Born on 24 August 1959

At A Glance

24 August 1959 at a glance

Day of the week

24 August 1959 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1959

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1959 was Ben-Hur.

Star sign

The star sign for 24 August is Virgo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 24 August 1959 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 24 August 1959 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 24 August

• 1949 The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• 1950 Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• 1954 The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
• 1963 Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• 1967 Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.

Famous people born on 24 August

• Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary (born 1997)
• Chad Michael Murray, American actor, model, and author (born 1981)
• Jared Harris, English actor (born 1961)
• Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer (born 1963)

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