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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 37 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 11, 2021 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 454,920 hours 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 69 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 3,260 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 24 Historical Events
- 1429 –Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- 1850 –Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1906 –The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
- 1932 –In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 1940 –World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1877 –Alben W. Barkley, American politician and 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
- 1877 –Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
- 1944 –Dan Glickman, American political, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas and the 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1944 –Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
- 1950 –Roscoe Born, American actor
- 1961 –Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
- 1974 –Machel Montano, Trinidad & Tobago musician
- 1974 –Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
- 1977 –Colin Hanks, American actor
- 1980 –Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
Who died on November 24?
- 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)
- 1572 –John Knox, Scottish reformer (b. 1510)
- 1615 –Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
- 1801 –Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
- 1885 –Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine president (b. 1837)
- 1959 –Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
- 1968 –d.a. levy, Cleveland poet (b. 1942)
- 1999 –Hilary Minster, British actor (b. 1944)
- 2006 –George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
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