BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on March 24.

Everyone born on March 24 is a Aries — ruled by Mars, first, loudest, already gone. The stone is aquamarine, the flower daffodil, and the day is shared with Steve McQueen and Jim Parsons.

Aries, the Ram — an engraving
Sun sign
Aries ♈︎
the Ram · ruled by Mars · first, loudest, already gone
Aquamarine, the birthstone for March — an engraving
Birthstone
Aquamarine
March
Daffodil, the birth flower for March — an engraving
Birth flower
Daffodil
& jonquil

Your book

Born on March 24? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Aries, March 21 to April 19.

The first sign, and the tradition treats it that way: the Ram is the one who goes first — through the door, into the argument, off the cliff. Ruled by Mars, a fire sign, and the books credit it with courage, impatience and a short memory for grudges, which is a generous way of saying it has already moved on. Its people are supposed to start things. Finishing them is what the other eleven are for.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on March 24.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1930
Steve McQueen
American actor and producer
1973
Jim Parsons
American actor
1949
Tabitha King
American poet and author
1834
William Morris
English poet and author
1951
Tommy Hilfiger
American fashion designer
1901
Ub Iwerks
American director and animator
1961
Yanis Varoufakis
Greek economist and politician
1998
Ethel Cain
American singer-songwriter and record producer

On this day

What March 24 has seen.

It is World Tuberculosis Day.

1882German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.
1900Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1921The inaugural Women's Olympiad (cover pictured), the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.
1939Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany.

The calendar

When March 24 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.