April 24th, 1196

Born on April 24th, 1196

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 302,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 553 days, exactly on November 24th, 2025, people who were born on April 24th, 1196 will be 303,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 24th?

April 24th, 2013

A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.

April 24th, 1993

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.

April 24th, 1990

The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.

April 24th, 1965

Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.

April 24th, 1944

World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.

April 24th, 1933

Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

April 24th, 1932

An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to areas of open country in England.

April 24th, 1922

The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened.

April 24th, 1918

First World War: The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux began, which contained the first instance of tanks fighting against each other.

April 24th, 1916

Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Irish Republic an independent state.

April 24th, 1915

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire began with the arrest and deportation of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople.

April 24th, 1914

The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.

April 24th, 1904

Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working, the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publications written in Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet.

April 24th, 1866

German composer Max Bruch conducted the premiere of his first violin concerto, which later became his most famous work.

April 24th, 1837

A fire broke out in Surat, India, which went on to destroy about 75% of the city.

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

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

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

30

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

31

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

41

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

36

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

29

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

26

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

45

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

38

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

60

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

50

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

28

Oda Maria Hove Bogstad

Norwegian association football player

*April 24th, 1996, Moi

50

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

41

Ivan Joller

Swiss biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Stans

29

GJan

Lithuanian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Vilnius

82

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

56

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

90

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

67

Joseph Gallieni

French soldier (1849-1916)

*April 24th, 1849, Saint-Béat †May 27th, 1916, Versailles

79

Carl Spitteler

Swiss writer (1845–1924)

*April 24th, 1845, Liestal †December 29th, 1924, Lucerne

42

Kelly Clarkson

American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality

*April 24th, 1982, Fort Worth

87

Fred Delmare

German actor

*April 24th, 1922, Hüttensteinach †May 1st, 2009, Leipzig

51

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian cricketer

*April 24th, 1973, Mumbai

65

Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera

Colombian politician and economist

*April 24th, 1959, Bogotá

33

Morgan Ciprès

French Olympic figure skater

*April 24th, 1991, Melun

37

Rein Taaramäe

Estonian road bicycle racer

*April 24th, 1987, Tartu

95

André Darrigade

Racing cyclist

*April 24th, 1929, Narrosse

24

Filip Bilbija

German association football player

*April 24th, 2000, Berlin

77

Josep Borrell

Spanish politician (born 1947)

*April 24th, 1947, La Pobla de Segur

95

Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-Joinville

77

Sue Grafton

American writer (1940-2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Louisville †December 28th, 2017, Santa Barbara

81

Ruud Stokvis

Dutch rower

*April 24th, 1943, Amsterdam

69

Michael O'Keefe

American actor

*April 24th, 1955, Mount Vernon

60

Elena Rybkina

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1964, Moscow

78

Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp

Dutch rower

*April 24th, 1946, Amsterdam

62

Clemens Binninger

German politician

*April 24th, 1962, Wutach

32

Joanna Lenko

Canadian figure skater

*April 24th, 1992, Meadow Lake

27

Jessica Pieri

Italian female tennis player

*April 24th, 1997, Lucca

37

Jan Vertonghen

Belgian association football player

*April 24th, 1987, Sint-Niklaas

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on April 24th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1196 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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