August 24th, 1997

Born on August 24th, 1997

Age in days, weeks and months
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... 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, 1997

26

Alan Walker

Norwegian DJ and music producer

*August 24th, 1997, Northampton

26

Han Hye-ri

South Korean singer and actress

*August 24th, 1997, Gwangmyeong

26

Szymon Sajnok

Polish cyclist

*August 24th, 1997, Kartuzy

26

Amber Bongard

German actress

*August 24th, 1997, Potsdam

26

D'Eriq King

American football player (born 1997)

*August 24th, 1997, Manvel

26

Jarred Anderson

Australian rugby league footballer

*August 24th, 1997, Maitland

26

Worachit Kanitsribampen

Thai association football player

*August 24th, 1997, Chiang Mai

26

Luis Diego Rivas

Costa Rican footballer

*August 24th, 1997, Alvarado Canton

26

Nicla Mosetti

Italian athletics competitor

*August 24th, 1997, Trieste

26

Gabi Kanichowsky

Israeli association footballer

*August 24th, 1997, Ra'anana

26

Heinz Mörschel

German footballer

*August 24th, 1997, Germany

26

Miki Yanagi

Japanese actress and model

*August 24th, 1997, Osaka Prefecture

26

Karol Robak

Polish taekwondo practitione

*August 24th, 1997, Poznań

26

Nicolas Wähling

German football player

*August 24th, 1997, Ludwigsburg

26

Gorazd Srbljak

Macedonian tennis player

*August 24th, 1997, Skopje

26

Gastón Roselló

Uruguayan footballer

*August 24th, 1997, Montevideo

26

Lamine Ba

Mauritanian and French association football player

*August 24th, 1997, Villepinte

26

Abdullah Majrashi (footballer, born 1997)

Association football player

*August 24th, 1997, Saudi Arabia

26

Deepti Sharma

Indian woman cricketer

*August 24th, 1997, Agra

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

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

25

Marc Hirschi

Swiss cyclist

*August 24th, 1998, Bern

36

Anže Kopitar

Slovenian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

35

Rupert Grint

English actor

*August 24th, 1988, Harlow

31

Leonie Pieper

German rower

*August 24th, 1992, Düsseldorf

42

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

32

John Fleck

Scottish association football player (born 1991)

*August 24th, 1991, Glasgow

86

Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

41

Kim Källström

Swedish association football player

*August 24th, 1982, Sandviken

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

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

68

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 (born 1955)

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

27

Kenzo Shirai

Japanese gymnast

*August 24th, 1996, Yokohama

45

Alex Lutz

French actor

*August 24th, 1978, Strasbourg

42

Hervé Bugnet

French footballer

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

34

Ralf Matzka

German road cyclist

*August 24th, 1989, Villingen-Schwenningen

35

Romain Hardy

Racing cyclist

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

Same year
Born in 1997

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

26

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

27

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

27

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

26

Leony

German pop singer

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

27

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

26

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

26

Fabian Reese

German association football player

*November 29th, 1997, Kiel

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Public holidays on August 24th

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Born on August 24th, 1997
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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August 1997