May 24th, 1546

Born on May 24th, 1546

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

59

William Gilbert

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

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

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

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

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

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

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

81

Fraser Stoddart

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

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

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54

Tycho Brahe

Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601

*December 14th, 1546, Knutstorp Castle †October 24th, 1601, Prague

48

Murad III

12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)

*July 4th, 1546, Manisa †January 16th, 1595, Istanbul

69

Giacomo Castelvetro

Italian writer

*March 25th, 1546, Modena †March 21st, 1616, London

57

Kuroda Yoshitaka

Japanese daimyo (1546 – 1604)

*December 22nd, 1546, Himeji †April 19th, 1604

69

Heo Jun

Korean court physician (1539 – 1615 )

*January 1st, 1546, Joseon †January 1st, 1615

63

Robert Persons

Parsons, Robert (1546-1610), Jesuit missionary and controversialist

*July 4th, 1546, Nether Stowey †April 15th, 1610, Rome

62

Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg

*January 27th, 1546, Old Cölln †July 28th, 1608, Köpenick

70

Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg

*June 29th, 1546, Kolding †January 6th, 1617, Celle

69

Heinrich Petreus

German jurist and writer

*February 1st, 1546, Hardegsen †September 22nd, 1615, Wolfenbüttel

72

Dietrich of Fürstenberg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn (1546-1618)

*September 27th, 1546, Ense †December 4th, 1618, Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn

64

Cornelis de Groot

Dutch university teacher (1546-1610)

*July 25th, 1546, Delft †July 25th, 1610, Leiden

62

Johann Pistorius the Younger

German historian (1546-1608)

*February 14th, 1546, Nidda †June 19th, 1608, Freiburg im Breisgau

79

Johannes Piscator

German theologian (1546-1625)

*March 27th, 1546, Strasbourg †July 26th, 1625, Herborn

64

Johann Wolfgang Freymon von Randeck

Politician (1546-1610)

*March 13th, 1546, Ingolstadt †November 10th, 1610, Kelheim

45

Veronica Franco

Italian poet and courtesan (1546-1591)

*January 1st, 1546, Venice †July 22nd, 1591, Venice

63

Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

German count (1546-1610)

*June 14th, 1546, Waldenburg †March 28th, 1610, Weikersheim

53

Daniel Adam z Veleslavína

Czech philosopher, historian, humanist, lexicographer, linguist, publisher, professor, translator, writer, university educator and science writer

*September 10th, 1546, Prague †October 18th, 1599, Prague

65

Bartholomeus Spranger

Flemish painter

*March 21st, 1546, Antwerp †August 1st, 1611, Prague

66

Johann Steuerlein

German protestant hymn writer, composer, and mayor of Meiningen (1546-1613)

*July 5th, 1546, Schmalkalden †May 5th, 1613, Meiningen

72

Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas

Catholic cardinal and inquisitor

*April 20th, 1546, Aranda de Duero †December 7th, 1618, Toledo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1546 is a normal year and no leap year.

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