April 24th, 1889

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Born on April 24th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 24th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 24th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1889)

Born on April 24th, 1889

Weekday

Wednesday

April 24th, 1889 was a Wednesday.

Age

134

People born on April 24th, 1889 will turn 135 this year (2024), in exactly 6 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1889 - May 21st, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 698 days, exactly on March 17th, 2026, people who were born on April 24th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,302 Days

7,043 Weeks

1,619 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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, 1913

The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).

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.

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

Born on April 24th, 1889

Jerzy Sobolewski

Politician (1889-1957)

*April 24th, 1889, Stolbtsy †December 26th, 1957, Kirchheim unter Teck

Johanna Kirchner

German opponent of Nazism

*April 24th, 1889, Frankfurt †June 9th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

Lyubov' Popova

Russian artist (1889-1924)

*April 24th, 1889, Ivanovskoe †May 25th, 1924, Moscow

Stafford Cripps

British politician (1889-1952)

*April 24th, 1889, London †April 21st, 1952, Zürich

Philip Klein

American screenwriter

*April 24th, 1889, New York City †June 8th, 1935, Los Angeles

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

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

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

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

Jack Hulbert

British actor (1892-1978)

*April 24th, 1892, Ely †March 25th, 1978, London

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

Fred Delmare

German actor

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

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

Ivan Joller

Swiss biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Stans

Joseph Gallieni

French soldier (1849-1916)

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

Same year
Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Anna Akhmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

*June 11th, 1889, Odesa †March 5th, 1966, Domodedovo

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.

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)

Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Panchayati_Raj_Day

Republic Day (The Gambia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Gambia

World Day for Laboratory Animals

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Day_for_Laboratory_Animals

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIV.IV.MDCCCLXXXIX

24.4.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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April 24th, 1889

Born on April 24th, 1889

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,302 Days

7,043 Weeks

1,619 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 24th?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).

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.

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

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

Born on April 24th, 1889

Politician (1889-1957)

German opponent of Nazism

Russian artist (1889-1924)

British politician (1889-1952)

American screenwriter

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

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 24th

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, France)

Benedict Menni

Dermot of Armagh

Dyfnan of Anglesey

Ecgberht of Ripon

Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Gregory of Elvira

Ivo of Ramsey

Johann Walter (Lutheran)

Mary of Clopas

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Mellitus

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Salome (disciple)

Wilfrid (Church of England)

William Firmatus

April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Concord Day (Niger)

Democracy Day (Nepal)

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

World Day for Laboratory Animals

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

24.4.1889

Legend

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April 1889

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

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

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Born in 1889

Calendar
April 1889

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