November 24
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November 24 is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 37 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus , or formal entry, into Constantinople .
1429 – Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité .
1542 – Battle of Solway Moss : The English army defeats the Scots.
1639 – Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus , an event he had predicted.
1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania ).
1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf , Schleswig-Holstein.
1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On 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 .
1906 – The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal , the first major scandal in professional American football .
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.
1940 – World War II : Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact , officially joining the Axis Powers .
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 is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin .
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting is broadcast live on 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 rules 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 , Czechoslovakia .
1966 – New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.
1969 – Apollo program : The Apollo 12 command module 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 $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
1974 – Donald 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 .
1992 – A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People's Republic of China , 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 .
2007 – Australians elect the centre-left Australian Labor Party at a federal election ; the outgoing prime minister , John Howard , becomes the first since 1929 to lose his own seat.
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)
1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony , queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 – Alexander Suvorov , Russian general (d. 1800)
1745 – Maria Louisa of Spain , Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
1774 – Thomas Dick , 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)
1833 – Antoine Labelle , Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
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)
1868 – Scott Joplin , Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
1869 – António Óscar Carmona , 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1873 – Julius Martov , Russian communiust leader (d. 1923)
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)
1877 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara , Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1881 – Al Christie , Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 – Itzhak Ben-Zvi , President of Israel (d. 1963)
1885 – Christian Wirth , commandant of Belzec extermination camp (d. 1944)
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)
1893 – Charles F. Hurley , 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 – Herbert Sutcliffe , English cricketer (d. 1978)
1897 – Lucky Luciano , American gangster (d. 1962)
1899 – Ward Morehouse , American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1908 – Libertad Lamarque , Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
1910 – Larry Siemering , American college football head coach (d. 2009)
1911 – Joe Medwick , baseball player (d. 1975)
1911 – Kirby Grant , American actor (d. 1985)
1912 – Bernard Delfgaauw , Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
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 (d. 2008)
1916 – Irwin Allen , American film producer (d. 1991)
1917 – Howard Duff , American actor (d. 1990)
1919 – David Kossoff , British actor (d. 2005)
1921 – John Lindsay , American politician (d. 2000)
1924 – Victor Grinich , Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 – William F. Buckley Jr. , American writer (d. 2008)
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 , Russian composer (d. 1998)
1935 – Ronald Vernie Dellums , U.S. Representative from California
1938 – Charles Starkweather , American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 – Oscar Robertson , American basketball player
1938 – Willy Claes , Belgian politician
1940 – Paul Tagliabue , retired commissioner of the National Football League
1940 – Don Metz , American architect
1940 – Eric Wilson , Canadian children's author.
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 , seven-time All-Star basketball player and 70th mayor of Detroit
1943 – Robin Williamson , Scottish musician
1944 – Bev Bevan , English rock drummer (The Move , Electric Light Orchestra )
1944 – Ibrahim Gambari , Nigerian scholar
1944 – Dan Glickman , American political figure
1945 – Lee Michaels , American musician and singer
1946 – Ted Bundy , American serial killer (d. 1989)
1946 – Penelope Jones Halsall (aka Caroline Courtney, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright, Annie Groves, Penny Jordan), English novelist
1947 – Dave Sinclair , English musician (Caravan , Hatfield and the North )
1947 – Dwight Schultz , American actor
1948 – Spider Robinson , science fiction author
1948 – Steve Yeager , baseball player
1949 – Shane Bourne , Australian comedian and actor
1949 – Linda Tripp , American political figure
1950 – Stanley Livingston , American actor
1951 – Mimis Androulakis , Greek politician and writer
1951 – Chet Edwards , American politician
1952 – Norbert Haug , German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz )
1952 – Thierry Lhermitte , French comedian and actor
1953 – Glenn Withrow , American actor
1954 – Emir Kusturica , Serbian filmmaker
1955 – Ian Botham , England test cricketer
1955 – Clem Burke , American drummer (Blondie )
1955 – Takashi Yuasa , Japanese lawyer
1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth , Swedish politician
1957 – Denise Crosby , American actress
1957 – Edward Stourton , British radio presenter
1958 – Roy Aitken , Scottish former footballer
1958 – Alain Chabat , French actor and director
1960 – Amanda Wyss , American actress
1960 – Edgar Meyer , American bassist and composer
1961 – Carlos Carnero , Spanish member of parliament
1961 – Arundhati Roy , Indian writer
1962 – John Squire , British guitarist (The Stone Roses )
1962 – John Kovalic , British-born cartoonist
1964 – Garret Dillahunt , American actor
1964 – Brad Sherwood , American comedian
1964 – Tony Rombola , American guitarist (Godsmack )
1965 – Kim Roe-ha , South Korean actor
1965 – Shirley Henderson , Scottish actress
1966 – Russell Watson , British singer
1967 – Cal Eldred , American baseball player
1967 – Henrik Brockmann , Danish heavy metal singer
1968 – Bülent Korkmaz , Turkish footballer
1968 – Todd Beamer , American, acclaimed hero of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
1969 – Rob Nicholson , American musician
1969 – David Adeang , Nauruan politician
1970 – Julieta Venegas , Mexican singer
1970 – Ashley Ward , British footballer
1970 – Doug Brien , American football player
1971 – Cosmas Ndeti , three-time Boston Marathon winner
1971 – Keith Primeau , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Stephen Merchant , British comedian
1974 – Taro Yamamoto , Japanese actor
1974 – Machel Montano , Trinidad & Tobago musician
1975 – Thomas Kohnstamm , American writer
1976 – Dave Aizer , American television host
1976 – Chen Lu , Chinese figure skater
1976 – Christian Laflamme , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Colin Hanks , American actor
1978 – Katherine Heigl , American actress
1980 – Beth Phoenix , American professional wrestler
1982 – Sean O'Loughlin , English rugby league footballer
1983 – Dean Ashton , English footballer
1983 – Meredith Henderson , Canadian actress
1983 – Karine Vanasse , Canadian actress
1984 – Maria Riesch , German alpine skier
1985 – Julia Alexandratou , Greek fashion model and singer
1985 – Tony Hunt , American football player
Deaths
654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
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 (b. 1510)
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)
1885 – Nicolas Avellaneda , Argentine president (b. 1837)
1890 – August Belmont, Sr. , Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1916 – Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim , American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1920 – Alexandru Macedonski , Romanian writer (b. 1854)
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 player (b. 1883)
1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1961 – Ruth Chatterton , American actress (b. 1893)
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald , accused assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah , Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
1967 – Louis Fratto , American gangster (b. 1908)
1973 – John Neihardt , American writer (b. 1881)
1980 – George Raft , American actor (b. 1895)
1980 – Herbert Agar , American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985 – Big Joe Turner , American singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Jehane Benoît , French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1990 – Fred Shero , National Hockey League player and coach (b. 1925)
1990 – Dodie Smith , English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu , Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1991 – Freddie Mercury , Zanzibar-born singer (Queen ) (b. 1946)
1991 – Eric Carr , American drummer (KISS ) (b. 1950)
1993 – Albert Collins , American blues guitarist (b. 1932)
1996 – Sorley MacLean , British poet (b. 1911)
1997 – Monique Andrée Serf , known as Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Hilary Minster , British actor, best known for his part as the General in 'Allo 'Allo (b. 1944)
2001 – Melanie Thornton , American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
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 (b. 1950)
2006 – George W. S. Trow , American writer (b. 1943)
2006 – Zdeněk Veselovský , Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
2007 – Casey Calvert , American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights ) (b. 1981)
2008 – Cecil H. Underwood , Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2008 – Kenny MacLean , Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde ) (b. 1956)
2009 – Abe Pollin , owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
2009 – Samak Sundaravej , Thai politician, Prime Minister 2008 (b. 1935)
2009 – Chan Hung Lit , Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
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