Leap Year: 1988 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Capricorn.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1988 was the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
Native American Zodiac: The 24th of December, 1988 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Age: Anyone born on the 24th of December, 1988, will be 30 years of age.
American Format: 12-24-1988 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
YMD Format: 1988-12-24. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19881224" are easier to sort.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 598924800.
Holidays
National holidays and famous events that fall on the 24th of December:
Christmas Eve
Music Singles
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 24th of December, 1988:
United States: Look Away - Chicago
United Kingdom: Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
Movie Box Office
What movie was on top of the box office?
The movie "Twins" was at the top of the box office on this date.
News Topics, Fads & Culture
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on the 24th of December, 1988.
Straight Outta Compton
West Coast Gangsta Rap is beginning to take off after NWA release their album "Straight Outta Compton" on the 8th of August, 1988.
Fictional Date
The 24th of December, 1988 has been mentioned in a movie, book or television series:
The date that the events from the movie Die Hard occur on.
Weather
Weather information for the 24th of December, 1988:
Dublin, Ireland: It was 12.2 degrees Celsius. There was heavy rain. It was a windy day. It was a cloudy day.
New York, USA: Temperature: 38.5 degrees Fahrenheit. 3.61 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. Rain fell. Precipitation: 2.03cm.
24th of December, 1980: Britain's Roswell: Multiple witnesses report seeing strange lights near the RAF Woodbridge station in Suffolk, England.
24th of December, 2000: A gang of escaped prisoners hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered after responding to the scene
Enter your date of birth below to find out how old you were on the 24th of December, 1988.
Videos
Looking for some nostalgia? Here are some Youtube videos relating to the 24th of December, 1988. Please note that videos are automatically selected by Youtube and that results may vary! Click on the "Load Next Video" button to view the next video in the search playlist. In many cases, you'll find episodes of old TV shows, documentaries, music videos and soap dramas.
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Visualize
Visualize the days that have passed since the 24th of December, 1988. Each day that has passed will be represented as a calendar icon.
Time Difference & Statistics
Here are some fun statistics about the 24th of December, 1988.
11,012 days have passed since this date.
951,436,800 seconds have passed since the 24th of December, 1988.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,110,009,600 times.
Since the 24th of December, 1988, earth has travelled approximately 490,941,388,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 158,572,800 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 81,823,565 steps. That's about 36,366 miles!
Since this date, 11,417,242 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!
Translations
Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Saturday" in other languages is:
German: Samstag.
French: Samedi.
Italian: Sabato.
Spanish: Sabado.
Portuguese: Sabado.
Comments
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