Notable Historical Events on November 24th
November 24th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
380 |
Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. |
496 |
Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope |
642 |
Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
1105 |
Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary |
1434 |
River Thames freezes |
1542 |
Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V |
1587 |
Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins |
1601 |
Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy |
1628 |
John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy" premieres in London |
1639 |
1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System |
1642 |
Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
1643 |
Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France |
1655 |
English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans |
1688 |
General strategist John Churchill meets William III |
1703 |
1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila |
1715 |
River Thames freezes |
1759 |
Destructive eruption of Vesuvius |
1800 |
Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen" premieres in Freiburg |
1800 |
Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland depart Caracas for Cuba where they met fellow botanist John Fraser |
1832 |
South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification |
1835 |
Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" |
1861 |
Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens |
1862 |
M Levy publishes Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbo" |
1863 |
Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee |
1869 |
American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) |
1871 |
National Rifle Association organized (NYC) |
1874 |
Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire |
1880 |
Southern University forms |
1887 |
Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca" premieres in Paris |
1896 |
1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont |
1897 |
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston |
1898 |
The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens. |
1903 |
Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter |
1903 |
George Ade's "County Chairman" premieres in NYC |
1905 |
Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel |
1912 |
Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia |
1914 |
Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party |
1914 |
Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms |
1915 |
Serbian leader flees to Albania |
1916 |
Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershing's troops will withdraw and each nation's army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it |
1917 |
Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building. |
1918 |
Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party |
1922 |
Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" |
1923 |
Radio Belgium's 1st transmission |
1924 |
1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) |
1925 |
1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) |
1925 |
Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC |
1926 |
KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions |
1930 |
Ruth Nichols sets women's transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega |
1932 |
In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. |
1934 |
CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto |
1934 |
SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven" premieres in NYC |
1935 |
King George II returns to Greece after 12 years |
1935 |
The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. |
1936 |
Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30" premieres in NYC |
1936 |
Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize |
1938 |
Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon" premieres in NYC |
1938 |
National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball |
1941 |
"Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, the rest are exterminated |
1941 |
Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar |
1941 |
US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine |
1942 |
Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk |
1942 |
French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes "African Falanx" |
1944 |
US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo |
1947 |
John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published |
1947 |
The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists |
1948 |
WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
British steel & iron industry nationalised |
1949 |
Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs |
1950 |
"Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances |
1950 |
UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas |
1950 |
US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea |
1951 |
"17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances |
1951 |
"Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs |
1951 |
39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 |
1951 |
British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge |
1953 |
Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 |
1954 |
Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened |
1954 |
France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria |
1955 |
1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship |
1956 |
"Pajama Game" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances |
1956 |
44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 |
1957 |
Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing |
1958 |
Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community |
1960 |
Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) |
1962 |
Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea |
1964 |
30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB) |
1964 |
Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP |
1964 |
For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washngton DC permitted to vote |
1964 |
Rebellion ends in Zaire |
1965 |
Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire |
1966 |
1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) |
1966 |
400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog |
1966 |
The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sergeant Pepper" |
1966 |
A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia. |
1966 |
New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history. |
1968 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational |
1969 |
Apollo 12 returns to Earth |
1969 |
West German president Heinemann visits Netherlands |
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 |
1970 |
36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB) |
1971 |
Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year |
1971 |
Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000 |
1971 |
Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey |
1971 |
A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack on British soldiers in Strabane, County Tyrone |
1971 |
A British Army bomb-disposal specialist is killed by a bomb in Lurgan, County Armagh |
1972 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1972 |
Taoiseach Jack Lynch met with British Prime Minister Edward Heath in London to give Irish approval to Attlee's paper that said new arrangements should be 'acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland' |
1973 |
Miss Teenage America Pageant |
1974 |
2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974) |
1974 |
62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 |
1974 |
Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty |
1974 |
Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic |
1975 |
"Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances |
1976 |
NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak |
1976 |
Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award |
1977 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1977 |
Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14) |
1979 |
Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders |
1979 |
US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange |
1981 |
1st air-launched cruise missile tested |
1982 |
Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year |
1982 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan |
1983 |
PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese |
1983 |
Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay |
1985 |
73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 |
1985 |
Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed |
1986 |
"Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances |
1986 |
Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year |
1986 |
Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana |
1987 |
Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR |
1989 |
Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia |
1989 |
Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon |
1989 |
Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record |
1991 |
1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) |
1991 |
79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 |
1991 |
After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21 |
1991 |
Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year |
1991 |
Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tadzjikistan |
1991 |
US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched |
1992 |
Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 |
1993 |
Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales |
1993 |
End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood |
1993 |
In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger. |
1995 |
Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) |
1996 |
"Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC |
1996 |
84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton |
1996 |
Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship |
1996 |
Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup |
1996 |
Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore |
1996 |
Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship |
1997 |
"Street Corner Symphony" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs |
2002 |
90th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 25-16 |
2005 |
Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament. |
2006 |
Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing. |
2007 |
Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government. |
2012 |
Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views |
2012 |
Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone |
2012 |
The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled |
2013 |
40th American Music Award: Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win |
2013 |
101st CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23 |
2015 |
Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7000-ton ship into Scotland -- at full speed |
2016 |
At Least 40 Killed in East China Scaffolding Collapse |
2016 |
Hillary Clinton Supporters Call for Vote Recount in Battleground States |
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