What happened on November 24? There are more than 262 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 24
November 24 is the 329th day of the year 2024. There are 37 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 47th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 sunrise will occur at 06:55 AM and sunset will occur at 04:39 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Sagittarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 66 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 24
- 380Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
- 1227Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
- 1429Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- 1542Battle of Solway Moss: The English army defeats the Scots.
- 1642Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen’s Land (later renamed Tasmania).
- 1835The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
- 1850Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1859Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called “Evolution Day”
- 1863American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
- 1906The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
- 1922Author and Irish Republican Army member Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
- 1932In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 1935The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
- 1940World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 1941World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
- 1943World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
- 1944World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
- 1950The “Storm of the Century”, a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 353 people would die as a result of the storm.
- 1962The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
- 1963Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting happens to be broadcast live on television.
- 1963Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically.
- 1965Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
- 1966Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
- 1969Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.
- 1971During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
- 1973A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
- 1974Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed “Lucy” (after The Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia’s Afar Depression.
- 1980Assassination of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador.
- 1992A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People’s Republic of China, crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
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Who Were Born On November 24?
- 1273Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
- 1394Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
- 1420John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
- 1583Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
- 1615Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
- 1630Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
- 1632Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- 1655Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
- 1690Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
- 1713Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
- 1713Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d. 1768)
- 1724Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
- 1729Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
- 1745Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
- 1774Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
- 1784Zachary Taylor, American general and 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1787Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
- 1801Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
- 1806William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
- 1811Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
- 1815Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
- 1826Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
- 1833Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
- 1849Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
- 1859Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
- 1864Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
- 1868Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
- 1869António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
- 1873Julius Martov, Russian communiust leader (d. 1923)
- 1874Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
- 1876Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d. 1937)
- 1877Alben W. Barkley, American politician and 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
- 1877Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
- 1881Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
- 1884Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
- 1885Christian Wirth, commandant of Belzec extermination camp (d. 1944)
- 1886Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
- 1887Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
- 1888Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
- 1888Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
- 1893Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- 1894Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
- 1897Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
- 1899Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
- 1904Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian Plastic Surgeon (d. 1988)
- 1908Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
- 1910Larry Siemering, American college football head coach (d. 2009)
- 1911Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1911Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1912Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1912Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1912Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
- 1912Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d. 1986)
- 1913Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d. 2005)
- 1916Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1917Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1917Shabtai Rosenne, British-born Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1919David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
- 1921John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1924Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
- 1925Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1925William F. Buckley Jr., American writer (d. 2008)
- 1926Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
- 1929Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist
- 1930Bob Friend, American baseball player
- 1932Fred Titmus, English cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1934Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)
- 1935Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
- 1938Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
- 1938Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
- 1938Willy Claes, Belgian politician
- 1940Don Metz, American architect
- 1940Eric Wilson, Canadian children’s author.
- 1940Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the National Football League
- 1941Donald “Duck” Dunn, American musician (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
- 1941Pete Best, British musician and original drummer for The Beatles.
- 1942Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- 1942Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
- 1943Dave Bing, seven-time All-Star basketball player and 70th mayor of Detroit
- 1943Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
- 1944Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1944Dan Glickman, American political, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas and the 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1944Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
- 1945Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
- 1946Penelope Jones Halsall (aka Caroline Courtney, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright, Annie Groves, Penny Jordan), English novelist
- 1946Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
- 1947Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
- 1947Dwight Schultz, American actor
- 1948Spider Robinson, science fiction author
- 1948Steve Yeager, baseball player
- 1949Linda Tripp, American political figure
- 1949Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
- 1950Roscoe Born, American actor
- 1950Stanley Livingston, American actor
- 1951Chet Edwards, American politician
- 1951Mimis Androulakis, Greek politician and writer
- 1952Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
- 1952Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
- 1953Glenn Withrow, American actor
- 1954Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
- 1955Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie)
- 1955Ian Botham, England test cricketer
- 1955Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
- 1955Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
- 1957Denise Crosby, American actress
- 1957Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
- 1958Alain Chabat, French actor and director
- 1958Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
- 1959Robert Jüttner, German footballer
- 1960Amanda Wyss, American actress
- 1960Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
- 1961Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
- 1961Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
- 1962Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer
- 1962John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
- 1962John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
- 1962Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer
- 1964Brad Sherwood, American comedian
- 1964Garret Dillahunt, American actor
- 1964Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
- 1965Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
- 1965Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
- 1966Russell Watson, British singer
- 1967Cal Eldred, American baseball player
- 1967Henrik Brockmann, Danish heavy metal singer
- 1968Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1968Todd Beamer, American, acclaimed hero of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
- 1969David Adeang, Nauruan politician
- 1969Rob Nicholson, American musician
- 1970Ashley Ward, British footballer
- 1970Doug Brien, American football player
- 1970Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
- 1971Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
- 1971Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974Machel Montano, Trinidad & Tobago musician
- 1974Stephen Merchant, British comedian
- 1974Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
- 1975Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
- 1976Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
- 1976Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976Dave Aizer, American television host
- 1977Colin Hanks, American actor
- 1978Katherine Heigl, American actress
- 1979Becca Barlow, American guitarist (BarlowGirl)
- 1979Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer
- 1980Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
- 1982Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player
- 1982Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
- 1983Dean Ashton, English footballer
- 1983José López, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
- 1983Lars Eckert, German rugby player
- 1983Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
- 1984Maria Riesch, German alpine skier
- 1985Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
- 1985Tony Hunt, American football player
- 1986Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
- 1986Pedro León, Spanish footballer
- 1990Sarah Hyland, American actress
- 1993Ivi Adamou, Greek-Cypriot singer
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Who Died On November 24?
- 654Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
- 1072King Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
- 1265Magnus Olafsson, King of Mann and the Isles
- 1326Hugh Despenser the Younger, English nobleman and favourite of Edward II of England (b. abt. 1296)
- 1468Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- 1531Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
- 1572John Knox, Scottish reformer (b. 1510)
- 1583René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
- 1615Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
- 1650Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
- 1722Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
- 1741Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
- 1770Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
- 1775Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
- 1781James Caldwell, American Revolution figure (b. 1734)
- 1793Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
- 1801Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
- 1807Joseph Brant, American Indian tribal leader (b. 1742)
- 1848William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
- 1870Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
- 1885Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine president (b. 1837)
- 1890August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
- 1916Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
- 1920Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (b. 1854)
- 1920Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian theatre actor and director (b. 1857)
- 1922Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (b. 1870)
- 1929Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. 1841)
- 1943Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
- 1948Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother’s Day (b. 1864)
- 1956Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
- 1957Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
- 1958Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
- 1959Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
- 1960Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
- 1961Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1893)
- 1963Lee Harvey Oswald, American accused assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
- 1963Marotrao Kannamwar, Indian politician
- 1965Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
- 1967Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
- 1968d.a. levy, Cleveland poet (b. 1942)
- 1973John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
- 1980George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1980Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
- 1980Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (b. 1917)
- 1985Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1987Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
- 1990Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
- 1990Fred Shero, National Hockey League player and coach (b. 1925)
- 1990Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
- 1991Eric Carr, American drummer (KISS) (b. 1950)
- 1991Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (b. 1946)
- 1993Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1996Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
- 1997Monique Andrée Serf, French singer (b. 1930)
- 1999Hilary Minster, British actor (b. 1944)
- 2001Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
- 2002John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
- 2003Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
- 2003Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2004Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
- 2004Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2005Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2006George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
- 2006Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
- 2006Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
- 2007Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
- 2008Cecil H. Underwood, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2008Kenny MacLean, Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
- 2009Abe Pollin, American professional sports team owner (b. 1923)
- 2009Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
- 2009Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician (b. 1935)
- 2010Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
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