April 24th, 1929

Born on April 24th, 1929

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, 1929

94

André Darrigade

Racing cyclist

*April 24th, 1929, Narrosse

76

Dr. Rajkumar

Indian Kannada film actor, singer (1929–2006)

*April 24th, 1929, Kingdom of Mysore †April 12th, 2006, Bengaluru

88

Shammi

Indian actress

*April 24th, 1929, Mumbai †March 6th, 2018, Mumbai

48

Ferit Tüzün

Turkish composer

*April 24th, 1929, Istanbul †October 21st, 1977, Ankara

88

Carmen Mayrink Veiga

Brazilian socialite (1929-2017)

*April 24th, 1929, Pirajuí †December 3rd, 2017, Rio de Janeiro

85

Geoff Richards

British rugby player and association football player (1929-2014)

*April 24th, 1929, Bilston †May 8th, 2014, Wolverhampton

89

Pat Philley

Canadian soccer player

*April 24th, 1929, Vancouver †November 30th, 2018, Vancouver

91

Elizabeth Wolgast

American writer and philosopher (1929-2020)

*April 24th, 1929, Plainfield †October 13th, 2020

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Who's birthday is on April 24th?

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

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

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

29

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

30

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

93

José Sarney

President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990

*April 24th, 1930, Pinheiro

89

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

81

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

90

Conn Findlay

American rower and sailor

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

87

Fred Delmare

German actor

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

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

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

80

Heinz Schröder

German puppeteer

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

55

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

49

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

49

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

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Born in 1929

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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