April 24th, 1962

Born on April 24th, 1962

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

April 24th, 2013

A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.

April 24th, 1993

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.

April 24th, 1990

The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.

April 24th, 1965

Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.

April 24th, 1944

World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.

April 24th, 1933

Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

April 24th, 1932

An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to areas of open country in England.

April 24th, 1922

The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened.

April 24th, 1918

First World War: The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux began, which contained the first instance of tanks fighting against each other.

April 24th, 1916

Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Irish Republic an independent state.

April 24th, 1915

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire began with the arrest and deportation of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople.

April 24th, 1914

The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.

April 24th, 1913

The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).

April 24th, 1904

Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working, the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publications written in Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet.

April 24th, 1866

German composer Max Bruch conducted the premiere of his first violin concerto, which later became his most famous work.

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

Born on April 24th, 1962

61

Clemens Binninger

German politician

*April 24th, 1962, Wutach

61

Stuart Pearce

English footballer and manager (born 1962)

*April 24th, 1962, London

61

Heike Kemmer

German equestrian

*April 24th, 1962, Berlin

61

Jeff Longbine

American politician

*April 24th, 1962, Emporia

61

Anna Zonová

Czech writer and art reviewer

*April 24th, 1962, Nižný Komárnik

61

Jason Salkey

British actor

*April 24th, 1962, London

61

Steve Roach

Australian rugby league footballer

*April 24th, 1962, Sydney

61

Roald Bradstock

British javelin thrower

*April 24th, 1962, Hertford

61

Mark Cockerell

Figure skater

*April 24th, 1962, Burbank

61

Karen Farrell

Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player

*April 24th, 1962, Glasgow

61

Giorgio Paganin

Italian speed skater

*April 24th, 1962, Asiago

61

Craig Channell

Canadian ice hockey player and scout

*April 24th, 1962, Vancouver

61

Hugo Torres

Argentine rugby union footballer and coach

*April 24th, 1962, Córdoba

61

Telis Mistakidis

Swiss-based Greek metals trader (born 1962)

*April 24th, 1962, Rome

61

Juan Manuel Carreras Leche

Mexican politician

*April 24th, 1962, Charcas

61

Małgorzata Gajewska-Polewczak

Polish sportsperson

*April 24th, 1962, Grodków

61

Michael Hüther

German economist

*April 24th, 1962, Düsseldorf

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43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

59

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

29

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

30

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

55

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

40

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

64

Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera

Colombian politician and economist

*April 24th, 1959, Bogotá

62

José Touré

French footballer

*April 24th, 1961, Nancy

59

Elena Rybkina

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1964, Moscow

44

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

49

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

49

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

46

Mano Solo

French singer (1963-2010)

*April 24th, 1963, Châlons-en-Champagne †January 10th, 2010, Paris

35

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

37

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

28

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

25

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

40

Ivan Joller

Swiss biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Stans

81

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

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Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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