April 24th, 1945

Born on April 24th, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

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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, 1945

74

Dick Rivers

French actor and singer

*April 24th, 1945, Nice †April 24th, 2019, Neuilly-sur-Seine

74

Larry Tesler

American computer scientist

*April 24th, 1945, The Bronx †February 16th, 2020, Portola Valley

78

Doug Clifford

American musician

*April 24th, 1945, Palo Alto

78

Giacinto Boulos-Marcuzzo

Italian bishop

*April 24th, 1945, San Polo di Piave

78

David Chackler

Music and film executive

*April 24th, 1945, Philadelphia

78

Thomas A. Loftus

American politician

*April 24th, 1945, Stoughton

78

Lyudmila Besrukova

Soviet canoeist

*April 24th, 1945, Luga

78

Graeme Catto

Scottish physician, academic, educator

*April 24th, 1945, Aberdeen

78

Garo Hamamcıoğlu

Turkish footballer

*April 24th, 1945, Istanbul

78

Bob Lunn

Professional golfer

*April 24th, 1945, San Francisco

78

Barbara Sternberg

Canadian film director

*April 24th, 1945, Toronto

78

M. S. Umesh

Indian actor

*April 24th, 1945, Mysore

72

Robert Knight

American singer

*April 24th, 1945, Franklin †November 5th, 2017, Tennessee

77

Greg McMackin

American football player and coach (born 1945)

*April 24th, 1945, Springfield †February 14th, 2023

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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

81

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

29

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

30

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

77

Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp

Dutch rower

*April 24th, 1946, Amsterdam

76

Josep Borrell

Spanish politician (born 1947)

*April 24th, 1947, La Pobla de Segur

80

Ruud Stokvis

Dutch rower

*April 24th, 1943, Amsterdam

40

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

59

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

44

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

89

Shirley MacLaine

American actress

*April 24th, 1934, Richmond

35

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

79

Christine Ockrent

Belgian journalist

*April 24th, 1944, Brussels metropolitan area

55

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

77

Sue Grafton

American writer (1940-2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Louisville †December 28th, 2017, Santa Barbara

37

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

28

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

49

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

25

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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