May 24th, 1974

Born on May 24th, 1974

Weekday

Friday

May 24th, 1974 was a Friday.

Age

People born on May 24th, 1974 turned 52 this year (2026).

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1974 - June 21st, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 943 days, exactly on February 24th, 2029, people who were born on May 24th, 1974 will be 20,000 days old!

19,057 Days

2,722 Weeks

626 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on May 24th, 1974: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

15 more years of work

You have already worked for 32 years so far and have still 15 years of hard work to come until you can retire in 2041 at the age of 67.

What happened on May 24th?

May 24th, 2014

A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

May 24th, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.

May 24th, 1991

The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).

May 24th, 1988

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.

May 24th, 1986

A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

May 24th, 1970

On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.

May 24th, 1963

United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.

May 24th, 1962

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

May 24th, 1956

The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

May 24th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.

May 24th, 2022

An 18-year old gunman shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

May 24th, 1941

Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

May 24th, 1930

English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

May 24th, 1913

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I began.

May 24th, 1883

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

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

Born on May 24th, 1974

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

Felipe Avello

Chilean actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1974, Concepción

Carsten Mell

German illustrator

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

Masahide Kobayashi

Japanese baseball player

*May 24th, 1974, Otsuki

Oleksandr Vilkul

Ukrainian politician

*May 24th, 1974, Kryvyi Rih

Jens Lapidus

Swedish crime writer and lawyer

*May 24th, 1974, Hägersten

Adria Dawn

American actor, writer, producer and educator

*May 24th, 1974, Champaign

Johan Van Herck

Belgian tennis coach and former tennis player

*May 24th, 1974, Herentals

Mika Lönnström

Finnish football manager

*May 24th, 1974, Porvoo

Adrian Custis

American basketball player (1974-)

*May 24th, 1974, Eastville

Same year
Born in 1974

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

Mikael Torfason

*August 8th, 1974, Reykjavík

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier

*January 27th, 1974, Drammen Municipality

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

Sébastien Loeb

French racing driver

*February 26th, 1974, Haguenau

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

Seth Green

American actor

*February 8th, 1974, Overbrook Park

Victoria Silvstedt

Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality

*September 19th, 1974, Skellefteå Sankt Olov Parish

Dustin Lance Black

American screenwriter, director and producer

*June 10th, 1974, Sacramento

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day , Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24.) which are celebrated on May 24th.

Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldersgate_Day

Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Ecuador

Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Day

Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Eritrea)

Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubiri

Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)

Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Slavonic_Alphabet,_Bulgarian_Enlightenment_and_Culture

Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)

Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian Calendar) and its related observanceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_North_Macedonia