November 24th, 2008

Born on November 24th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 206 days, exactly on April 29th, 2025, people who were born on November 24th, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 24th?

November 24th, 2023

Hibiscus Rising (pictured), commemorating the life of David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.

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.

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

Born on November 24th, 2008

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

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

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

69

Emir Kusturica

Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

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

17

Nina Pinzarrone

Belgian figure skater

*November 24th, 2006, Brussels

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

*November 24th, 1927, 8th arrondissement of Paris †April 24th, 2017, Graneros

35

Ayem Nour

French actress

*November 24th, 1988, Lyon

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

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

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

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

81

Philipp August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

33

Tom Odell

English singer and songwriter

*November 24th, 1990, Chichester

85

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

*November 24th, 1925, The Hague †March 4th, 2011, Geneva

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

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Born in 2008

16

Francesco Camarda

Italian association football player (born 2008)

*March 10th, 2008, Milan

16

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

16

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

16

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

16

Emma Kok

Dutch singer

*March 12th, 2008, Maastricht

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Helen Kevric

German artistic gymnast

*March 21st, 2008, Stuttgart

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

16

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer (2008-)

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

16

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

16

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

15

Diego Topa

Argentinian actor

*October 11th, 2008, Caseros

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

16

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Finnlay Berger

German actor

*November 30th, 2008, Berlin

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

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Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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