November 24th, 1066

Born on November 24th, 1066

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 349,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 279 days, exactly on March 1st, 2025, people who were born on November 24th, 1066 will be 350,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 24th?

November 24th, 2015

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course.

November 24th, 2012

A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people.

November 24th, 2009

The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in Bucharest, Romania.

November 24th, 1976

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of the buildings in the area, with at least 4,000 casualties.

November 24th, 1971

After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper (depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.

November 24th, 1963

During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories.

November 24th, 1950

The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone, struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.

November 24th, 1943

World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644.

November 24th, 1941

The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.

November 24th, 1925

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical Mayflowers.

November 24th, 1922

Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol.

November 24th, 1906

The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games.

November 24th, 1863

American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city.

November 24th, 1859

British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.

November 24th, 1750

Tarabai, the former regent of the Maratha Empire, had Rajaram II, whom she had previously claimed to be her grandson, arrested as an impostor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 24th?

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

44

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

*November 24th, 1632, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1677, The Hague

81

Philipp August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

*November 24th, 1927, 8th arrondissement of Paris †April 24th, 2017, Graneros

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

63

Carlo Collodi

Italian writer (1826-1890)

*November 24th, 1826, Florence †October 26th, 1890, Florence

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

85

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

*November 24th, 1925, The Hague †March 4th, 2011, Geneva

29

Theodor Altermann

Estonian actor and stage designer

*November 24th, 1885, Pahkla †April 1st, 1915, Tallinn

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

*November 24th, 1978, Washington, D.C.

93

Albert Wolsky

American costumer designer

*November 24th, 1930, Paris

82

Pete Best

British musician, former member of the Beatles

*November 24th, 1941, Chennai

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

95

Toralv Maurstad

Norwegian actor

*November 24th, 1926, Bærum Municipality †November 4th, 2022

68

Najib Mikati

Lebanese businessman and politician

*November 24th, 1955, Tripoli

86

Garson Kanin

American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter

*November 24th, 1912, Rochester †March 13th, 1999, New York City

97

Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist

*November 24th, 1926, Shanghai County

91

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Irish-American actress (1913–2005)

*November 24th, 1913, Greystones †July 17th, 2005, Upper East Side

79

Henry Lomb

German-American businessman (1828-1908)

*November 24th, 1828, Burghaun †June 13th, 1908, Pittsford

61

Hans-Georg Maaßen

German civil servant and lawyer

*November 24th, 1962, Rheindahlen

54

Friedrich Leibniz

German philosopher

*November 24th, 1597, Altenberg †September 5th, 1652, Leipzig

85

Oscar Robertson

American basketball player

*November 24th, 1938, Charlotte

41

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

*November 24th, 1655, Stockholm †April 5th, 1697, Stockholm

66

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

*November 24th, 1888, Maryville †November 1st, 1955, Forest Hills

74

Renate Rudolph

East German handball player

*November 24th, 1949, Leipzig

56

Kerstin Köppen

East German rower

*November 24th, 1967, Rathenow

42

Celina Jaitly

Indian film actress

*November 24th, 1981, Shimla

10

Alphonso, Earl of Chester

English noble

*November 24th, 1273, Bayonne †August 19th, 1284, Windsor Castle

36

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

*November 24th, 1864, Albi †September 9th, 1901, Saint-André-du-Bois

39

Michel de Klerk

Dutch architect (1884–1923)

*November 24th, 1884, Amsterdam †November 24th, 1923, Amsterdam

72

Raoul Paoli

French rugby union footballer and sportsman (1887-1960)

*November 24th, 1887, Courtalain †March 23rd, 1960, 14th arrondissement of Paris

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No: With 365 days 1066 is a normal year and no leap year.

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