Born on 24 August 2016

At A Glance

24 August 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

24 August 2016 was a Wednesday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 24 August is Virgo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 24 August 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 24 August 2016 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 24 August

• 2012 Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
• 2014 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
• 2016 Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory.
• 2017 The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
• 2020 Erin O'Toole is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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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