December 19th, 2023

Born on December 19th, 2023

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 100 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 72 days, exactly on July 6th, 2024, people who were born on December 19th, 2023 will be 200 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1776

Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2016

A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.

December 19th, 2013

Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 19th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 19th?

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

43

Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor (born 1980)

*December 19th, 1980, Los Angeles

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

43

Fabian Bourzat

French ice dancer

*December 19th, 1980, Nantes

40

Bridget Phillipson

Shadow Education Secretary.

*December 19th, 1983, Gateshead

21

Estelle Balet

Swiss snowboarder (1994-2016)

*December 19th, 1994, Sion †April 19th, 2016, Orsières

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

26

Alex Insam

Italian ski jumper

*December 19th, 1997, Brixen

51

Alyssa Milano

American actress (born 1972)

*December 19th, 1972, Bensonhurst

62

Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist, professor

*December 19th, 1961, Palo Alto

45

Nicolas Fritsch

Road racing cyclist

*December 19th, 1978, Paris

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

38

Gary Cahill

English association football player

*December 19th, 1985, Dronfield

37

Ryan Babel

Dutch association football player

*December 19th, 1986, Amsterdam

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

78

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

*December 19th, 1852, Strzelno †May 9th, 1931, Pasadena

31

Iker Muniain

Spanish professional footballer

*December 19th, 1992, Pamplona

29

Mbaye Niang

Senegalese and French footballer

*December 19th, 1994, Meulan-en-Yvelines

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

41

Tero Pitkämäki

Finnish javelin thrower

*December 19th, 1982, Ilmajoki

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

70

Sam Kelly

British actor (1943–2014)

*December 19th, 1943, Manchester †June 14th, 2014, Esher

27

Jake Wesley Rogers

American pop musician and songwriter

*December 19th, 1996, Springfield

74

Maurice White

American musician (1941–2016)

*December 19th, 1941, Memphis †February 4th, 2016, Los Angeles

48

Brandon Sanderson

American fantasy writer

*December 19th, 1975, Lincoln

37

Zuzana Hejnová

Czech athlete

*December 19th, 1986, Liberec

66

Minnie Maddern Fiske

American actress, playwright, and editor

*December 19th, 1865, New Orleans †February 15th, 1932, New York City

67

Manfred Rein

Austrian politician (1948-2016)

*December 19th, 1948, Dornbirn †April 22nd, 2016, Feldkirch

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