What are the important events that happened on November 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 24 is the 329th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 37 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 11, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,732,406,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosaenneagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 66 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,356 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 24 Historical Events
- 1542 –Battle of Solway Moss: The English army defeats the Scots.
- 1835 –The 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).
- 1850 –Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1941 –World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
- 1950 –The “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.
- 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.
- 1973 –A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
- 1980 –Assassination of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador.
- 1992 –A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People’s Republic of China, crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
Who were born on November 24?
- 1630 –Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
- 1917 –Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1940 –Don Metz, American architect
- 1946 –Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
- 1964 –Garret Dillahunt, American actor
- 1969 –David Adeang, Nauruan politician
- 1974 –Stephen Merchant, British comedian
- 1976 –Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
- 1983 –Dean Ashton, English footballer
- 1983 –Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
Who died on November 24?
- 1265 –Magnus Olafsson, King of Mann and the Isles
- 1326 –Hugh Despenser the Younger, English nobleman and favourite of Edward II of England (b. abt. 1296)
- 1468 –Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- 1807 –Joseph Brant, American Indian tribal leader (b. 1742)
- 1916 –Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
- 1920 –Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian theatre actor and director (b. 1857)
- 1980 –Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (b. 1917)
- 1993 –Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1999 –Hilary Minster, British actor (b. 1944)
- 2005 –Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
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