April 24th, 2017

Born on April 24th, 2017

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 24th?

April 24th, 2013

A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.

April 24th, 1993

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.

April 24th, 1990

The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.

April 24th, 1965

Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.

April 24th, 1944

World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.

April 24th, 1933

Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

April 24th, 1932

An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to areas of open country in England.

April 24th, 1922

The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened.

April 24th, 1918

First World War: The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux began, which contained the first instance of tanks fighting against each other.

April 24th, 1916

Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Irish Republic an independent state.

April 24th, 1915

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire began with the arrest and deportation of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople.

April 24th, 1914

The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.

April 24th, 1913

The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).

April 24th, 1904

Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working, the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publications written in Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet.

April 24th, 1866

German composer Max Bruch conducted the premiere of his first violin concerto, which later became his most famous work.

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

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

30

Robin Tabeling

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1994, Amstelveen

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

31

Ashe

American singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1993, San Jose

26

Chen Xiaoxin

Chinese badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

29

Ludmilla

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Duque de Caxias

41

Jenny Adler

German biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Suhl

36

Aprilia Yuswandari

Indonesian badminton player

*April 24th, 1988, Bantul

38

Sabine Devooght

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1986, Bruges

28

Oda Maria Hove Bogstad

Norwegian association football player

*April 24th, 1996, Moi

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

29

GJan

Lithuanian singer-songwriter

*April 24th, 1995, Vilnius

45

Philippe Bourret

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1979, Montreal

41

Ivan Joller

Swiss biathlete

*April 24th, 1983, Stans

50

Eric Kripke

American screenwriter, television director, television producer

*April 24th, 1974, Toledo

50

Derek Luke

American actor

*April 24th, 1974, Jersey City

60

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor

*April 24th, 1964, Cotonou

56

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

*April 24th, 1968, Dublin

24

Filip Bilbija

German association football player

*April 24th, 2000, Berlin

42

Kelly Clarkson

American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality

*April 24th, 1982, Fort Worth

33

Morgan Ciprès

French Olympic figure skater

*April 24th, 1991, Melun

Same year
Born in 2017

6

Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna

Younger son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*August 31st, 2017, Danderyd Hospital

6

Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro

Daughter of Cristiano Ronaldo

*November 12th, 2017, Madrid

6

Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim

His Highness Raja Muda of Johor

*October 14th, 2017, Sultanah Aminah Hospital

6

Sir Carter

Son of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

6

Rumi Carter

Daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z

*June 13th, 2017, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

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Born on April 24th, 2017
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2017 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 2017