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What happend on 24. November in History
In our data base we found 304 events happened on 24. November:
• 380: Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 654: Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596) [category: Deaths]
• 835: Muhammad al-Jawad, Saudi Arabian 9th of the Twelve Imams (b. 811) [category: Deaths]
• 1072: Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018) [category: Deaths]
• 1227: Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa. [category: Events]
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• 1248: In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe. [category: Events]
• 1265: Magnus Olafsson, Manx king [category: Deaths]
• 1273: Alphonso, Earl of Chester (d. 1284) [category: Births]
• 1326: Hugh Despenser the Younger, English son of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (b. 1296) [category: Deaths]
• 1394: Charles, Duke of Orléans (d. 1465) [category: Births]
• 1420: John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English knight (d. 1473) [category: Births]
• 1429: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité. [category: Events]
• 1468: Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402) [category: Deaths]
• 1531: Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482) [category: Deaths]
• 1542: Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway. [category: Events]
• 1572: John Knox, Scottish clergyman (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1583: Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (d. 1641) [category: Births]
• 1583: René de Birague, French cardinal (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Philip William, Elector Palatine, German son of Magdalene of Bavaria (d. 1690) [category: Births]
• 1615: Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
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• 1630: Étienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718) [category: Births]
• 1632: Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677) [category: Births]
• 1642: Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania). [category: Events]
• 1650: Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1655: Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697) [category: Births]
• 1675: Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, 9th Guru of Sikhs(b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750) [category: Births]
• 1712: Ali II ibn Hussein, Tunisian ruler (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1712: Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French educator (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1713: Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1713: Laurence Sterne, Irish author (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1722: Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
• 1724: Maria Amalia of Saxony (d. 1760) [category: Births]
• 1729: Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1741: Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1745: Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1770: Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, educator, and author (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1775: Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1784: Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1793: Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French politician (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1801: Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: William Webb Ellis, English clergyman, created Rugby football (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1807: Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss politician (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1812: Christian Hansen Vennemoe, Norwegian politician (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1812: Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1815: Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1826: Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1833: Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1848: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American playwright and author (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1850: Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein. [category: Events]
• 1857: Miklós Kovács Hungarian-Slovene poet (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1859: Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called "Evolution Day" [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1864: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1867: Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1869: Óscar Carmona, Portuguese politician, 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1870: Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Julius Martov, Russian politician (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1874: Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1876: Walter Burley Griffin, American architect, designed Canberra (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1877: Alben W. Barkley, American politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1877: Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1881: Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1884: Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israeli politician, 2nd President of Israel (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1885: Christian Wirth, German SS officer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1885: Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1887: Erich von Manstein, German military officer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1887: Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1888: Dale Carnegie, American author (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1888: Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist and author (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1890: August Belmont, German-American politician (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Charles F. Hurley, American politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1894: Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1897: Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1899: Ward Morehouse, American columnist and critic (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1904: Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian surgeon (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1908: Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1911: Joe Medwick, American baseball player (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1911: Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1912: Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1912: Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Charles Schneeman, American illustrator (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1912: Garson Kanin, American director and scriptwriter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1912: Teddy Wilson, American pianist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1913: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Forrest J Ackerman, American author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1917: Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: David Kossoff, English actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: John Lindsay, American politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1922: Martin Poll, American film and television producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Robert Erskine Childers, Irish solder and author (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Author and Irish Republican Army member Robert Erskine Childers and eight others are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver. [category: Events]
• 1924: Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: William F. Buckley, Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1926: Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1927: Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1929: Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist [category: Births]
• 1929: Georges Clemenceau, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Bob Friend, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1931: Arthur Chaskalson, South African judge (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Fred Titmus, English cricketer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1932: In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. [category: Events]
• 1933: John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ron Dellums, American politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland [category: Births]
• 1935: The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. [category: Events]
• 1936: Lucio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1938: Oscar Robertson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Willy Claes, Belgian politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO [category: Births]
• 1940: Don Metz, American architect [category: Births]
• 1940: Eric Wilson, Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1940: Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers. [category: Events]
• 1941: Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player and songwriter (Booker T. and the M.G.'s, The Mar-Keys, and The Blues Brothers) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Pete Best, English drummer (The Beatles and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French. [category: Events]
• 1942: Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, actor, and singer (The Humblebums) [category: Births]
• 1942: Marlin Fitzwater, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary [category: Births]
• 1943: Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit [category: Births]
• 1943: Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (The Incredible String Band) [category: Births]
• 1943: Doris Miller, American soldier and chief, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men. [category: Events]
• 1944: Bev Bevan, English drummer (The Move and Electric Light Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1944: Candy Darling, American model and actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1944: Dan Glickman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian diplomat and scholar [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1945: Lee Michaels, American keyboard player (The Sentinals) [category: Births]
• 1946: Penny Jordan, English author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1947: Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player (Caravan, Hatfield and the North, The Wilde Flowers, Matching Mole, and The Polite Force) [category: Births]
• 1947: Dwight Schultz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1948: Steve Yeager, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Linda Tripp, American civil servant [category: Births]
• 1949: Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Roscoe Born, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Stanley Livingston, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. [category: Events]
• 1951: Chet Edwards, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Mimis Androulakis, Greek politician and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Norbert Haug, German journalist and businessman [category: Births]
• 1952: Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Glenn Withrow, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie, Ramones, The Adult Net, and The Romantics) [category: Births]
• 1955: Ian Botham, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1955: Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer [category: Births]
• 1956: Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Denise Crosby, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Edward Stourton, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Alain Chabat, French actor and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Robert Jüttner, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Amanda Wyss, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer (Strength in Numbers) [category: Births]
• 1960: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Arundhati Roy, Indian author and activist [category: Births]
• 1961: Carlos Carnero, Spanish politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: John Kovalic, English cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1962: John Squire, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stone Roses and The Seahorses) [category: Births]
• 1962: Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1962: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1962: The influential British satirical television programme That Was The Week That Was is first broadcast. [category: Events]
• 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Marotrao Kannamwar, Indian politician [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting happens to be broadcast live on television. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1964: Brad Sherwood, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Garret Dillahunt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack and Another Animal) [category: Births]
• 1965: Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Russell Watson, English tenor [category: Births]
• 1966: Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1967: Cal Eldred, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer (Royal Hunt) [category: Births]
• 1967: Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Todd Beamer, American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1968: D. A. Levy, American poet (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: David Adeang, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter (Cryptic Slaughter and Danzig) [category: Births]
• 1969: Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon. [category: Events]
• 1970: Ashley Ward, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Doug Brien, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1971: Cosmas Ndeti, Kenyan runner [category: Births]
• 1971: Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1973: John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months. [category: Events]
• 1974: Dave Aizer, American television host and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Machel Montano, Trinidadian-Tobagonian singer-songwriter and producer (Xtatik) [category: Births]
• 1974: Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1974: Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1975: Thomas Kohnstamm, American author [category: Births]
• 1976: Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater [category: Births]
• 1976: Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1977: Celaleddin Koçak, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Colin Hanks, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Becca Barlow, American guitarist (BarlowGirl) [category: Births]
• 1979: Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Beth Phoenix, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: George Raft, American actor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: André Laurito, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Dean Ashton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: José López, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Lars Eckert, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier [category: Births]
• 1984: Wolf Hudson, American porn actor and director [category: Births]
• 1985: Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Tony Hunt, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Pedro León, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jehane Benoît, Canadian author and journalist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sarah Hyland, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine race car driver (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (KISS) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ivi Adamou, Cypriot singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Reece Mastin, English-Australian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1996: Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Hilary Minster, English actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Melanie Thornton, American singer (La Bouche) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Snowflake, Spanish gorilla (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Wong Jim, Chinese actor and songwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Cecil H. Underwood, American politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Abe Pollin, American businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Chan Hung-lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Huang Hua, Chinese politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alec Campbell, English-Batswana archaeologist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ardeshir Cowasjee, Pakistani columnist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chris Stamp, English music producer and manager (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ernie Warlick, American football player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Pittman, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nicholas Turro, American chemist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tony Leblanc, Spanish actor and director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. [category: Events]
• _: Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese Martyrs [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Days: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chrysogonus (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Colman of Cloyne (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Firmina (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flavian of Ricina (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lachit Divas (Assam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mercurius (Eastern Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day or Öğretmenler Günü (Turkey) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Brumalia, celebrated until the winter solstice. (Roman empire) [category: Holidays and observances]