November 24th, 1938

Born on November 24th, 1938

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 737 days, exactly on July 5th, 2026, people who were born on November 24th, 1938 will be 32,000 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, 1938

85

Oscar Robertson

American basketball player

*November 24th, 1938, Charlotte

77

Natalya Krachkovskaya

Soviet and Russian actress (1938-2016)

*November 24th, 1938, Moscow †March 3rd, 2016, Moscow

85

Carol Mayo Jenkins

American actress

*November 24th, 1938, Knoxville

85

Willy Claes

Belgian politician

*November 24th, 1938, Hasselt

85

Francisco Rodríguez

President of Panama

*November 24th, 1938, Herrera Province

84

Rafael Filippelli

Argentinian film director, film producer and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1938, Buenos Aires †March 22nd, 2023, Buenos Aires

20

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (1938-1959)

*November 24th, 1938, Lincoln †June 25th, 1959, Nebraska State Penitentiary

78

Patrick Spencer Johnson

American writer

*November 24th, 1938, Watertown †July 3rd, 2017, San Diego

85

Reuben Greene

American actor

*November 24th, 1938, Philadelphia

77

Bruce Tuckman

American psychologist

*November 24th, 1938, New York City †March 13th, 2016

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Who's birthday is on November 24th?

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

69

Emir Kusturica

Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

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

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

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

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

82

Pete Best

British musician, former member of the Beatles

*November 24th, 1941, Chennai

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

85

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

*November 24th, 1925, The Hague †March 4th, 2011, Geneva

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

93

Albert Wolsky

American costumer designer

*November 24th, 1930, Paris

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

83

Hermann Otto Solms

German politician

*November 24th, 1940, Lich

84

Martina Iñíguez

Argentinian writer

*November 24th, 1939, Corrientes

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

97

Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist

*November 24th, 1926, Shanghai County

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

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

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

43

Alan Lake

British actor (1940-1984)

*November 24th, 1940, Stoke-on-Trent †October 10th, 1984, Sunningdale

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85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Barbara Henniger

German author

*November 9th, 1938, Dresden

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

86

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

86

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1938 is a normal year and no leap year.

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