December 31 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 31, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#348 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 31 birthdays
Henri Matisse · French artist1869
George C. Marshall · American army officer and statesman1880
Salman of Saudi Arabia · King of Saudi Arabia since 20151935
Anthony Hopkins · Welsh–American actor and director1937
Avram Hershko · Israeli biochemist1937
Alex Ferguson · Scottish association football manager and former player1941
John Denver · American singer1943
Ben Kingsley · English actor1943
Diane von Fürstenberg · Belgian-born American fashion designer1946
Donna Summer · American singer1948
Alex Salmond · Alba Party leader and First Minister of Scotland 2007–20141954
Val Kilmer · American actor1959
Nicholas Sparks · American writer and novelist1965
Gong Li · Chinese-Singaporean actress1965
Maddie Taylor · American voice actress1966
Psy · South Korean singer1977
Donald Trump Jr. · American businessman and reality television personality1977
Johnny Sins · American adult film performer1978
Hunter Schafer · American actress, model, and LGBTQ activist1998
Logan Sargeant · American racing driver2000
On this day in history
1862The 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.
1907New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.
1965Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
1999Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.
1775American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attempt by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.
1998The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.
2004Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest building.
2011NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
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