August 24th, 1988

Born on August 24th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 978 days, exactly on December 23rd, 2026, people who were born on August 24th, 1988 will be 14,000 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, 1988

35

Rupert Grint

English actor

*August 24th, 1988, Harlow

35

Romain Hardy

Racing cyclist

*August 24th, 1988, La Chapelle-d'Andaine

35

Maya Yoshida

Japanese association football player

*August 24th, 1988, Nagasaki Prefecture

35

Nicholas Alexander

American ski jumper

*August 24th, 1988, Brattleboro

35

Himani Kapoor

Indian singer

*August 24th, 1988, Faridabad

35

Lukáš Bodeček

Czech soccer player

*August 24th, 1988, Czechoslovakia

35

Hassan El Mohamad

Lebanese footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Beirut

35

Liam Trotter

British footballer (born 1988)

*August 24th, 1988, Ipswich

35

Dash Chisako

Japanese professional wrestler

*August 24th, 1988, Sendai

35

Ben Jones-Bishop

English rugby league footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Leeds

35

Andrei Malykh

Russian footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Kirov

35

Matteo Galvan

Italian sprinter

*August 24th, 1988, Vicenza

35

Paula Silva

Chilean fencer

*August 24th, 1988, Santiago

35

Brad Hunt

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1988, Maple Ridge

35

Manu Ma'u

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Auckland

35

Stefan Kelly

Bermudian cricketer

*August 24th, 1988, Bermuda

35

Lasha Totadze

Association football player

*August 24th, 1988, Akhaltsikhe

35

Martín Buesa

Spanish basketball player

*August 24th, 1988, Vitoria-Gasteiz

35

Jorge Alfredo Gonzalez

Footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Buenos Aires

35

Jessie Hunkin

Canadian curler

*August 24th, 1988, Edmonton

35

Ishmaa'ily Kitchen

American football player

*August 24th, 1988, Youngstown

35

Hoang Dinh Tung

Footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Nông Cống

35

Cathryn Finlayson

Olympic field hockey player

*August 24th, 1988, Palmerston North

35

Carlos Cuadras

Mexican boxer born in 1988

*August 24th, 1988, Guamúchil

35

Byron Moore

English association football player

*August 24th, 1988, Stoke-on-Trent

35

Braulio Brizuela

Paraguayan footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Paraguay

35

Joanne Mitchell

English film, stage and TV actress

*August 24th, 1988, London

35

Padmanav Bordoloi

Indian playback singer

*August 24th, 1988, Guwahati

35

Juho Reinvall

Finnish judoka

*August 24th, 1988, Nokia

35

Nikolai Johnsen

Norwegian model

*August 24th, 1988, Sandefjord Municipality

35

Nazar Hussain

Pakistani cricketer

*August 24th, 1988, Pishin

35

Jérôme van der Zijl

Footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Brussels-Capital Region

35

Jahmill Flu

Dutch footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Utrecht

35

Etonia Nabuli

Fijian rugby league and rugby union footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Sigatoka

35

Miguel Villarejo

Spanish association football player

*August 24th, 1988, Jaén

35

Poibang Pohshna

Indian Professional Footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Meghalaya

35

Zhang Ruoyun

Chinese actor

*August 24th, 1988, Beijing

35

Sharon Prins

Darts player

*August 24th, 1988, 's-Gravenzande

35

Helga Krapf

Filipino actress

*August 24th, 1988, Germany

35

Erick Neres da Cruz

Brazilian footballer

*August 24th, 1988, Ilha Solteira

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

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

36

Anže Kopitar

Slovenian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

34

Ralf Matzka

German road cyclist

*August 24th, 1989, Villingen-Schwenningen

42

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

41

Kim Källström

Swedish association football player

*August 24th, 1982, Sandviken

32

John Fleck

Scottish association football player (born 1991)

*August 24th, 1991, Glasgow

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

26

Alan Walker

Norwegian DJ and music producer

*August 24th, 1997, Northampton

31

Leonie Pieper

German rower

*August 24th, 1992, Düsseldorf

42

Hervé Bugnet

French footballer

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

25

Marc Hirschi

Swiss cyclist

*August 24th, 1998, Bern

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

86

Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

75

Sauli Niinistö

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

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

36

Daniel Fogg

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist

*August 24th, 1987, Edmonton

68

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 (born 1955)

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

42

Chad Michael Murray

American actor

*August 24th, 1981, Buffalo

33

Elizabeth Debicki

Australian actress

*August 24th, 1990, Paris

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Public holidays on August 24th

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Born on August 24th, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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August 1988