paul Meliande

French association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Orthez

22

Chihiro Ishida

Japanese association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Machida

22

Omar Rekik

Dutch-Tunisian association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Helmond

22

Haleigh Bryant

American artistic gymnast

*December 20th, 2001, Atlanta

22

Ally Msengi

Tanzanian footballer

*December 20th, 2001, Dodoma

22

Isabelle Kadzban

Chilean association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Grand Rapids

22

Nikolai Boyarkin

Russian footballer

*December 20th, 2001, Saransk

22

Youssouph Mamadou Badji

Senegalese football player

*December 20th, 2001, Ziguinchor

22

Sheuli Azim

Bangladeshi association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Dhobaura Upazila

22

Michel Costa da Silva

Brazilian footballer, born 2001

*December 20th, 2001, Rio de Janeiro

22

Moïse Dion Sahi

Malian footballer

*December 20th, 2001, Abidjan

22

Salifou Diarrassouba

Burkinabé footballer

*December 20th, 2001, Bobo-Dioulasso

22

Lysa Tchaptchet

Cameroonian-born Spanish handball player

*December 20th, 2001, Yaoundé

22

Will Tate

Rugby league footballer

*December 20th, 2001, Kingston upon Hull

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

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

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

43

Michael Albasini

Swiss road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1980, Brusio

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

26

Stan Dewulf

Belgian cyclist

*December 20th, 1997, Stavele

43

Ashley Cole

English footballer (born 1980)

*December 20th, 1980, Stepney

23

Ludovica Cavalli

Italian middle-distance runner

*December 20th, 2000, Genoa

32

Jorginho

Brazilian and Italian association football player

*December 20th, 1991, Imbituba

29

Giulio Ciccone

Italian cyclist

*December 20th, 1994, Chieti

40

Jonah Hill

American actor (born 1983)

*December 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

32

Fabian Schär

Swiss footballer

*December 20th, 1991, Wil

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

25

Mohammad Mohebi

Iranian footballer

*December 20th, 1998, Bushehr

Same year
Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 20th

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Born on December 20th, 2001
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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