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About December 29th

Sun Sign
♑ Capricorn
Earth · Saturn
responsible, disciplined, ambitious, practical
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Birthstone
Tanzanite
Violet-blue
Good fortune, success, communication
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Birth Flower
Holly
Narcissus
Foresight, good will, hope
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Celtic Tree
Birch
Beithe
driven, ambitious, tolerant, resilient, stoic
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238 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

10 Cancer
7 Myocardial Infarction
5 Disease
4 Heart Failure
4 Lung Cancer

Top death years

12 2022
8 2020
8 2018
6 1986
6 2016

Deaths by gender

200 Male
38 Female

Top death places

9 Los Angeles
9 New York City
7 Moscow
7 London
7 Rome

Top 5 notable deaths.

Jimmy Carter

President of the united states from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024).

Born October 1st, 1924 in Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center.

Died December 29th, 2024 at 100 years old in Jimmy Carter House. [ref]

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022).

Born October 23rd, 1940 in Três Corações.

Died December 29th, 2022 at 82 years old in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital (colorectal cancer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]

M. G. Ramachandran

Film actor, chief minister of tamil nadu (1917 – 1987).

Born January 17th, 1917 in Kandy.

Died December 29th, 1987 at 70 years old in Chennai.

Harold Macmillan

Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

Born February 10th, 1894 in Chelsea.

Died December 29th, 1986 at 92 years old in Horsted Keynes.

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022).

Born April 8th, 1941 in Hollingworth.

Died December 29th, 2022 at 81 years old in Clapham. [ref]

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Top birth years

13 1978
10 1974
9 1972
9 1963
9 1959

Birthdays by gender

379 Male
120 Female
2 Trans Woman

Top birth places

9 New York City
5 Los Angeles
4 Moscow
4 Chicago
3 Budapest

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe