BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on October 24.

Everyone born on October 24 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is opal, the flower marigold, and the day is shared with Wayne Rooney and Jaylen Brown.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
Opal, the birthstone for October — an engraving
Birthstone
Opal
October
Marigold, the birth flower for October — an engraving
Birth flower
Marigold
& cosmos

Your book

Born on October 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

Scorpio, October 23 to November 21.

The Scorpion, ruled by Mars in the old books and Pluto in the newer ones, which tells you the tradition could not agree on how to handle it. A water sign, credited with intensity, loyalty that runs to the bone, and a stare. Its people are said to keep secrets well — their own and yours — and to forgive nothing and forget less. The books call it magnetic, from a safe distance.

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

Good company

Also born on October 24.

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

1985
Wayne Rooney
English footballer
1996
Jaylen Brown
American basketball player
1986
Drake
Canadian rapper and actor
1997
Raye
British singer-songwriter
1947
Kevin Kline
American actor and singer
1966
Zahn McClarnon
American actor
1936
Bill Wyman
English singer-songwriter and bass player
1915
Bob Kane
American author and illustrator

On this day

What October 24 has seen.

1885The Russian ship Dmitry ran aground in Whitby, an incident that inspired the arrival of Count Dracula to England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel (cover pictured).
1929On "Black Thursday", the New York Stock Exchange lost 11 percent of its value at the opening bell on very heavy trading, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
1930The Pacification Junta deposed Brazillian president Washington Luís, ending the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
2004English football club Manchester United defeated rivals Arsenal 2–0 in the Battle of the Buffet, ending the latter's record-breaking unbeaten run.
2015Lam Wing-kee, the owner of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, known for publishing political books banned in mainland China, was abducted by Chinese authorities.

The calendar

When October 24 falls.

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