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On This Day in History — November 24
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Highlights of November 24
- 2023 — Hibiscus Rising (pictured), a sculpture commemorating the life of David Oluwale, was unveiled in Leeds. Read more
- 2015 — A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course. Read more
- 2009 — The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania. Read more
- 1976 — A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of buildings in the region and causing at least 4,000 casualties. Read more
- 1971 — After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper (depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared. Read more
- 1963 — During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories. Read more
- 1950 — The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone, struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast. Read more
- 1943 — World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644. Read more
- 1941 — The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution. Read more
- 1925 — The Eugene O'Neill Theatre (pictured) opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical Mayflowers. Read more
- 1922 — Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol. Read more
- 1918 — The Podgorica Assembly convened in Montenegro, with the intention of uniting with the Kingdom of Serbia. Read more
- 1906 — The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games. Read more
- 1863 — American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city. Read more
- 1859 — British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day. Read more
- 1643 — Thirty Years' War: Holy Roman Empire, Bavarian and Spanish forces led by Franz von Mercy defeated the French army in Germany led by Marshal Josias von Rantzau at the Battle of Tuttlingen. Read more
- 1542 — Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces captured about 1,200 Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss. Read more
- 1221 — Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: Genghis Khan defeated the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus. Read more
Events
- 2023 — Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds. Read more
- 2022 — Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia. Read more
- 2017 — A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128. Read more
- 2016 — The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war. Read more
- 2015 — A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. Read more
- 2015 — A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others. Read more
- 2015 — An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia's capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead. Read more
- 2013 — Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions. Read more
- 2012 — A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. Read more
- 2009 — The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania. Read more
- 2001 — Crossair Flight 3597 crashes in Bassersdorf near Zurich Airport, killing 24 people, including singer Melanie Thornton and two members of the German band Passion Fruit. Read more
- 1992 — China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board. Read more
- 1991 — Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-44. Read more
- 1989 — After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the Velvet Revolution, Miloš Jakeš and the entire Politburo of the Czechoslovak Communist Party resign from office. This brings an effective end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Read more
- 1976 — The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. Read more
- 1974 — Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Read more
- 1973 — A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1969 — Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon. Read more
- 1966 — Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. Read more
- 1965 — Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of 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. Read more
- 1963 — Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography. Read more
- 1962 — Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. Read more
- 1962 — The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands. Read more
- 1943 — World War II: At the battle of Makin the USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men. Read more
- 1941 — World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. Read more
- 1940 — World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. Read more
- 1935 — The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. Read more
- 1932 — In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. Read more
- 1929 — The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland. Read more
- 1922 — Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. Read more
- 1917 — In Milwaukee, nine 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. Read more
- 1906 — A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football. Read more
- 1877 — Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published. Read more
- 1863 — American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg. Read more
- 1859 — British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published. Read more
- 1850 — Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein. Read more
- 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). Read more
- 1832 — South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state, beginning the Nullification Crisis. Read more
- 1750 — Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa. Read more
- 1642 — Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania). Read more
- 1542 — Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway. Read more
- 1429 — Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité. Read more
- 1359 — Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates. Read more
- 1248 — An overnight landslide on the north side of Mont Granier, one of the largest historical rockslope failures ever recorded in Europe, destroys five villages. Read more
- 1227 — Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing. Read more
- 1221 — Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia. Read more
- 1190 — Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. Read more
- 847 — An earthquake hits Syria, causing multiple casualties and damages in Antioch, Damascus and Mosul. Read more
- 380 — Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. Read more
Born on November 24
- 1998 — Jeremy Swayman, American ice hockey player Read more
- 1995 — Marcus Bontempelli, Australian footballer Read more
- 1994 — Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer Read more
- 1993 — Ivi Adamou, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter Read more
- 1993 — Joe Pigott, English footballer Read more
- 1992 — Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023) Read more
- 1990 — Mario Gaspar, Spanish footballer Read more
- 1990 — Sarah Hyland, American actress Read more
- 1990 — Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter Read more
- 1990 — Michael Oldfield, Australian rugby league player Read more
- 1988 — Jarrod Parker, American baseball player Read more
- 1986 — Asim Chaudhry, British comedian and actor Read more
- 1986 — Jimmy Graham, American football player Read more
- 1986 — Pedro León, Spanish footballer Read more
- 1985 — Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer Read more
- 1984 — David Booth, American ice hockey player Read more
- 1984 — Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier Read more
- 1983 — Dean Ashton, English footballer Read more
- 1983 — Lars Eckert, German rugby player Read more
- 1983 — André Laurito, German footballer Read more
- 1983 — Gwilym Lee, Welsh actor Read more
- 1983 — José López, Venezuelan baseball player Read more
- 1983 — Shavlik Randolph, American basketball player Read more
- 1983 — Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress and producer Read more
- 1982 — Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player Read more
- 1982 — Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player Read more
- 1980 — Kabir Ali, English cricketer Read more
- 1980 — Brandon Hunter, American basketball player (died 2023) Read more
- 1980 — Beth Phoenix, American wrestler Read more
- 1980 — Branko Radivojevič, Slovak ice hockey player Read more
- 1979 — Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer Read more
- 1979 — Carmelita Jeter, American sprinter "fastest woman alive". Read more
- 1979 — Horacio Ramírez, Mexican-American baseball player Read more
- 1978 — Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer Read more
- 1977 — Colin Hanks, American actor Read more
- 1977 — Celaleddin Koçak, German-Turkish footballer Read more
- 1976 — Mona Hanna-Attisha, British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate Read more
- 1976 — Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1976 — Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater Read more
- 1975 — Thomas Kohnstamm, American author Read more
Died on November 24
- 2025 — Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter (born 1944) Read more
- 2025 — Dharmendra, Indian actor (born 1935) Read more
- 2024 — Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (born 1933) Read more
- 2024 — Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (born 1939) Read more
- 2024 — Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926) Read more
- 2022 — Börje Salming, Swedish hockey player (born 1951) Read more
- 2019 — Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991) Read more
- 2016 — Paul Futcher, English footballer (born 1956) Read more
- 2016 — Florence Henderson, American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934) Read more
- 2015 — Robert Ford, English general (born 1923) Read more
- 2015 — John Forrester, English historian and philosopher (born 1949) Read more
- 2015 — Quincy Monk, American football player (born 1979) Read more
- 2015 — Heinz Oberhummer, Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941) Read more
- 2015 — Douglas W. Shorenstein, American businessman (born 1955) Read more
- 2014 — Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961) Read more
- 2014 — Murli Deora, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (born 1937) Read more
- 2014 — Peter Henderson, New Zealand rugby player (born 1926) Read more
- 2014 — Nenad Manojlović, Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957) Read more
- 2014 — Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930) Read more
- 2013 — Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (born 1926) Read more
- 2013 — Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (born 1980) Read more
- 2013 — Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1935) Read more
- 2013 — June Keithley, Filipino actress and journalist (born 1947) Read more
- 2013 — Jean King, American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (born 1925) Read more
- 2013 — Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (born 1927) Read more
- 2013 — Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (born 1926) Read more
- 2012 — Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (born 1962) Read more
- 2012 — Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (born 1933) Read more
- 2012 — Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player and manager (born 1939) Read more
- 2012 — Nicholas Turro, American chemist and academic (born 1938) Read more
- 2012 — Ernie Warlick, American football player and sportscaster (born 1932) Read more
- 2010 — Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (born 1913) Read more
- 2009 — Abe Pollin, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923) Read more
- 2009 — Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1935) Read more
- 2009 — Jun Ross, Filipino basketball player (born 1949) Read more
- 2008 — Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (born 1956) Read more
- 2008 — Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Read more
- 2007 — Casey Calvert, American guitarist (born 1981) Read more
- 2006 — Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (born 1950) Read more
- 2006 — George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (born 1943) Read more
Holidays & observances
Christian feast days:
Albert of Louvain; Christian feast days:
Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, and other Vietnamese Martyrs; Christian feast days:
Chrysogonus; Christian feast days:
Colmán of Cloyne; Christian feast days:
Eanflæd; Christian feast days:
Firmina; Christian feast days:
Flavian of Ricina; Christian feast days:
Flora and Maria; Christian feast days:
Jehu Jones (Lutheran); Christian feast days:
Justus Falckner (Lutheran); Christian feast days:
Kenan (Cianán); Christian feast days:
Pierre Dumoulin-Borie; Christian feast days:
Protasius of Milan; Christian feast days:
Romanus of Blaye; Christian feast days:
November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Evolution Day (International observance); Lachit Divas (Assam); Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India); Teachers' Day (Turkey)
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “November 24”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.