April 24th, 1928

Born on April 24th, 1928

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1928

80

Heinz Schröder

German puppeteer

*April 24th, 1928, Berlin †April 22nd, 2009, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

92

Tommy Docherty

Scottish football player and manager

*April 24th, 1928, Glasgow †December 31st, 2020, Marple

80

Johnny Griffin

American musician

*April 24th, 1928, Chicago †July 25th, 2008, Availles-Limouzine

95

Karlheinz Bauer

German constructor

*April 24th, 1928, Schrobenhausen

71

Jerzy Tchorzewski

Polish artist (1928-1999)

*April 24th, 1928, Siedlce †December 25th, 1999, Warsaw

86

Georg Steiger

Officer (1928-2015)

*April 24th, 1928, Lichtenstein †February 26th, 2015, Leipzig

87

Charles Thomas

Archaeologist and historian (1928-2016)

*April 24th, 1928, Camborne †April 7th, 2016

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

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

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

94

André Darrigade

Racing cyclist

*April 24th, 1929, Narrosse

29

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

30

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

89

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

81

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

87

Fred Delmare

German actor

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

93

José Sarney

President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990

*April 24th, 1930, Pinheiro

40

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

35

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

44

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

59

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

90

Conn Findlay

American rower and sailor

*April 24th, 1930, Stockton †April 8th, 2021, San Mateo

28

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

37

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

25

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

49

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

55

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

49

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

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Born in 1928

89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

95

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

77

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

81

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

95

Jean-Marie Le Pen

French politician

*June 20th, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer

89

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017)

*January 2nd, 1928, Milan †March 6th, 2017, Pesaro

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

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Leap year

Yes: 1928 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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