24 November - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on November 24, the day number in a year is 328 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 329. November 24 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
November 24 in History - Top Historical Events
Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
1227 | High Duke of Poland Leszek the White was assassinated during adiet of the Piast dukes. |
1434 | The water of the Thames River in London froze in Ketudco form. |
1542 | Anglo-Scottish Wars-England captured about 1,200 Scottishprisoners with its victory in the Battle of Solway Moss. |
1642 | A Dutch expedition led by Abel Tasman reached present-dayTasmania, Australia. |
1744 | John Carteret resigned as British Secretary of the Northern Department. |
1759 | The volcano erupted on the Visuvius mountain peak in Italy. |
1827 | The election for France's 430 member Chamber of Deputies went to the polls. The supporters of King Charles X, the lavaturist, lost by a majority of 233 seats and received 180 seats. |
1831 | British physicist Michael Ferrede discovered electricity. |
1832 | South Carolina passed notification ordinance |
1859 | On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwinwas first published, and sold out its initial print run on the firstday. |
1863 | American Civil War-As part of the Chattanooga Campaign inChattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helpingthem to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city. |
1871 | The National Rifle Association was organized. |
1877 | Anna Sewell's influential animal welfare novel Black Beauty,one of the best-selling books of all time, was first published. |
1877 | The first Hindustani Kawasaji Jamsetji Patigra to become deputy commissioner was born. |
1903 | Clyde Coleman patented automobile electric starter. |
1904 | The first successful caterpillar track was produced. |
1906 | A local newspaper accused members of two teams of conspiring todeliberately lose games, the first major scandal in American football. |
1914 | Benito Mussolini was ejected from the Italian Socialist Party. |
1922 | Irish Civil War-Author and Irish nationalist Robert ErskineChilders was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying asemi-automatic pistol. |
1926 | Eminent philosopher Sri Aurobindo attained complete accomplishment. |
1944 | Famous Indian film actor and film director Amol Palekar was born. |
1950 | The 'Storm of the Century', a large extratropical cyclone,struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast. |
1950 | Known as the Great Storm of the Appalachian \, the cyclone brought strong winds of 250 kmph. |
1961 | World Food Program (WFP) was included in the UN's temporary program. |
1962 | The influential television programme That Was the Week ThatWas, a significant element of the British satire boom, was firstbroadcast. |
1963 | Businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee HarveyOswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, during alive television broadcast, fueling conspiracy theories on the matter. |
1966 | The first TV station opened in Kinsasa, the capital of Congo. |
1969 | The Apollo 12 spacecraft returns to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. |
1971 | A man hijacked a 727 plane, threatening to blow up the jet unless he received $200,000 and four parachutes. It is believed the hijacker, known as D.B. Cooper, jumped from the plane somewhere over the state of Washington and he nor was the money ever seen again. |
1974 | An international team of scientists working in northeastern Ethiopia has found the partial skeleton of a three-million-year-old hominid that it claims is the most complete early man discovery ever made in Africa, the skeleton is better known and referred to as Lucy. |
1974 | A group of paleoanthropologists discovered a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis in the Afar Depression inEthiopia, nicknaming it 'Lucy' |
1976 | The Çaldiran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey killed atleast 4,000 people. |
1986 | Legislators were expelled from the House together for the first time in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. |
1988 | For the first time, Lok Sabha MP Lalduhoma was disqualified under the anti-defection law. |
1988 | The popular American cult television comedy Mystery Science Theater made its debut at 3000 KTMA. |
1999 | The Dashun a ferry transporting passengers from the port city of Yantai in China’s Shandong province to Dalian, near Korea, catches fire during a severe thunderstorm and sinks in the Yellow Sea off the coast of China, killing most of the passengers and crew on board, believed to be over 350 in total . |
2003 | Uma Devi Khatri, who created comedy in Hindi films, died. |
2005 | Two people were injured in an after an accident took place at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in which the M&M's balloon was tangled in a light pole and fell near Times Square. |
2006 | The European Union (EU) hosts the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a summit. Poland has vetoed the launch of EU-Russia partnership talks. |
2007 | Typhoon Mitag remains static over the Philippine Sea but changes course, and is expected to make land fall in Aurora-Isabela provinces of the Philippines on Monday due to the very slow and unusual movement. |
2007 | Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home after eight years of exile. |
2008 | United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlines plans to raise the income tax rate for the first time since 1975. |
2009 | Iran lifts a ban on one of its best-selling newspapers, Hamshahri, a day after it was banned from publication after publishing a picture of a temple from the banned Baha'i faith. |
2010 | Brazilian police shoot dead at least thirteen people in Rio de Janeiro following a wave of violence by suspected drug traffickers. |
2012 | A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on theoutskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people. |
Famous Birthdays of November 24:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
1958 | Margaret Curran / Politician / Scotland |
1911 | Joe Medwick / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1959 | Todd Brooker / Skier / Canada |
1851 | John Indermaur / Lawyer / Britain |
1849 | Frances Hodgson Burnett / Novelist / United Kingdom |
1840 | John Alfred Brashear / Scientist / United States of America |
1857 | Miklós Kovács / Poet / Hungary |
1984 | Maria Höfl-Riesch / Skier / Germany |
1690 | Charles Theodore Pachelbel / Composer / Germany |
1975 | Thomas Kohnstamm / Author / United States of America |
1964 | Brad Sherwood / Actor / United States of America |
1952 | Parveen Shakir / Poet / Pakistan |
1943 | Montek Singh Ahluwalia / Economist / India |
1713 | Laurence Sterne / Novelist / Ireland |
1962 | Paul Thorburn / Rugby Player / Germany |
1930 | Ken Barrington / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
1874 | Charles William Miller / Footballer / Brazil |
1960 | Edgar Meyer / Composer / United States of America |
1957 | Edward Stourton / Author / United Kingdom |
1980 | Beth Phoenix / Wrestler / United States of America |
1986 | Mohamed Massaquoi / Footballer / United States of America |
1955 | Najib Mikati / Politician / Lebanon |
1859 | Cass Gilbert / Architect / United States of America |
1917 | Shabtai Rosenne / Academic / United Kingdom |
1955 | Clem Burke / Drummer / United States of America |
1978 | Katherine Heigl / Actress / United States of America |
1912 | Joan Sanderson / Actress / United Kingdom |
1935 | Ron Dellums / Politician / United States of America |
1982 | Sean O'Loughlin / Rugby Player / United Kingdom |
1932 | Fred Titmus / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
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