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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