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is the 328th day (329th on
leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 37 days remaining in the year.
Events
*
380 -
Theodosius I makes his
adventus, or formal entry, into
Constantinople.
*
642 -
Theodore succeeds John IV as
Pope.
*
1190 -
Isabella of Jerusalem marries
Conrad of Montferrat at
Acre, making him
de jure King.
*
1639 -
Jeremiah Horrocks observes the
transit of Venus (November 24 in the
Julian calendar, or
December 4 in the
Gregorian calendar).
*
1642 -
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island
Van Diemen's Land (later renamed
Tasmania).
*
1859 -
Charles Darwin publishes
The Origin of Species.
*
1863 -
American 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.
*
1904 - The first successful
caterpillar track is made.
*
1922 - Author and
Irish Republican Army member
Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an
Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
*
1932 - In
Washington, D.C., the
FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
*
1935 - The
Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
*
1941 -
World War II: The
United States grants
Lend-Lease to the
Free French.
*
1943 - World War II: The
USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near
Tarawa and sinks with nearly 650 men killed.
*
1944 - World War II:
Bombing of Tokyo - The first bombing raid against the
Japanese capital from the east and by land was made by 88
American aircraft.
*
1947 -
Red Scare: After refusing to co-operate with the
House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of
Communist influence in the
movie industry, the
United States House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of
contempt of Congress against the so-called
Hollywood 10.
* 1947 -
Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of
France*
1951 - The
Broadway play
Gigi opens with a then unknown actress by the name of
Audrey Hepburn in the title role.
*
1962 - The
West Berlin branch of the
Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the
Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
*
1963 -
John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by
Jack Ruby in
Dallas, Texas on live national
television.
* 1963 -
Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President
Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the
United States intends to continue supporting
South Vietnam both militarily and economically.
*
1965 -
Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the
Congo and becomes
President; he goes on to rule the country (which he renames
Zaire in
1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in
1997.
*
1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near
Bratislava, Slovakia.
*
1966 -
New York City experiences the smoggiest day in that city's history.
*
1969 -
Apollo program: The
Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the
Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the
Moon.
*
1971 - During a severe
thunderstorm over
Washington state, a
hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA
D.B. Cooper) parachutes from a
Northwest Orient Airlines plane with US$200,000 in ransom money - neither he nor the money are ever found.
*
1976 -
The Band gives its last public performance, documented by
Martin Scorsese in the film
The Last Waltz.
*
1988 - The cult favorite
Mystery Science Theater 3000 debuts on
Minneapolis UHF station KTMA TV24.
*
1992 - In the
People's Republic of China, a
China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
*
1993 - In
Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the
murder of 2-year-old
James Bulger.
*
1996 -
Rusty Wallace wins the
Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 racing event at
Suzuka Circuitland in
Suzuka City (this was the first
NASCAR competition held in
Japan).
*
1998 -
America Online announces it will acquire
Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
*
2000 - The
PlayStation 2 is released in
Europe, for around €449/£299.
*
2002 -
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on mission
STS-113, the final successful shuttle flight before the ill-fated
STS-107 Columbia mission.
*
2005 - The
Licensing Act 2003 comes into force in
England and Wales, introducing flexibility in the hours during which
alcoholic beverages may be sold.
* 2005 - Then-Conservative leader
Stephen Harper, the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, introduced a
motion of no confidence, which NDP leader
Jack Layton seconded. The motion was passed on
November 28 which led to the dissolution to the
38th Canadian Parliament.
*
2006 -
Israeli serial rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody.
Births
*
1273 -
Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of
Edward I of England (d.
1284)
*
1394 -
Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d.
1465)
*
1420 -
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d.
1473)
*
1583 -
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d.
1641)
*
1615 -
Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d.
1690)
*
1630 -
Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d.
1718)
*
1632 -
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d.
1677)
*
1655 -
Charles XI of Sweden (d.
1697)
*
1690 -
Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d.
1750)
*
1713 -
Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d.
1784)
* 1713 -
Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d.
1768)
*
1729 -
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d.
1800)
*
1774 -
Thomas Dick, a Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d.
1857).
*
1784 -
Zachary Taylor, 12th
President of the United States (d.
1850)
*
1787 -
Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d.
1863)
*
1801 -
Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d.
1860)
*
1806 -
William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d.
1872)
*
1811 -
Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d.
1890)
*
1815 -
Grace Darling, English heroine (d.
1842)
*
1826 -
Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d.
1890)
*
1849 -
Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d.
1924)
*
1853 -
Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d.
1921)
*
1859 -
Cass Gilbert, American architect (d.
1934)
*
1864 -
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d.
1901)
*
1874 -
Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d.
1953)
*
1876 -
Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d.
1937)
*
1877 -
Alben W. Barkley,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1956)
*
1881 -
Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d.
1951)
*
1884 -
Itzhak Ben-Zvi,
President of Israel (d.
1963)
*
1886 -
Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d.
1973)
*
1887 -
Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d.
1973)
*
1888 -
Dale Carnegie, American writer (d.
1955)
* 1888 -
Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d.
1972)
*
1894 -
Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d.
1978)
*
1897 -
Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d.
1962)
*
1908 -
Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d.
2000)
*
1911 -
Joe Medwick, baseball player (d.
1975)
* 1911 -
Kirby Grant, American actor (d.
1985)
*
1912 -
Garson Kanin, American writer (d.
1999)
* 1912 -
Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d.
1986)
*
1913 -
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d.
2005)
*
1916 -
Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer
* 1916 -
Irwin Allen, American film producer (d.
1991)
*
1917 -
Howard Duff, American actor (d.
1990)
*
1921 -
John Lindsay, American politician (d.
2000)
*
1924 -
Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d.
2000)
*
1925 -
William F. Buckley Jr., American writer
* 1925 -
Simon van der Meer,
Nobel Prize laureate
*
1926 -
Tsung-Dao Lee,
Nobel Prize laureate
*
1927 -
Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d.
2003)
*
1930 -
Bob Friend, baseball player
*
1934 -
Alfred Schnittke, German composer (d.
1998)
*
1935 -
Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
*
1938 -
Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
*
1940 -
Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the
National Football League* 1940 -
Don Metz, American architect
*
1941 -
Pete Best, British musician
* 1941 -
Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician,
Booker T. and the M.G.'s*
1942 -
Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
* 1942 -
Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
*
1943 -
Dave Bing, American basketball player
* 1943 -
Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
*
1944 -
Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
*
1945 -
Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
*
1946 -
Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d.
1989)
*
1947 -
Dwight Schultz, American actor
*
1948 -
Steve Yeager, baseball player
*
1951 -
Chet Edwards, American politician
*
1954 -
Emir Kusturica, serbian filmmaker
*
1955 -
Ian Botham, England test cricketer
* 1955 -
Elvis Ramone, American drummer (
The Ramones)
* 1955 -
Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
*
1957 -
Denise Crosby, American actress
* 1957 -
Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
*
1958 -
Alain Chabat, French actor and director
*
1960 -
Amanda Wyss, American actress
* 1960 -
Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
*
1962 -
John Squire, British guitarist (
The Stone Roses)
* 1962 -
John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
*
1964 -
Brad Sherwood, American comedian
*
1965 -
Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
* 1965 -
Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
*
1966 -
Russell Watson, British singer
*
1967 -
Cal Eldred, baseball player
*
1968 -
Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
*
1969 -
Rob Nicholson, American musician
*
1970 -
Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
*
1971 -
Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
*
1971 -
Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
*
1974 -
Stephen Merchant, British comedian
*
1976 -
Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
* 1976 -
Dave Aizer, American Television Host
*
1977 -
Colin Hanks, American actor
*
1978 -
Katherine Heigl, American actress
*
1980 -
Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
*
1983 -
Dean Ashton, English footballer
Deaths
*
654 -
Emperor Kōtoku of Japan
*
1468 -
Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b.
1402)
*
1531 -
Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b.
1482)
*
1541 -
Margaret Tudor, wife of
James IV of Scotland (b.
1489)
*
1572 -
John Knox, Scottish reformer
*
1583 -
René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b.
1506)
*
1615 -
Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b.
1556)
*
1650 -
Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b.
1566)
*
1722 -
Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b.
1623)
*
1741 - Queen
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b.
1688)
*
1770 -
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b.
1685)
*
1775 -
Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b.
1703)
*
1781 -
James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b.
1734)
*
1793 -
Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b.
1723)
*
1801 -
Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b.
1725)
*
1807 -
Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (b.
1742)
*
1848 -
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1779)
*
1870 -
Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b.
1846)
*
1890 -
August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b.
1816)
*
1916 - Sir
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b.
1840)
*
1922 -
Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (executed) (b.
1870)
*
1929 -
Georges Clemenceau,
Premier of France (b.
1841)
*
1943 -
Doris Miller, American navy cook (b.
1919)
*
1956 -
Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b.
1920)
*
1957 -
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b.
1886)
*
1958 -
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician,
Nobel laureate (b.
1864)
*
1959 -
Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league player (b.
1883)
*
1960 -
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
*
1963 -
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of
John F. Kennedy (b.
1939)
*
1965 -
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b.
1895)
*
1973 -
John Neihardt, American writer (b.
1881)
*
1980 -
George Raft, American actor (b.
1895)
*
1985 -
Big Joe Turner, American singer (b.
1911)
*
1987 -
Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author and commentator (b.
1904)
*
1990 -
Fred Shero,
National Hockey League player and coach (b.
1925)
*
1991 -
Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (
Queen) (b.
1946)
*1991 -
Eric Carr, American drummer (
KISS) (b.
1950)
*
1996 -
Sorley MacLean, British poet (b.
1911)
*
2002 -
John Rawls, Political philosopher (b.
1921)
*
2003 -
Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b.
1964)
* 2003 -
Warren Spahn,
Major League Baseball player (b.
1921)
*
2004 -
Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b.
1940)
*2004 -
Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b.
1920)
*
2005 -
Pat Morita, American actor (b.
1932)
*
2006 -
Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer and writer (b.
1950)
*2006 -
Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b.
1928)
Holidays and observances
*
Roman festivals - in the
Byzantine empire the
Brumalia (a wine festival) were celebrated from this day until the winter
solstice*
R.C. Saints - Saint
Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese martyrs
* Also see
November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Feast Day of Saint
Colman of Cloyne -
Cobh,
Ireland*
Teacher's Day in
Turkey* Lachit Divas is observed on 24th November each year in
Assam,
India to commemorate the heroism of the Assamese General
Lachit Borphukan and the victory of Assamese army over the
Mughal army in the
Battle of Saraighat in 1671.
*For
2006,
Black Friday (shopping) - unofficial holiday.
External links
*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/24 BBC: On This Day*
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20061124.html The New York Times: On This Day*
http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Nov&day=24 On This Day in Canada----
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October 24 -
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