The almanac
The 2024 Edition
Limited to about 132 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2024. About 128 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2024
- A private lander reached the MoonIntuitive Machines' Nova-C touched down near the lunar south pole carrying NASA science gear.February 22 · Source: NASA
- Texas Hold 'Em reached No. 1Beyonce's country song climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.March 2 · Source: Billboard
- A total solar eclipse crossed North AmericaDay turned to dusk along a path from Mexico through the US to Canada.April 8 · Source: NASA
- Inside Out 2 opened in theatersAnxiety and new emotions moved into teenage Riley's head.June 14 · Source: The Numbers
- Paris opened the Olympics on the SeineAthletes paraded on boats along the river instead of in a stadium.July 26 · Source: Olympedia
- Europa Clipper launched to JupiterNASA's probe set out to study Europa, a moon with an ocean under its ice.October 14 · Source: NASA
No. 1 songs of 2024
- Rockin' Around The Christmas TreeBrenda Lee · first week at No. 1: January 6, 2024
- Lovin On MeJack Harlow · first week at No. 1: January 13, 2024
- Yes, And?Ariana Grande · first week at No. 1: January 27, 2024
- HissMegan Thee Stallion · first week at No. 1: February 10, 2024
- Texas Hold 'EmBeyonce · first week at No. 1: March 2, 2024
- Carnival¥$: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti · first week at No. 1: March 16, 2024
- We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)Ariana Grande · first week at No. 1: March 23, 2024
- Lose ControlTeddy Swims · first week at No. 1: March 30, 2024
- Like ThatFuture, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar · first week at No. 1: April 6, 2024
- Too SweetHozier · first week at No. 1: April 27, 2024
- FortnightTaylor Swift Featuring Post Malone · first week at No. 1: May 4, 2024
- Not Like UsKendrick Lamar · first week at No. 1: May 18, 2024
- I Had Some HelpPost Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen · first week at No. 1: May 25, 2024
- Please Please PleaseSabrina Carpenter · first week at No. 1: June 29, 2024
- A Bar Song (Tipsy)Shaboozey · first week at No. 1: July 13, 2024
- Love SomebodyMorgan Wallen · first week at No. 1: November 2, 2024
- Squabble UpKendrick Lamar · first week at No. 1: December 7, 2024
- All I Want For Christmas Is YouMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: December 14, 2024
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2024. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2024
- Younger than the Webb telescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021.
- Younger than the first flight on MarsNASA's Ingenuity helicopter made the first powered flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.
- Younger than the Perseverance roverNASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.