February 24th, 1953

Born on February 24th, 1953

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

February 24th, 2015

At a restaurant in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant, killing eight people before committing suicide.

February 24th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka, Uganda, as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.

February 24th, 2022

Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

February 24th, 1989

United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.

February 24th, 1978

Five men disappeared after attending a college basketball game in Chico, California; the bodies of four of them were discovered months later.

February 24th, 1968

Vietnam War: Led by Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese forces recaptured the citadel of Huế.

February 24th, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in Africa, ended with the Allied forces suffering heavy losses.

February 24th, 1942

World War II: Eyewitness reports of unidentified flying objects over Los Angeles triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage under the belief it was a Japanese attack.

February 24th, 1868

Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached.

February 24th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: French admiral Villaret de Joyeuse unconditionally surrendered to the British, which ended the British invasion of Martinique and began a five-year occupation of the island.

February 24th, 1720

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.

February 24th, 1711

Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel (pictured), the first Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

February 24th, 1607

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, premiered in Mantua.

February 24th, 0303

The Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, began with the publication of a first edict by Roman emperor Diocletian.

February 24th, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders a full scale invasion of Ukraine.

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

Born on February 24th, 1953

71

Paul Gallo

American lighting director

*February 24th, 1953, The Bronx

71

Vincent Desportes

French general

*February 24th, 1953, Rennes

71

Steve Parrish

British motorcycle racer

*February 24th, 1953, Cambridge

71

Fanny Law

Hong Kong politician

*February 24th, 1953, British Hong Kong

71

Carl Weathersby

American electric blues musician

*February 24th, 1953, Jackson

71

Enzo Ghigo

Italian politician

*February 24th, 1953, Turin

71

Selman Ada

Turkish composer, pianist and conductor

*February 24th, 1953, Ceyhan

71

Catherine Deroche

French politician

*February 24th, 1953, Beaupréau

21

Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Russian footballer (1953-1974)

*February 24th, 1953, Moscow †October 13th, 1974, Moscow

71

Jon Bramnick

Member of the New Jersey General Assembly

*February 24th, 1953, Plainfield

71

Georgy Poltavchenko

Russian politician

*February 24th, 1953, Baku

71

Mike Sember

Baseball player

*February 24th, 1953, Hammond

71

Mark J. Bennett

United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

*February 24th, 1953, Brooklyn

71

Jeff Parton

Welsh footballer (born 1953)

*February 24th, 1953, Swansea

71

Jane Hirshfield

American poet

*February 24th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Greg Westbrooks

American football player

*February 24th, 1953, Chicago

71

Frederick M. Zollo

American theater and film producer

*February 24th, 1953, Boston

71

Frank Riccelli

American baseball player

*February 24th, 1953, Syracuse

71

Don Walko

American politician

*February 24th, 1953, Greensburg

71

Derek St. Holmes

American singer and guitarist

*February 24th, 1953, Riverview

71

Mahmoud Guendouz

Algerian footballer and manager

*February 24th, 1953, El Harrach

71

Anthony Colón

Puerto Rican middle-distance runner

*February 24th, 1953, Puerto Rico

71

Marc Zell

American lawyer

*February 24th, 1953, Washington, D.C.

71

Marc Feinstein

American politician

*February 24th, 1953, Mitchell

71

Rob Burns

British–New Zealand musician and academic

*February 24th, 1953, Willesden

71

Eoin Ryan, Jnr

Irish politician

*February 24th, 1953, Dublin

71

Aleksandar Prokopiev

Macedonian writer

*February 24th, 1953, Skopje

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Who's birthday is on February 24th?

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

33

Henrik Ingebrigtsen

Norwegian athlete

*February 24th, 1991, Sandnes Municipality

68

Judith Butler

American philosopher and gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

*February 24th, 1956, Cleveland

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

34

Yao Lei

Singaporean badminton player

*February 24th, 1990, Jiangsu

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

69

Alain Prost

French racing driver

*February 24th, 1955, Lorette

37

Christopher Trimmel

Austrian association football player

*February 24th, 1987, Oberpullendorf

48

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

43

Evgenij Dremin

Badminton player

*February 24th, 1981, Novosibirsk

42

Cheng Wen-Hsing

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 24th, 1982, Taipei

65

Judith Collins

New Zealand politician (born 1959)

*February 24th, 1959, Hamilton

42

Martina Ebm

Austrian actress

*February 24th, 1982, Vienna

70

Sid Meier

Canadian-American game programmer and designer

*February 24th, 1954, Sarnia

73

Helen Shaver

Canadian actress and director

*February 24th, 1951, St. Thomas

34

Lu Chia-Bin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 24th, 1990, Taipei

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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