November 24th, 1974

Born on November 24th, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 24th, 1974?

November 24th, 1974

Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Johanson

What else 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.

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

Born on November 24th, 1974

49

Machel Montano

Trinidadian musician

*November 24th, 1974, Carenage

49

Stephen Merchant

English actor, comedian, director, radio presenter and writer

*November 24th, 1974, Bristol

49

Sabrina Parlatore

Brazilian model and television presenter

*November 24th, 1974, Campinas

49

Tarō Yamamoto

Japanese politician and former actor

*November 24th, 1974, Takarazuka

49

Aylín Mújica

Cuban actress singer

*November 24th, 1974, Havana

49

Álvaro Jiménez

Guatemalan footballer

*November 24th, 1974, Antigua Guatemala

49

Kevin Loring

Canadian playwright and actor

*November 24th, 1974, Lytton

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

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

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

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

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

50

Núbia Óliiver

Brazilian actress

*November 24th, 1973, Uberaba

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

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

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

53

Julieta Venegas

Mexican singer and songwriter

*November 24th, 1970, Long Beach

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

56

Kerstin Köppen

East German rower

*November 24th, 1967, Rathenow

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

42

Morgan James

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1981)

*November 24th, 1981, Boise

50

Paola Cortellesi

Italian actress and singer

*November 24th, 1973, Rome

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

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

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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