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
- 1429 –Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- 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).
- 1932 –In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1801 –Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
- 1888 –Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
- 1917 –Shabtai Rosenne, British-born Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1927 –Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
- 1932 –Fred Titmus, English cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1940 –Don Metz, American architect
- 1958 –Alain Chabat, French actor and director
- 1964 –Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
- 1978 –Katherine Heigl, American actress
- 1983 –Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
Who died on November 24?
- 1468 –Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- 1531 –Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
- 1722 –Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
- 1781 –James Caldwell, American Revolution figure (b. 1734)
- 1807 –Joseph Brant, American Indian tribal leader (b. 1742)
- 1848 –William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
- 1943 –Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
- 1958 –Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
- 1990 –Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
- 1996 –Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
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