November 24

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 24. From 1900 until now. November 24 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Ted Bundy (1946), Katherine Heigl (1978) and Thierry Lhermitte (1952). Several movies were released around November 24 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 directed by Peter Jackson and Good Will Hunting in 1997 directed by Gus Van Sant.
But much more happened on November 24 over the years: find out below

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Roman festivals - in the Byzantine empire the Brumalia (a wine festival) were celebrated from this day until the winter solstice
R.C. Saints - Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese martyrs
Also see November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feast Day of St. Colman - Cobh, Ireland
Teacher's Day in Turkey
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Events

2018 Syrian Civil War: Syrian state media report that more than 50 civilians are injured in a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebels on Aleppo. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
2017 2017 Sinai mosque attack: At least 305 people are killed, and over 128 wounded, in a bomb and gun attack at a mosque near Arish, Egypt. (BBC)
2016 Colombian peace process: The Colombian government and FARC rebels sign a new peace deal after the failure of the original one. (Reuters)
2015 Sinai insurgency: November 2015 Sinai attack: A day after the second round of parliamentary elections closes, militants attack a hotel housing election judges in the provincial capital of al-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai. At least seven people are killed and 12 others injured, including two judges. The Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai branch claims responsibility. (Reuters) (Eyewitness News)
2014 Boko Haram captures the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak, killing 50 and forcing more than 3,000 to flee across the border into Niger. (UNHCR)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: Three people are killed in explosions in northwest Pakistan. (PTI via Business Standard)
2012 Royal Thai Police use tear gas against thousands of protesters calling for the overthrow of the Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, in Bangkok, Thailand. At least 61 people are injured. (BBC) (RIA Novosti)
2011 Three roadside bombs detonate in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 19 people and injuring 67. (CNN)
2010 Shelling of Yeonpyeong:
2009 An appeal court in Casablanca, Morocco, upholds a three year jail term against a human rights activist, Chahib Khayari, for ampquotoffending the authoritiesampquot after accusing top officials of being involved in drug networks. (IOL)
2008 Greenland holds a referendum for increased autonomy from Denmark. The vote is over 75% in favour.
2007 United States and Iraqi forces arrest at least 20 suspected militants in Kirkuk, Iraq. (BBC)
2006 Convicted killer and loyalist Michael Stone is seized by security guards and police at Northern Ireland's parliament building, Stormont, while carrying a gun, knife and several possibly ampquotviableampquot explosive devices. (BBC)
2005 CHOGM - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is currently underway in Malta.
2004 Ohio law requires state officials to perform a recount when called for by candidates on the ballot, but a federal judge today declared that the results can be declared final before the recount occurs. (CNN)
2003 The use of hand-held cell phones while driving is made illegal in the United Kingdom.
2002 2002 Austrian legislative elections: The conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), led by Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel wins a landslide victory (42.27% of the vote), picking up 27 seats and becoming the largest party in the National Council for the first time since 1966. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is reduced to 10.16% of the vote and loses 34 seats.
2001 Melanie Thornton, the German/American Pop singer, also the former member of La Bouche, dies in a plane crash going to Zürich, Switzerland,along with Maria Serreno-Serreno and Nathaly Van Het Ende of the German dance band Passion Fruit (band).
1998 Second Congo War: Reports from the Republic of the Congo say that twelve people drowned in a Congolese river when a marine patrol boat tried to intercept a canoe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. River traffic was suspended between the two countries for security reasons after the Second Congo War began. (BBC)
1997 Street Corner Symphony, opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 performances
1996 Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City
1995 Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1991 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
1989 Elias Hrawi elected President of Lebanon
1988 The popular American cult television comedy Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes its debut on KTMA.
1987 Li Peng succeeds Premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1986 Smile opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
1985 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese
1982 Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
1980 Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
1979 US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs. St. Louis (55-14)
1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
1975 Boccaccio opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
1974 2 truck hijackers freed (3 / 3 / 1974)
1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
1966 The Beatles began recording sessions for Sgt Pepper
1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire
1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
1961 World Food Program (WFP) formed as a temporary UN program.
1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record).
1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community.
1956 Pajama Game closes at St. James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
1951 17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
1950 Guys & Dolls opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1200 performances
1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
1948 Ireland votes for independence from the UK
1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists.
1944 US bombers based on Saipan first attack Tokyo, Japan.
1943 World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
1942 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
1941 Life Certificates issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
1940 World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball.
1936 Pacifist / anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1934 CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
1932 In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
1926 KVI-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers for 1 year
1917 In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania
1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
1906 The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
1905 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1904 The first successful caterpillar track is made (it later revolutionizes construction vehicles and land warfare).
1903 Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter.
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