December 21st, 2001

Born on December 21st, 2001

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 68 days, exactly on August 12th, 2026, people who were born on December 21st, 2001 will be 9,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 21st?

December 21st, 2018

Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.

December 21st, 2012

Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

December 21st, 1994

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.

December 21st, 1988

A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

December 21st, 1970

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the primary fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years, made its first flight.

December 21st, 1968

Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.

December 21st, 1965

The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.

December 21st, 1963

An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.

December 21st, 1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

December 21st, 1934

Lieutenant Kijé, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev (pictured), premiered.

December 21st, 1923

Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.

December 21st, 1872

HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography.

December 21st, 1826

Settlers from the United States in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.

December 21st, 1620

The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.

December 21st, 1992

Martinair Flight 495 crashed on landing at Faro Airport due to a downburst, killing 56 out of the 340 people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 21st

Born on December 21st, 2001

24

Alonso López

Spanish motorcycle racer

*December 21st, 2001, Madrid

24

Akash Manoj

Indian cardiology researcher and inventor

*December 21st, 2001, Vellore

24

Ivan Shmuratko

Ukrainian figure skater

*December 21st, 2001, Kyiv

Same year
Born in 2001

24

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

25

Noa Kirel

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

*April 10th, 2001, Ra'anana

25

Lola Young

English singer and songwriter

*January 4th, 2001, Croydon

24

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles

24

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

24

Nardo Wick

American rapper from Florida (born. 2001)

*December 30th, 2001, Jacksonville

24

Cris MJ

Chilean singer-songwriter

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

25

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

24

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

25

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

24

Tiara Andini

Indonesian singer and actress (born 2001)

*September 23rd, 2001, Jember

24

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

24

Caleb McLaughlin

American actor

*October 13th, 2001, Carmel

24

Sepp van den Berg

Dutch association football player

*December 20th, 2001, Zwolle

25

Neco Williams

Welsh association football player

*April 13th, 2001, Wrexham

25

Oscar Piastri

Australian racing driver

*April 6th, 2001, Melbourne

24

Chosen Jacobs

American actor, singer

*July 1st, 2001, Springfield

25

Andrew Torgashev

American figure skater

*May 29th, 2001, Coral Springs

25

Alex Timossi Andersson

Swedish association football player

*January 19th, 2001, Helsingborg

24

Eleanor Worthington Cox

British actress

*June 21st, 2001, Merseyside

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest usual date for the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, and its related observances) which are celebrated on December 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on December 21st, 2001
Future birthdays

Leap year

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

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