November 24th, 1978

Born on November 24th, 1978

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 417 days, exactly on June 10th, 2025, people who were born on November 24th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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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, 1978

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

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

45

Sofia Talvik

Swedish singer-songwriter

*November 24th, 1978, Gothenburg

45

Barbara Beretta

French actress, dub actor

*November 24th, 1978, France

45

Vanessa Incontrada

Spanish actress, model and tv host

*November 24th, 1978, Barcelona

45

Gary Baxter

Cricket umpire

*November 24th, 1978, Tyler

45

Aamer Ali

Omani cricketer

*November 24th, 1978, Karachi

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

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

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

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

42

Morgan James

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1981)

*November 24th, 1981, Boise

44

Sue Smith

British footballer (born 1979)

*November 24th, 1979, Liverpool

43

Beth Phoenix

American professional wrestler

*November 24th, 1980, Elmira

44

Carmelita Jeter

American female 100m sprinter

*November 24th, 1979, Los Angeles

50

Núbia Óliiver

Brazilian actress

*November 24th, 1973, Uberaba

39

Maria Höfl-Riesch

German alpine skier

*November 24th, 1984, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

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

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

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

45

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

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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

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