March 24th, 1944

Born on March 24th, 1944

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What happened on March 24th, 1944?

March 24th, 1944

World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on March 24th?

March 24th, 2008

Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.

March 24th, 1980

One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

March 24th, 1934

The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.

March 24th, 1922

Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, two men wearing police uniforms broke into a house and murdered a Catholic family in what was believed to be a reprisal for the deaths of two policemen the day before.

March 24th, 1921

The inaugural Women's Olympiad, the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.

March 24th, 1898

The Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.

March 24th, 1882

German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.

March 24th, 1869

New Zealand Wars: Māori leader Tītokowaru's conflict ended with the last of his forces surrendering to the New Zealand colonial government.

March 24th, 1860

Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by rōnin samurai upset with his role in opening Japan to foreign powers.

March 24th, 1603

James VI of Scotland (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I, uniting the realms under a single monarch.

March 24th, 2015

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

March 24th, 2006

Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter ego is the titular character, premiered.

March 24th, 1964

Royal assent was given to Prince Edward Island's Provincial Flag Act, which outlined the design of its provincial flag (pictured).

March 24th, 1939

Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany.

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

Born on March 24th, 1944

80

Rebecca Horn

German artist

*March 24th, 1944, Michelstadt

80

Vojislav Koštunica

Serbian politician

*March 24th, 1944, Belgrade

74

R. Lee Ermey

American actor and soldier (1944–2018)

*March 24th, 1944, Emporia †April 15th, 2018, Santa Monica

80

Michael Arnheim

British author and barrister

*March 24th, 1944, Johannesburg

80

Iso Camartin

Swiss journalist, writer and television presenter

*March 24th, 1944, Chur

80

Don Manzullo

American politician

*March 24th, 1944, Rockford

80

Liane Engeman

Dutch former racing car driver

*March 24th, 1944, Haarlem

80

Alonso José Puerta

Spanish politician

*March 24th, 1944, Avilés

80

Mary Balogh

Welsh-Canadian novelist

*March 24th, 1944, Swansea

80

Viktor Knavs

Slovene car dealer, father of Melania Trump

*March 24th, 1944, Radeče

80

Oscar Reed

American football player

*March 24th, 1944, Jonestown

80

Basher Hassan

Kenyan cricketer

*March 24th, 1944, Nairobi

80

Yuri Klimenko

Soviet and Russian camera operator

*March 24th, 1944, Dnipro

80

Kenneth McEntyre

Cricketer (born 1944)

*March 24th, 1944, Chester

80

Han Myeong-sook

South Korean politician (1944-)

*March 24th, 1944, Pyongyang

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

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

38

Rafael Orozco Maestre

Colombian singer (1954-1992)

*March 24th, 1954, Becerril †June 11th, 1992, Barranquilla

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

72

Nicholas Campbell

Canadian actor and filmmaker

*March 24th, 1952, Toronto

42

Nivea

American R&B singer

*March 24th, 1982, Savannah

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

90

Dario Fo

Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)

*March 24th, 1926, Sangiano †October 13th, 2016, Luigi Sacco Hospital

28

Karina Sævik

Norwegian association football player

*March 24th, 1996, Haugesund Municipality

51

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center

59

The Undertaker

American professional wrestler

*March 24th, 1965, Houston

71

Curtis Hanson

American filmmaker (1945–2016)

*March 24th, 1945, Reno †September 20th, 2016, Los Angeles

35

Jennifer Fry

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1989, Pretoria

34

Jenna Gozali

Indonesian badminton player

*March 24th, 1990, Surabaya

32

Audrey Fontaine

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1992, Rennes

28

Luise Heim

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1996, Bad Dürkheim

26

Moe Araki

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1998, Saitama Prefecture

50

Steve McQueen

American actor (1930–1980)

*March 24th, 1930, Beech Grove †November 7th, 1980, Ciudad Juárez

63

Kim Plainfield

American jazz drummer

*March 24th, 1954, Seattle †April 8th, 2017, Tomkins Cove

75

Ranil Wickremesinghe

President of Sri Lanka since 2022

*March 24th, 1949, Colombo

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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