2024 (MMXXIV ) is a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium , the 24th year of the 21st century , and the 5th year of the 2020s decade .
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January
On January 1, an earthquake in Noto Peninsula , Japan , kills over 230 people.
January 1
January 2
January 3 – During a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman , Iran, two bombs explode in the city, killing 91 people and injuring over 170 others.[9] The next day, the Islamic State claim responsibility for the attack.[10]
January 6 – The Iranian-backed Houthi movement launch a drone attack on the USS Laboon in the Red Sea .[11] [12]
January 7 – The Awami League led by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina win the most seats in the Jatiya Sangsad during the general election .[13]
January 8
January 9
January 11
January 12 – A coalition, consisting of the United States , United Kingdom , Australia , Bahrain , Canada and the Netherlands , launch a large-scale missile attack against the Houthis in Yemen .[23] [24]
January 13
January 14
January 15
January 16 – The Houthis attacked the Maltese -flagged bulk carrier Zografia in the southern Red Sea .[34] [35]
January 19 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 's SLIM lunar module successfully lands on the moon.[36]
January 20 – An airstrike kills five elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards in a building in Damascus with Iran blaming Israel .[37]
January 22 – Joseph Boakai is inaugurated as the 26th President of Liberia .[38]
January 23 –24 – Over 40 people are killed in Mangu , Plateau State , Nigeria .[39]
January 24
January 26
January 27 – Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan , Sistan and Baluchestan province , Iran.[45]
January 28
January 30 – Imran Khan , former prime minister of Pakistan , is sentenced to 10 years in prison for revealing state secrets .[49]
January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia .[50]
February
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February
Carl Weathers
Dries van Agt
Sebastián Piñera
Alexei Navalny
Brian Mulroney
February 1 - Carl Weathers , American actor (b. 1948 )[86]
February 4 - Hage Geingob , 3rd President of Namibia (b. 1941 )[87]
February 5 - Dries van Agt , 46th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1931 )[88]
February 6
February 7 - Luigi Arienti , Italian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1937 )[91]
February 10 - Edward Lowassa , 8th Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1953 )[92]
February 11 - Kelvin Kiptum , Kenyan long-distance runner (b. 1999 )[93]
February 16 - Alexei Navalny , Russian lawyer, opposition leader and political prisoner (b. 1976 )[94]
February 17 - Levan Tediashvili , Georgian wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1948 )[95]
February 20
February 21
February 23 - Irene Camber , Italian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1926 )[100]
February 28 - Nikolai Ryzhkov , 10th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1929 )[101]
February 29
March
Herbert Kroemer
Thomas P. Stafford
Daniel Kahneman
Louis Gossett Jr.
March 1
March 3 - Agbéyomé Kodjo , 6th Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1954 )[106]
March 4 - Kees Rijvers , Dutch football player and manager (b. 1926 )[107]
March 7 - Steve Lawrence , American singer and actor (b. 1935 )[108]
March 8 - Herbert Kroemer , German-American Nobel physicist (b. 1928 )[109]
March 11
Eric Carmen , American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist (b. 1949 )[110]
Emilio Correa , Cuban boxer and Olympic champion (b. 1953 )[111]
March 17 - Steve Harley , British singer and songwriter (b. 1951 )[112]
March 18 - Thomas P. Stafford , American astronaut (b. 1930 )[113]
March 23 - Abdulah Sidran , Bosnian poet and screenwriter (b. 1944 )[114]
March 27 - Daniel Kahneman , Israeli-American author, psychologist and Nobel economist (b. 1934 )[115]
March 29 - Louis Gossett Jr. , American actor (b. 1936 )[116]
March 31 - Barbara Rush , American actress (b. 1927 )[117]
April
Maryse Condé
Peter Higgs
O. J. Simpson
Gediminas Kirkilas
Paul Auster
April 2 - Maryse Condé , French novelist (b. 1934 )[118]
April 5 - Mahammed Dionne , 13th Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1959 )[119]
April 8 - Peter Higgs , British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1929 )[120]
April 9 - Vladimir Aksyonov , Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935 )[121]
April 10 - O. J. Simpson , American football player and actor (b. 1947 )[122]
April 12
April 15
April 18 - Dickey Betts , American singer and guitarist (b. 1943 )[127]
April 19 - Daniel Dennett , American philosopher (b. 1942 )[128]
April 20 - Gediminas Kirkilas , 13th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1951 )[129]
April 23
April 24 - Mike Pinder , British musician (b. 1941 )[133]
April 25 - Laurent Cantet , French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1961 )[134]
April 28 - Georgy Mondzolevski , Soviet volleyball player and Olympic champion (b. 1934 )[135]
April 30
May
Bernard Hill
Roger Corman
May 1 - Richard Tandy , English musician (b. 1948 )[138]
May 2 - Sjoukje Dijkstra , Dutch figure skater and Olympic champion (b. 1942 )[139]
May 3 - László Hammerl , Hungarian sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1942 )[140]
May 5
May 9 - Roger Corman , American film director and producer (b. 1926 )[143]
May 10 - Jim Simons , American mathematician (b. 1938 )[144]
May 13 - Alice Munro , Canadian Nobel writer (b. 1931 )[145]
May 19
May 20 - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger , German footballer (b. 1939 )[149]
May 21 - Jan A. P. Kaczmarek , Polish composer (b. 1953 )[150]
May 22 - David Wilkie , Scottish swimmer (b. 1954 )[151]
May 23 - Morgan Spurlock , American filmmaker (b. 1970 )[152]
May 25 - Richard M. Sherman , American songwriter (b. 1928 )[153]
May 27 - Bill Walton , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1952 )[154]
July
Shelley Duvall
Bob Newhart
Ismail Haniyeh
July 1
July 5
July 6 - Javier Valle Riestra , 131st Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1932 )[169]
July 7 - Bengt I. Samuelsson , Swedish Nobel biochemist (b. 1934 )[170]
July 11 - Shelley Duvall , American actress (b. 1949 )[171]
July 13 - Shannen Doherty , American actress (b. 1971 )[172]
July 17 - Cheng Pei-pei , Chinese actress (b. 1946 )[173]
July 18 - Bob Newhart , American comedian and actor (b. 1929 )[174]
July 19
July 23 - Robin Warren , Australian Nobel pathologist (b. 1937 )[177]
July 27 - Edna O'Brien , Irish writer (b. 1930 )[178]
July 29 - Józef Szmidt , Polish athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1935 )[179]
July 31 - Ismail Haniyeh , 3rd Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (b. 1962 /1963 )[180]
Carter, Brian; Mills, Peter; Parry, Andie; Braverman, Alexandra; Carl, Nicholas (6 January 2024). "Iran Update, January 6, 2024" (Historical research and analysis ) . Institute for the Study of War . Washington, D.C. : Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024 . The Houthis continued attacking and harassing US naval forces and commercial shipping in the Red Sea on January 6. CENTCOM said that the USS Laboon, acting in self-defense, shot down a drone launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen in the southern Red Sea.