November 24th, 1972

Born on November 24th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 361 days, exactly on December 1st, 2024, people who were born on November 24th, 1972 will be 19,000 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, 1972

51

Thomas Schneider

German footballer

*November 24th, 1972, Rheinhausen

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

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

52

Rian Gerritsen

Dutch actress

*November 24th, 1971, Babberich

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

95

Toralv Maurstad

Norwegian actor

*November 24th, 1926, Bærum Municipality †November 4th, 2022

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress

*November 24th, 1978, Washington, D.C.

53

Julieta Venegas

Mexican singer and songwriter

*November 24th, 1970, Long Beach

50

Núbia Óliiver

Brazilian actress

*November 24th, 1973, Uberaba

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

52

Lior Raz

Israeli actor and television producer

*November 24th, 1971, Ma'ale Adumim

52

Brandon Molale

American actor

*November 24th, 1971, Pocatello

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

52

Jennifer Robertson

Canadian actress, writer, and comedian

*November 24th, 1971, Vancouver

49

Machel Montano

Trinidad and Tobago musician

*November 24th, 1974, Carenage

37

Jimmy Graham

American football player (born 1986)

*November 24th, 1986, Goldsboro

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

51

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

51

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

51

Jessica Hynes

English actress and writer

*October 30th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

50

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

51

Danny Alexander

British banker and former Liberal Democrat politician

*May 15th, 1972, Edinburgh

51

Zinedine Zidane

French association football player and manager

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Eminem

American rapper, songwriter and actor

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

51

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech association football player

*August 30th, 1972, Cheb

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

51

Wentworth Miller

British-born American actor

*June 2nd, 1972, Chipping Norton

51

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter

*August 15th, 1972, Berkeley

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Born on November 24th, 1972
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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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