November 24th, 1908

Born on November 24th, 1908

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 42,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 843 days, exactly on August 17th, 2026, people who were born on November 24th, 1908 will be 43,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 24th?

November 24th, 2015

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course.

November 24th, 2012

A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people.

November 24th, 2009

The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is launched in Bucharest, Romania.

November 24th, 1976

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of the buildings in the area, with at least 4,000 casualties.

November 24th, 1971

After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper (depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.

November 24th, 1963

During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories.

November 24th, 1950

The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone, struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.

November 24th, 1943

World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644.

November 24th, 1941

The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.

November 24th, 1925

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical Mayflowers.

November 24th, 1922

Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol.

November 24th, 1906

The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games.

November 24th, 1863

American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city.

November 24th, 1859

British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.

November 24th, 1750

Tarabai, the former regent of the Maratha Empire, had Rajaram II, whom she had previously claimed to be her grandson, arrested as an impostor.

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

Born on November 24th, 1908

92

Libertad Lamarque

Argentine actress and singer (1908–2000)

*November 24th, 1908, Rosario †December 12th, 2000, Mexico City

71

Aleksander Ford

Polish film director (1908–1980)

*November 24th, 1908, Kyiv †April 4th, 1980, Naples

51

Margarita Manso

Spanish painter (1908-1960)

*November 24th, 1908, Valladolid Province †March 28th, 1960

88

Harry Kemelman

American writer (1908-1996)

*November 24th, 1908, Boston †December 15th, 1996, Marblehead

106

Otto Burkard

Austrian geophysicist (1908-2015)

*November 24th, 1908, Graz †January 13th, 2015

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53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

*November 24th, 1927, 8th arrondissement of Paris †April 24th, 2017, Graneros

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

86

Garson Kanin

American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter

*November 24th, 1912, Rochester †March 13th, 1999, New York City

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

91

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Irish-American actress (1913–2005)

*November 24th, 1913, Dublin †July 17th, 2005, New York City

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

79

Joan Sanderson

British actress (1912-1992)

*November 24th, 1912, Bristol †May 24th, 1992, Norfolk

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

81

Philipp August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

93

Albert Wolsky

American costumer designer

*November 24th, 1930, Paris

63

Carlo Collodi

Italian writer (1826-1890)

*November 24th, 1826, Florence †October 26th, 1890, Florence

95

Toralv Maurstad

Norwegian actor

*November 24th, 1926, Bærum Municipality †November 4th, 2022

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

89

Doug Bowden

Australian rowing coxswain

*November 24th, 1906, Glebe †April 20th, 1996, Lindfield

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78

Simone de Beauvoir

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

*January 9th, 1908, Paris †April 14th, 1986, 14th arrondissement of Paris

64

Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

*August 27th, 1908, Stonewall †January 22nd, 1973, Stonewall

78

Arnaldo Momigliano

Italian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)

*September 5th, 1908, Caraglio †September 1st, 1987, London

88

Wolfram von Soden

German Assyriologist

*June 19th, 1908, Berlin †October 6th, 1996, Münster

97

Myron Waldman

American animator (1908-2006)

*April 23rd, 1908, Brooklyn †February 4th, 2006, Bethpage

100

Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

*November 28th, 1908, City of Brussels †October 30th, 2009, 16th arrondissement of Paris

66

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

65

Salvador Allende

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

*June 26th, 1908, Valparaíso †September 11th, 1973, Santiago

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

52

Richard Wright

American writer (1908-1960)

*September 4th, 1908, Natchez †November 28th, 1960, Paris

83

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)

*December 10th, 1908, Avignon †April 27th, 1992, Clichy

89

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

*May 20th, 1908, Indiana †July 2nd, 1997, Beverly Hills

81

Bette Davis

American actress (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Lowell †October 6th, 1989, Neuilly-sur-Seine

76

Ethel Merman

American actress and singer (1908-1984)

*January 16th, 1908, Astoria †February 15th, 1984, Manhattan

97

John Mills

English actor (1908-2005)

*February 22nd, 1908, Felixstowe †April 23rd, 2005, Denham

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome

84

Robert Morley

British actor (1908–1992)

*May 26th, 1908, Semley †June 3rd, 1992, Reading

82

Robert Cummings

American actor (1910–1990)

*June 9th, 1908, Joplin †December 2nd, 1990, Woodland Hills

85

Raymond Scott

American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)

*September 10th, 1908, Brooklyn †February 8th, 1994, North Hills

82

Jill Esmond

British actress (1908–1990)

*January 26th, 1908, London †July 28th, 1990, Wimbledon

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Public holidays on November 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 24th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1908 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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