Born on 21 December 1953

At A Glance

21 December 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

21 December 1953 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” by Jimmy Boyd was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 21 December is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 21 December 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 21 December 1953 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 December

• 1934 Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.
• 1941 World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
• 1963 "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
• 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
• 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

Famous people born on 21 December

• Jane Fonda, American actress and activist (born 1937)
• Madelyn Cline, American actress and model (born 1997)
• Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer (born 1948)
• Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France (born 1977)

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