2024

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:	2021 2022 2023 – 2024 – 2025 2026 2027

2024 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2024 MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2777
Armenian calendar	1473 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6774
Bahá'í calendar	180–181
Balinese saka calendar	1945–1946
Bengali calendar	1431
Berber calendar	2974
British Regnal year	2 Cha. 3 – 3 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar	2568
Burmese calendar	1386
Byzantine calendar	7532–7533
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4720 or 4660     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4721 or 4661
Coptic calendar	1740–1741
Discordian calendar	3190
Ethiopian calendar	2016–2017
Hebrew calendar	5784–5785
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2080–2081
- Shaka Samvat	1945–1946
- Kali Yuga	5124–5125
Holocene calendar	12024
Igbo calendar	1024–1025
Iranian calendar	1402–1403
Islamic calendar	1445–1446
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 6 (令和６年)
Javanese calendar	1957–1958
Juche calendar	113
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4357
Minguo calendar	ROC 113 民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar	556
Thai solar calendar	2567
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2150 or 1769 or 997     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time	1704067200 – 1735689599

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.

Events

January

On January 1, an earthquake in Noto Peninsula, Japan, kills over 230 people.

• January 1
  • Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.^[1]
  • The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh unifies with Azerbaijan.^[2]
  • A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes Noto Peninsula on the western coast of Japan, killing over 230 people and injuring nearly 1,300 others.^[3]
  • Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.^[4]
• January 2
  • South Korean Opposition Leader Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck while visiting a construction site in Gadeokdo, Busan.^[5]
  • The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President of the Marshall Islands for a second non-consecutive term.^[6]
  • A Japan Airlines plane with passengers on board catches fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo when it crashes with a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) plane which was carrying aid relief to areas affected by the Noto earthquake. Five out of a total of six people from the JCG plane died.^[7]
  • Senior Hamas leader and Al-Qassam Brigades founder Saleh al-Arouri is killed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.^[8]
• 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
  • United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launches the Peregrine lunar lander, making it the first mission on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.^[14] Seven hours after launch, a problem caused the rocket to experience critical fuel loss and the abandonment of the moon landing.^[15]
  • Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of a drug cartel leader from prison, deploying the country's military onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew.^[16]
• January 9
  • Gabriel Attal is appointed Prime Minister of France, replacing Élisabeth Borne, becoming the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the office.^[17]
  • The Houthis launch a series of attacks in the Red Sea, which is responded to by the navies of the United States and United Kingdom.^[18]
• January 11
  • The Iranian Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-controlled and Greek-operated civilian oil tanker St Nikolas.^[19]
  • The United States seizes control and later sinks an Iranian dhow, which was transporting supplies to the Houthis. The operation resulted in the entire crew of the vessel being captured as well as two U.S. Navy SEALs being lost at sea.^[20][21]
  • Riots break out in Port Moresby and Lae, Papua New Guinea, after a possible rounding error causes pay cuts in police officers and soldiers.^[22]
• 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
  • Vice President Lai Ching-te is elected President of Taiwan with 40% of the vote.^[25]
  • The USS Carney launches missiles towards and destroyed a Houthi radar facility at the al-Dailami Air Base in Yemen.
• January 14
  • Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark ascends the throne as King Frederick X, following the planned abdication of his mother Margrethe II.^[26]
  • The Houthis launch another attack on the USS Laboon, eight days after the previous attack.^[27]
  • Azali Assoumani is re-elected as President of the Comoros.^[28]
• January 15
  • Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala following a delay by the Congress of Guatemala.^[29]
  • North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and asks the Supreme People's Assembly to formally recognize South Korea as a separate country.^[30]
  • The Houthis launch an attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle.^[31]
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian military, launched ballistic missiles towards the United States Consulate in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq as well as an alleged Mossad spy headquarters.^[32]
  • The Iranian government extends Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail sentence of 12 years for 'spreading propaganda'.^[33]
• 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
  • A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing everybody on board.^[40]
  • A fire kills 39 people in Yushui, Xinyu, Jiangxi, China.^[41]
• January 26
  • Israel–Hamas war: The UN's International Court of Justice in its first ruling on South Africa's genocide case against Israel, rules that, Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stops short of ordering an immediate stopping of operations or ceasefire.^[42]
  • Prime Minister of Tuvalu Kausea Natano loses reelection to Parliament.^[43] A month later, Feleti Teo was elected prime minister.^[44]
• January 27 – Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.^[45]
• January 28
  • Two Islamic State gunmen kill a Turkish man in a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey.^[46]
  • Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb is elected the 13th President of Finland.^[47]
  • An Islamic Resistance in Iraq drone attack kills three American soldiers in Rukban, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan.^[48]
• 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

• February 1–5 – Over 130 people are killed by wildfires in Chile.
• February 2 – The United States Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against the Iranian military and their supporters in Iraq and Syria.
• February 3 – 4 – Thirty-seven people are killed in Abyei.
• February 4 – Nayib Bukele is re-elected president in the 2024 Salvadoran general election.
• February 6
  • The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front kill one person in a mass shooting in Istanbul, Turkey.^[51]
  • Ten people are killed in a quadruple bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
  • Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera is killed in a helicopter crash in Lake Ranco, Los Ríos Region, Chile.
• February 7
  • Two Islamic State motorcycle bombings kill about 30 people in Pishin and Killa Saifullah Districts in Balochistan, Pakistan.^[52]
  • Ilham Aliyev is re-elected president in the 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election.^[53]
• February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election.^[54]
• February 16 – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in FKU IK-3, a prison in Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.^[55]
• February 17 – A man kills 12 people in a mass shooting in Faryab County, Kerman province, Iran.^[56]
• February 22 – At least ten people are killed in a fire at an apartment block in Valencia, Spain.
• February 25 – 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election.^[57]
• February 29 – Soldiers of the Israeli Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than a hundred people, as the Palestinian casualties of the war exceed 30,000.^[58]

March

• March 7 – Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO.^[59]
• March 10 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election takes place.^[60]
• March 11 – Haitian Prime Minister and President Ariel Henry announces his resignation.^[61]
• March 15–17 – 2024 Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is re-elected for a fifth term as President of Russia.^[62]
• March 22 – At least 133 people killed and more than 140 injured in a shooting in the Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow. The building is reportedly on fire after an explosion; The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.^[63]
• March 25 – The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.^[64]

April

• April 1 – The Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria was struck by a missile, killing at least eleven people, including IRGC Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi.^[65]
• April 19 – June 1 – 2024 Indian general election.^[66]

May

June

• June 2 – 2024 Mexican general election: Claudia Sheinbaum is the first woman to be elected as President of Mexico.

July

• July 13 – Former President Donald J. Trump survives an assassination attempt at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
• July 26 – August 11 – 2024 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France.^[67]

August

• August 28 – September 8 - 2024 Summer Paralympics are held in Paris, France.

September

• September 5 – September 8: Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam and China, causing lots of damage in that area, after the typhoon is gone in Vietnam, Phong Chau Bridge had collapse near Hanoi.
• September 7 – 2024 Algerian presidential election.^[68]

October

• October 27 – 2024 Japanese general election.^[69]

November

• November 5 – 2024 United States presidential election: Donald Trump is elected to a second non-consecutive term.^[70]

Predicted or scheduled events

Date unknown

• November – Artemis 2, the second mission of the Artemis program, is planned to launch.

Deaths

See the main article: Deaths in 2024

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