May 24th, 1556

Born on May 24th, 1556

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 171,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 272 days, exactly on April 25th, 2027, people who were born on May 24th, 1556 will be 172,000 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, 1986

A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

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, 2022

An 18-year old gunman shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1556

86

Sophia Brahe

Danish horticulturalist

*September 22nd, 1556, Knutstorp Castle †January 1st, 1643, Helsingør

62

Jacques Davy Duperron

Catholic cardinal

*November 15th, 1556, Saint-Lô †December 6th, 1618, Paris

48

Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Counts Palatine of Sulzbach (1556-1604)

*July 22nd, 1556, Amberg †August 29th, 1604, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

67

Uesugi Kagekatsu

Daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods

*January 8th, 1556, Echigo Province †April 19th, 1623, Yonezawa

91

Joseph Calasanz

Spanish writer and saint

*September 11th, 1556, Peralta de la Sal †August 25th, 1648, Rome

25

Alexander Briant

Jesuit martyr

*August 17th, 1556, Somerset †December 1st, 1581, Tyburn

43

Jerzy Radziwiłł

Catholic cardinal

*May 31st, 1556, Lukiškės †January 21st, 1600, Rome

52

Philipp Nicolai

German Lutheran pastor, hymnwriter

*August 10th, 1556, Bad Arolsen †October 2nd, 1608, Hamburg

83

Jeanne de Lestonnac

French saint

*December 27th, 1556, Bordeaux †February 2nd, 1640, Bordeaux

69

Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana

Mughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)

*December 17th, 1556, Lahore †October 1st, 1626, Agra

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

Yes: 1556 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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