What happened this day in history November 24

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 328th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 37 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 11, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,763,942,400 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 ‘trihectaicosaoctagon’ day.

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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 85 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 4,721 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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November 24 Historical Events

  • 1227
    Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
  • 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).
  • 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 happens to be 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Who were born on November 24?

  • 1615
    Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
  • 1887
    Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
  • 1912
    Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
  • 1917
    Shabtai Rosenne, British-born Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010)
  • 1921
    John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
  • 1949
    Linda Tripp, American political figure
  • 1955
    Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
  • 1969
    David Adeang, Nauruan politician
  • 1979
    Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer
  • 1982
    Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer

Who died on November 24?

  • 1615
    Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
  • 1807
    Joseph Brant, American Indian tribal leader (b. 1742)
  • 1885
    Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine president (b. 1837)
  • 1958
    Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
  • 1965
    Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
  • 1980
    Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
  • 1996
    Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
  • 1999
    Hilary Minster, British actor (b. 1944)
  • 2006
    Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
  • 2006
    Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)

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