January 24th, 1978

Born on January 24th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 106 days, exactly on August 10th, 2024, people who were born on January 24th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on January 24th, 1978?

January 24th, 1978

Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

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January 24th, 1978

The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.

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What else happened on January 24th?

January 24th, 2011

A North Caucasian jihadist carried out a suicide bombing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, killing 37 people.

January 24th, 1993

Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb outside his home in Ankara.

January 24th, 1989

American serial killer Ted Bundy was executed by electric chair in Florida for the murders of thirty young women.

January 24th, 1977

During the Spanish transition to democracy, neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.

January 24th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.

January 24th, 1966

Air India Flight 101, en route from Bombay to London, crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all 117 people on board.

January 24th, 1915

First World War: British ships of the Grand Fleet intercepted and surprised a German High Seas Fleet squadron in the North Sea, sinking a cruiser and damaging several other vessels.

January 24th, 1913

Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.

January 24th, 1857

The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.

January 24th, 1848

James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.

January 24th, 1458

The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.

January 24th, 0914

The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.

January 24th, 1972

Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.

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

Born on January 24th, 1978

46

Veerle Baetens

Belgian actress

*January 24th, 1978, Brasschaat

46

Kristen Schaal

American actress

*January 24th, 1978, Longmont

46

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Klimova

Russian actress

*January 24th, 1978, Moscow

46

Mark Hildreth

Canadian actor

*January 24th, 1978, Vancouver

46

Anett Heilfort

German actress

*January 24th, 1978, Leipzig

46

Jeff Peterson

American actor

*January 24th, 1978, Denver

46

Jordan Younger

Canadian football player

*January 24th, 1978, Trenton

46

Christina Moses

American actress

*January 24th, 1978, Los Angeles

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

21

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

33

Li Xuerui

Chinese badminton player

*January 24th, 1991, Chongqing

43

Carrie Coon

American actress

*January 24th, 1981, Copley Township

42

Daveed Diggs

American actor and rapper

*January 24th, 1982, Oakland

37

Luis Suárez

Uruguayan association football player

*January 24th, 1987, Salto

50

Rokia Traoré

Malian-born singer, songwriter and guitarist

*January 24th, 1974, Kolokani

41

Frankie Grande

American actor, dancer, singer, producer

*January 24th, 1983, New York City

45

Tatyana Ali

American actress and singer

*January 24th, 1979, Brooklyn

27

Ricardo Silva

Badminton player from Portugal, born 1997

*January 24th, 1997, Portimão

48

Shae-Lynn Bourne

Canadian ice dancer and choreographer (born 1976)

*January 24th, 1976, Chatham-Kent

63

Nastassja Kinski

German actress

*January 24th, 1961, West Berlin

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

58

Karin Viard

French actress

*January 24th, 1966, Rouen

74

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director

*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

72

Raymond Domenech

French association football player and manager

*January 24th, 1952, Lyon

45

Nik Wallenda

American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, and high wire artist

*January 24th, 1979, Sarasota

47

Luciano Cáceres

Argentine actor

*January 24th, 1977, Buenos Aires

70

Joseph Nicolosi

American clinical psychologist (1947–2017)

*January 24th, 1947, New York City †March 8th, 2017, Thousand Oaks

42

Aitor Hernández

Road bicycle racer

*January 24th, 1982, Ermua

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Feast of Our Lady of Peace) which are celebrated on January 24th.

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Born on January 24th, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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