November 24th, 1948

Born on November 24th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 451 days, exactly on July 23rd, 2025, people who were born on November 24th, 1948 will be 28,000 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, 1948

75

Christoph Bergner

German politician

*November 24th, 1948, Zwickau

75

Spider Robinson

Canadian author

*November 24th, 1948, New York City

75

Uwe Carstens

German sociologist

*November 24th, 1948, Sankt Peter-Ording

75

Steve Yeager

American professional baseball player, catcher, coach

*November 24th, 1948, Huntington

75

Rudy Tomjanovich

American basketball player and coach

*November 24th, 1948, Hamtramck

72

Ken Hutchison

British actor

*November 24th, 1948, Leslie †August 9th, 2021, London

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

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

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

74

Renate Rudolph

East German handball player

*November 24th, 1949, Leipzig

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

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

74

Sally Davies

British medical doctor and academic administrator

*November 24th, 1949, Birmingham

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

76

Dwight Schultz

American actor (born 1947)

*November 24th, 1947, Baltimore

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

82

Pete Best

British musician, former member of the Beatles

*November 24th, 1941, Chennai

71

Pierre Buyoya

Burundian politician, former president of Burundi

*November 24th, 1949, Commune of Rutovu †December 17th, 2020, Bonneuil-en-France

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

68

Najib Mikati

Lebanese businessman and politician

*November 24th, 1955, Tripoli

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

74

Shane Bourne

Australian comedian

*November 24th, 1949, Melbourne

42

Ted Bundy

American serial killer (1946–1990)

*November 24th, 1946, Burlington †January 24th, 1989, Florida State Prison

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on November 24th

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Born on November 24th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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