August 24th, 1953

Born on August 24th, 1953

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 25,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 194 days, exactly on October 30th, 2024, people who were born on August 24th, 1953 will be 26,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

August 24th, 1643

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.

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

Born on August 24th, 1953

70

Sam Torrance

Scottish golfer

*August 24th, 1953, Largs

70

Orlando Gough

British composer

*August 24th, 1953, Brighton

70

María Garralón

Spanish actor

*August 24th, 1953, Madrid

70

Sascha Anderson

German author

*August 24th, 1953, Weimar

70

Elfi Zinn

East German middle distance runner

*August 24th, 1953, Rathebur

67

David Blaustein

Argentinian film producer, director and screenwriter

*August 24th, 1953, Buenos Aires †August 16th, 2021, Buenos Aires

70

Simon D'Ujanga

Ugandan politician

*August 24th, 1953, Uganda

70

Rešad Kunovac

Bosnian football manager

*August 24th, 1953, Foča

70

Paul O'Neil

American ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1953, Charlestown

70

Norm Barnes

Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman

*August 24th, 1953, Rexdale

70

Gary Dunn

American football player

*August 24th, 1953, Coral Gables

70

Dennis Franklin

American football player

*August 24th, 1953, Massillon

70

Danny Kepley

Player of American and Canadian football

*August 24th, 1953, Albemarle

70

Néstor Villarreal Castro

Mexican politician

*August 24th, 1953, Torreón

70

Laurie Venn

Cyclist

*August 24th, 1953, Melbourne

70

Stephen Bridgewater

American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 24th, 1953, Hutchinson

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46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

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

69

Michel Crépu

French writer

*August 24th, 1954, Étampes

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

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

71

Wolfgang Mager

East German rower

*August 24th, 1952, Kamenz

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

67

Francesca Zambello

American opera and theatre director

*August 24th, 1956, New York City

76

Roger De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

*August 24th, 1947, Eeklo

75

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

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

86

Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

58

Marlee Matlin

American actress, author, and executive producer

*August 24th, 1965, Morton Grove

69

Anne Warner

American rower

*August 24th, 1954, Boston

72

Orson Scott Card

American science fiction novelist

*August 24th, 1951, Richland

71

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Jamaican dub poet

*August 24th, 1952, Chapelton

53

Michael Roth

German politician, member of Bundestag

*August 24th, 1970, Heringen

71

Mike Shanahan

American football coach

*August 24th, 1952, Oak Park

42

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

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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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Leap year

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

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