November 24
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November 24 is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1642 - Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
- 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
- 1917 - Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
- 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 1944 - World War II: - The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
- 1947 - Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald is assassinated by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters.
- 1963 - Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson says that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically.
- 1965 - Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Congo and becomes President; he goes on to rule the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
- 1974 - A 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," is found in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- 1988-Mystery Science Theater 3000 premires.
[change] Births
- 1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (died 1677)
- 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1867 - Alfred Pampalon, Canadian priest (d. 1896)
- 1868 - Scott Joplin, American musician (d. 1917)
- 1941 - Pete Best, India-English drummer (The Beatles)
- 1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
- 1947 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
- 1955 - Ian Botham, English cricketer
- 1960 - Armen Grigoryan, Russian-Armenian singer
- 1976 - Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
- 1980 - Beth Pheonix, American wrestler
[change] Deaths
- 1572 - John Knox, Scottish reformer (b. 1514)
- 1848 - Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
- 1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
- 1991 - Freddie Mercury, Persian singer (Queen), of AIDS (b. 1946).
