August 24th, 1949

Born on August 24th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 24th, 1949?

August 24th, 1949

The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

What else happened on August 24th?

August 24th, 2006

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

August 24th, 2004

Eighty-nine people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.

August 24th, 1992

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

August 24th, 1966

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

August 24th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

August 24th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

August 24th, 1941

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

August 24th, 1921

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

August 24th, 1914

World War I: The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of the war.

August 24th, 1889

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team (pictured) played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.

August 24th, 1888

89 New Zealand Native football team

August 24th, 1814

War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (damage depicted).

August 24th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

August 24th, 1662

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.

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

Born on August 24th, 1949

56

Charles Rocket

American actor, comedian (1949-2005)

*August 24th, 1949, Bangor †October 7th, 2005, Canterbury

74

David Zwilling

Austrian skier

*August 24th, 1949, Abtenau

74

Pia Degermark

Swedish actress

*August 24th, 1949, Bromma

74

Joe Regalbuto

American actor

*August 24th, 1949, Brooklyn

74

Carlos Decotelli

Brazilian economist and professor

*August 24th, 1949, Rio de Janeiro

74

Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes

Brazilian economist

*August 24th, 1949, Rio de Janeiro

74

Manfred Pinkal

German computational linguist

*August 24th, 1949, Dortmund

74

Anna Lee Fisher

American astronaut (born 1949)

*August 24th, 1949, New York City

74

Bantz J. Craddock

United States Army general

*August 24th, 1949, Parkersburg

74

Reinhard Nothnagel

German jurist

*August 24th, 1949, Frankfurt

65

Stephen Paulus

American composer

*August 24th, 1949, Summit †October 19th, 2014, Arden Hills

74

Junior Vasquez

American DJ

*August 24th, 1949, Lancaster

74

Washington Saldías

Chilean politician

*August 24th, 1949, Santiago

74

Luis Hernández Heres

Cuban footballer

*August 24th, 1949, Havana

74

Dan Ryczek

American football player

*August 24th, 1949, Painesville

74

Carole Ita White

American actress

*August 24th, 1949, New York City

74

Natalya Lebedeva

Athletics competitor

*August 24th, 1949, Moscow

74

Mohd Ali Rustam

Malaysian politician

*August 24th, 1949, Malacca

74

James T. Genovese

American judge

*August 24th, 1949, Opelousas

74

Božidar Ivanović

Chess player

*August 24th, 1949, Cetinje

74

Dakota Jackson

American designer

*August 24th, 1949, Queens

74

Claire V. Broome

American epidemiologist

*August 24th, 1949, England

74

Roberto Pereira

Cuban association football player

*August 24th, 1949, Santo Domingo

74

Hussein ِAbdo Khalil

Hussien Abdo is an Egyptian counselor who is currently president of Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority

*August 24th, 1949, Aswan

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Who's birthday is on August 24th?

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

75

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

*August 24th, 1948, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Roger De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

*August 24th, 1947, Eeklo

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

68

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 (born 1955)

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

71

Wolfgang Mager

East German rower

*August 24th, 1952, Kamenz

69

Michel Crépu

French writer

*August 24th, 1954, Étampes

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

67

Francesca Zambello

American opera and theatre director

*August 24th, 1956, New York City

78

Vince McMahon

American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)

*August 24th, 1945, Pinehurst

75

Shoba Chandrasekhar

Indian film director

*August 24th, 1948, Chennai

72

Orson Scott Card

American science fiction novelist

*August 24th, 1951, Richland

75

Alexander McCall Smith

British writer

*August 24th, 1948, Bulawayo

58

Marlee Matlin

American actress, author, and executive producer

*August 24th, 1965, Morton Grove

73

Ágoston Bányai

Hungarian rower

*August 24th, 1950, Budapest

78

Christine Ostrowski

German politician

*August 24th, 1945, Plauen

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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