In context
- When
- Friday, December 31 199927 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Leif Davis
Who they were
Leif Davis is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Ipswich Town.
Why this date
Leif Davis appears on our December 31 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.
December 31 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1999Leif Davis
- 2004Taipei 101
- 2006War in Somalia (2006–2009)
- 2009Blue moon
- 20102010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak
- 2011NASA
- 20142014 Shanghai stampede
- 2015Downtown Dubai
- 20182018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
- 2019World Health Organization
- 2020COVID-19 vaccine
Also in 1999
- September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notesThe first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
- September 14KiribatiKiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- October 22Maurice PaponMaurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
- May 25United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prio…
- August 101999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shootingOne person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
- January 3Mars Polar LanderThe Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
- November 27New Zealand Labour PartyThe Labour Party defeated the governing National Party in the New Zealand general election, with Labour's Helen Clark becoming the countr…
- July 5Bill ClintonU.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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When did Leif Davis happen?
December 31 1999 — 27 years ago, on a Friday.
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