January 24th, 1947

Born on January 24th, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 24th?

January 24th, 2011

A North Caucasian jihadist carried out a suicide bombing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, killing 37 people.

January 24th, 1993

Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb outside his home in Ankara.

January 24th, 1989

American serial killer Ted Bundy was executed by electric chair in Florida for the murders of thirty young women.

January 24th, 1978

The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.

January 24th, 1977

During the Spanish transition to democracy, neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.

January 24th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.

January 24th, 1966

Air India Flight 101, en route from Bombay to London, crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all 117 people on board.

January 24th, 1915

First World War: British ships of the Grand Fleet intercepted and surprised a German High Seas Fleet squadron in the North Sea, sinking a cruiser and damaging several other vessels.

January 24th, 1913

Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.

January 24th, 1857

The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.

January 24th, 1848

James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.

January 24th, 1458

The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.

January 24th, 0914

The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.

January 24th, 1972

Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.

January 24th, 1536

King Henry VIII of England (pictured) suffered a serious accident while jousting, receiving injuries which may have caused his later obesity and erratic personality.

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

Born on January 24th, 1947

70

Joseph Nicolosi

American clinical psychologist (1947–2017)

*January 24th, 1947, New York City †March 8th, 2017, Thousand Oaks

77

Michio Kaku

American theoretical physicist, futurist and author

*January 24th, 1947, San Jose

77

Mercedes Sampietro

Spanish actress

*January 24th, 1947, Barcelona

56

Warren Zevon

American rock musician (1947–2003)

*January 24th, 1947, Chicago †September 7th, 2003, Los Angeles

65

Giorgio Chinaglia

Italian footballer (1947-2012)

*January 24th, 1947, Carrara †April 1st, 2012, Naples

77

Masashi Ozaki

Professional golfer

*January 24th, 1947, Kaifu district

77

Paul Schoenfield

American composer

*January 24th, 1947, Detroit

77

Victor Heredia

Argentine singer/songwriter

*January 24th, 1947, Buenos Aires

77

Helen Morse

Australian actress

*January 24th, 1947, Harrow on the Hill

77

Carlos Calderón

Fencer

*January 24th, 1947, Mexico City

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Who's birthday is on January 24th?

21

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

74

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director

*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

72

Raymond Domenech

French association football player and manager

*January 24th, 1952, Lyon

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

33

Li Xuerui

Chinese badminton player

*January 24th, 1991, Chongqing

76

Alain Colmerauer

French computer scientist (1941-2017)

*January 24th, 1941, Carcassonne †May 12th, 2017, Marseille

63

Nastassja Kinski

German actress

*January 24th, 1961, West Berlin

37

Luis Suárez

Uruguayan association football player

*January 24th, 1987, Salto

26

Sharon Tate

American actress and model (1943–1969)

*January 24th, 1943, Dallas †August 9th, 1969, 10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles

79

Subhash Ghai

Indian film director

*January 24th, 1945, Nagpur

27

Ricardo Silva

Badminton player from Portugal, born 1997

*January 24th, 1997, Portimão

69

Peter Struck

German politician (1943-2012)

*January 24th, 1943, Göttingen †December 19th, 2012, Berlin

83

Neil Diamond

American recording artist; singer-songwriter

*January 24th, 1941, Brooklyn

71

Moon Jae-in

President of South Korea from 2017 to 2022

*January 24th, 1953, Geoje

76

Michael Des Barres

British actor and singer

*January 24th, 1948, London

43

Carrie Coon

American actress

*January 24th, 1981, Copley Township

42

Daveed Diggs

American actor and rapper

*January 24th, 1982, Oakland

58

Karin Viard

French actress

*January 24th, 1966, Rouen

78

Michael Ontkean

Canadian actor

*January 24th, 1946, Vancouver

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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Born on January 24th, 1947
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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