December 29th, 2023

Born on December 29th, 2023

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 80 days, exactly on July 16th, 2024, people who were born on December 29th, 2023 will be 200 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 29th?

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

33

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

*December 29th, 1990, Ivry-sur-Seine

31

Théophile Onfroy

French rower

*December 29th, 1992, Verdun

29

Lennard Hofstede

Dutch road cyclist

*December 29th, 1994, Poeldijk

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

*December 29th, 1808, Raleigh †July 31st, 1875, Elizabethton

27

Dylan Minnette

American actor and musician

*December 29th, 1996, Evansville

45

Hélène Laporte

French politician

*December 29th, 1978, Villeneuve-sur-Lot

67

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

52

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

*December 29th, 1932, Omaha †July 23rd, 2023, Los Angeles

30

Jan Sýkora

Czech association football player (1993-)

*December 29th, 1993, Plzeň

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

23

Orkun Kökcü

Dutch/Turkish association football player

*December 29th, 2000, Haarlem

28

Ross Lynch

American actor and singer (born 1995)

*December 29th, 1995, Littleton

25

Victor Osimhen

Nigerian association football player

*December 29th, 1998, Lagos

66

Bruce Beutler

American immunologist and geneticist

*December 29th, 1957, Chicago

39

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

American playwright

*December 29th, 1984, Washington, D.C.

87

Ramanand Sagar

Indian film director (1917-2005)

*December 29th, 1917, Lahore †December 12th, 2005, Mumbai

25

Aisha Rocek

Italian rower (1998-)

*December 29th, 1998, Erba

50

Patrice Verchère

Member of the National Assembly of France

*December 29th, 1973, Le Coteau

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

49

Twinkle Khanna

Indian author, interior designer

*December 29th, 1974, Pune

74

Albert Henrichs

German-American classicist and university teacher

*December 29th, 1942, Cologne †April 16th, 2017, Cambridge

36

Romina Becks

German actress and television presenter

*December 29th, 1987, Duisburg

70

Thomas Bach

9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013

*December 29th, 1953, Würzburg

41

Alison Brie

American actress, comedian, guionist and producer (born 1982)

*December 29th, 1982, Hollywood

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

76

Amata Coleman Radewagen

American Samoan politician (born 1947)

*December 29th, 1947, Pago Pago

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No: With 365 days 2023 is a normal year and no leap year.

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