May 24th, 1278

Born on May 24th, 1278

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 556 days, exactly on November 4th, 2025, people who were born on May 24th, 1278 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 24th?

May 24th, 2014

A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

May 24th, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.

May 24th, 1991

The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).

May 24th, 1988

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.

May 24th, 1970

On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.

May 24th, 1963

United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.

May 24th, 1962

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

May 24th, 1956

The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

May 24th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.

May 24th, 1941

Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

May 24th, 1930

English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

May 24th, 1913

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I began.

May 24th, 1883

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

May 24th, 1830

The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale.

May 24th, 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the country.

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

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

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

80

Pedro González González

American actor (1925-2006)

*May 24th, 1925, Aguilares †February 6th, 2006, Culver City

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

*May 24th, 1819, Kensington Palace †January 22nd, 1901, Osborne House

59

William Gilbert

English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)

*May 24th, 1544, Colchester †November 30th, 1603, London

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

*May 24th, 1925, Västerås †March 17th, 1994, London

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

58

Chris Jogis

Estonian-American badminton player

*May 24th, 1965, Palo Alto

35

Ondřej Kopřiva

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1988, Hradec Králové

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

49

Bertrand Gallet

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1974, Lille

29

Verdet Kessler

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1994, Adelaide

58

John C. Reilly

American actor (born 1965)

*May 24th, 1965, Chicago

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

81

George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle

83

Arnold Wesker

British dramatist (1932-2016)

*May 24th, 1932, Stepney †April 12th, 2016, Brighton

54

Jacob Rees-Mogg

British politician

*May 24th, 1969, Hammersmith

29

Emily Temple-Wood

American Wikipedia editor and physician

*May 24th, 1994, Chicago

84

Eduardo De Filippo

Italian actor, director and playwright (1900–1984)

*May 24th, 1900, Naples †October 31st, 1984, Rome

69

Mitch Kupchak

American basketball executive and retired player.

*May 24th, 1954, Hicksville

64

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

93

Robert Bateman

Canadian artist

*May 24th, 1930, Toronto

39

Tom Aggar

British rower

*May 24th, 1984, London

50

Jean-Paul Marat

Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

*May 24th, 1743, Boudry †July 13th, 1793, Paris

35

Tony Gallopin

French road bicycle racer

*May 24th, 1988, Dourdan

50

Ruslana Lyzhychko

Ukrainian singer

*May 24th, 1973, Lviv

78

Priscilla Presley

American actress and businesswoman

*May 24th, 1945, Brooklyn

48

Alex Lacamoire

American musician

*May 24th, 1975, Los Angeles

36

Laura Thorpe

French tennis player

*May 24th, 1987, France

70

Alfred Molina

British actor

*May 24th, 1953, Paddington

66

Jacqueline Irles

French politician

*May 24th, 1957, Perpignan

77

Selwyn Maister

Field hockey player

*May 24th, 1946, Christchurch

75

José Cordero

Ecuadorian politician (1941-2017)

*May 24th, 1941, Cuenca †April 25th, 2017, Cuenca

63

Kristin Scott Thomas

British-French actress

*May 24th, 1960, Redruth

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day , Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24.) which are celebrated on May 24th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1278 is a normal year and no leap year.

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