August 24th, 1979

Born on August 24th, 1979

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 685 days, exactly on March 10th, 2026, people who were born on August 24th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 24th?

August 24th, 2006

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

August 24th, 2004

Eighty-nine people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.

August 24th, 1992

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

August 24th, 1966

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

August 24th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

August 24th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

August 24th, 1941

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

August 24th, 1921

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

August 24th, 1914

World War I: The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of the war.

August 24th, 1889

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team (pictured) played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.

August 24th, 1888

89 New Zealand Native football team

August 24th, 1814

War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (damage depicted).

August 24th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

August 24th, 1662

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.

August 24th, 1643

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.

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

Born on August 24th, 1979

44

Franziska Brantner

German politician

*August 24th, 1979, Lörrach

44

Michael Redd

American basketball player

*August 24th, 1979, Columbus

44

Orlando Engelaar

Dutch footballer

*August 24th, 1979, Rotterdam

44

Kaki King

American guitarist

*August 24th, 1979, Atlanta

44

Fabienne Carat

French actress

*August 24th, 1979, Pau

44

Katja Nyberg

Finnish-Norwegian handball player

*August 24th, 1979, Stockholm

44

Elva Hsiao

Taiwanese singer (born 1979)

*August 24th, 1979, Zhongli

41

Vahur Afanasjev

Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician

*August 24th, 1979, Tartu †May 11th, 2021

44

Tamiko Nash

American beauty pageant contestant

*August 24th, 1979, Los Angeles

44

Maxim Belyayev

Russian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1979, Oskemen

44

Sy Thomas

Television presenter, comedian & actor

*August 24th, 1979, High Wycombe

44

Piotr Ślusarczyk

Polish politician

*August 24th, 1979, Legnica

44

Alfredo Deza

Peruvian high jumper

*August 24th, 1979, Talara Province

44

Andrew Stetson

Canadian model

*August 24th, 1979, Oakville

44

Yosuke Ikegaya

Japanese rugby union footballer

*August 24th, 1979, Hiroshima

44

Markus Walger

German rugby union player

*August 24th, 1979, Offenbach am Main

44

Antonida Asonova

Kazakhstani ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1979, Almaty

44

Aymen Bouchhioua

Tunisian association football player

*August 24th, 1979, Tripoli

44

Stéphane Hernandez

Footballer

*August 24th, 1979, Échirolles

44

Jordi Domenjo

Canoe slalom racer

*August 24th, 1979, La Seu d'Urgell

44

Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz

Cape Verdean footballer

*August 24th, 1979, Lisbon

44

Dario Biasi

Italian footballer

*August 24th, 1979, Isola della Scala

44

Levi Jones

Player of American football

*August 24th, 1979, Eloy

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

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

45

Alex Lutz

French actor

*August 24th, 1978, Strasbourg

42

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

42

Hervé Bugnet

French footballer

*August 24th, 1981, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

41

Kim Källström

Swedish association football player

*August 24th, 1982, Sandviken

42

Chad Michael Murray

American actor

*August 24th, 1981, Buffalo

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

48

John Green

American author and vlogger

*August 24th, 1975, Indianapolis

36

Anže Kopitar

Slovenian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

32

Robert Enke

German association football player

*August 24th, 1977, Jena †November 10th, 2009, Neustadt am Rübenberge

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

53

Michael Roth

German politician, member of Bundestag

*August 24th, 1970, Heringen

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

68

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 (born 1955)

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

35

Rupert Grint

English actor

*August 24th, 1988, Harlow

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

26

Alan Walker

Norwegian DJ and music producer

*August 24th, 1997, Northampton

58

Marlee Matlin

American actress, author, and executive producer

*August 24th, 1965, Morton Grove

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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