November 24: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

November 24 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.
• 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, DC, 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.
• 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 little-known actress 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.
• 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 or the money are ever found.
• 1974 - The skeleton of "Lucy", a 3.18 million years old female hominid, of the genus Australopithecus, was discovered in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia.
• 1976 - The Band gives its last public performance, documented by Martin Scorsese in the film The Last Waltz.
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies of AIDS at age 45.
• 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).
• 1996 - Crowded House play a farewell concert in front of the Sydney Opera House for an estimated crowd of 250,000.
• 1998 - America Online announces it will acquire Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
• 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 - Accident during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, two bystanders are injured.
• 2005 - Conservative leader Stephen Harper, the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliment, 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.

• 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 - King 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)
• 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1863)
• 1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German narrator and poet (d. 1860)
• 1806 - William Webb Ellis, often credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
• 1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
• 1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
• 1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
• 1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter and policeman (d. 1921)
• 1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
• 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
• 1868 - Scott Joplin, American musician (d. 1917)
• 1874 - Charles Miller, 'Father of Brazilian football' (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, film director and producer (d. 1951)
• 1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
• 1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
• 1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
• 1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, England test cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
• 1905 - Irwin Allen, American film producer and director (d. 1991)
• 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 and publisher
• 1917 - Howard Duff, American actor
• 1921 - John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
• 1924 - Victor Grinich Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
• 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr., American writer and political commentator
• 1925 - Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
• 1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player
• 1934 - Alfred Schnittke, German composer (d. 1998)
• 1938 - Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
• 1940 - Paul Tagliabue, commissioner of the National Football League (1989-present)
• 1941 - Pete Best, British musician, Ringo Starr's predecessor in The Beatles
• 1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician, Booker T. and the M.G.'s
• 1942 - Billy Connolly, British comedian
• 1943 - Dave Bing, American basketball player
• 1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
• 1947 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
• 1948 - Steve Yeager, baseball player
• 1951 - Chet Edwards, American politician
• 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
• 1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
• 1962 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
• 1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
• 1964 - Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)
• 1967 - Russell Watson, British singer
• 1968 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1971 - Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
• 1976 - Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
• 1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress

• 654 - Emperor Kōtoku of Japan
• 1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
• 1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
• 1541 - Margaret Tudor, Queen 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)
• 1848 - Lord 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, inventor of the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1922 - Robert Erskine Childers, Irish author and nationalist (executed) (b. 1870)
• 1929 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 - Doris Miller, African-American cook in the United States Navy (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 and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864)
• 1973 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
• 1980 - George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (AIDS) (b. 1946)
• 1991 - Eric Carr, Kiss's Drummer
• 1996 - Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
• 2003 - Floquet de Neu, Spanish albino gorilla (b. 1964)
• 2004 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2004 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
• 2005 - Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)

• 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)
• United States - Thanksgiving (2005)

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