November 24

November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 37 days remaining.

Events:

• 1639 - Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus
• 1642 - Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
• 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species
• 1863 - Battle of Lookout Mountain[?]
• 1871 - National Rifle Association organized
• 1947 - House Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10[?]" in contempt of Congress
• 1958 - Mali becomes independent
• 1971 - D.B. Cooper hijacks an airplane for ransom.
• 1976 - The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.

Births:

• 1632 - Baruch Spinoza, philosopher (+ 1677)
• 1713 - Laurence Sterne, novelist (+ 1768)
• 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (+ 1850)
• 1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber[?], organist and composer (+1863)
• 1801 - Ludwig Bechstein[?], narrator and poet (+ 1860)
• 1826 - Carlo Collodi, author (+ 1890)
• 1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author (+ 1924)
• 1853 - Bat Masterson[?], gunslinger, policeman, sports reporter
• 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter (+ 1901)
• 1868 - Scott Joplin, musician (+ 1917)
• 1876 - Walter Burley Griffin, architect
• 1877 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (+ 1956)
• 1881 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer (+ 1951)
• 1888 - Dale Carnegie, writer (+ 1955)
• 1905 - Irving Allen[?], producer, director (+ 1987)
• 1912 - Garson Kanin[?], writer (+ 1999)
• 1912 - Teddy Wilson[?], jazz musician (+ 1986)
• 1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald[?], actress
• 1916 - Forrest J. Ackerman, writer, publisher
• 1917 - Howard Duff[?], actor
• 1921 - John Lindsay[?], American politician (+ 2000)
• 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr.[?], writer, political commentator
• 1936 - Sophie Daumier[?], actress
• 1938 - Oscar Robertson[?], basketball star
• 1941 - Pete Best, drummer
• 1943 - Dave Bing[?], basketball star
• 1947 - Dwight Schultz, actor
• 1946 - Ted Bundy, serial killer
• 1948 - Steve Yeager[?], baseball player
• 1952 - Thierry Lhermitte[?], actor
• 1953 - Mudbone Cooper[?], singer (P Funk)

Deaths:

• 1541 - Margaret Tudor
• 1848 - Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1922 - Robert Erskine Childers[?], author, Irish nationalist (executed)
• 1929 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France
• 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassination suspect
• 1957 - Diego Rivera, painter
• 1980 - George Raft[?], actor
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury, musician (Queen)
• 1996 - Sorley MacLean, Scots Gaelic poet
• 2001 - Melanie Thornton[?], singer

Holidays and Observances:

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