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November 24th


- Christian Feast Days:
- Evolution Day (Secular)
- Lachit Divas (Assam)
- Teacher's Day or Ö?retmenler Günü (Turkey)
- The first day of Brumalia, celebrated until the winter solstice. (Roman empire)

November 24th


- 2007 - Australians elect the centre-left Australian Labor Party at a federal election; the outgoing prime minister, John Howard, becomes the first since 1929 to lose his own seat.
- 1993 - In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
- 1992 - A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People's Republic of China, crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
- 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.
- 1973 - A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany due to the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
- 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.
- 1969 - Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.
- 1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
- 1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.
- 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.
- 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting is broadcast live on television.
- 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.
- 1962 - The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
- 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.
- 1943 - World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks with nearly 650 men killed.
- 1941 - World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
- 1940 - World War II: Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
- 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 1922 - Author and Irish Republican Army member Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
- 1906 - The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
- 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.
- 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
- 1850 - Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1642 - Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
- 1639 - Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus, an event he had predicted.
- 1542 - Battle of Solway Moss: The English army defeats the Scots.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.

November 24th


- 1986 - Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
- 1985 - Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
- 1985 - Tony Hunt, American football player
- 1984 - Maria Riesch, German alpine skier
- 1983 - Dean Ashton, English footballer
- 1983 - Lars Eckert, German rugby player
- 1983 - Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
- 1983 - Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
- 1982 - Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
- 1980 - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
- 1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress
- 1977 - Colin Hanks, American actor
- 1976 - Dave Aizer, American television host
- 1976 - Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
- 1976 - Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
- 1974 - Stephen Merchant, British comedian
- 1974 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
- 1974 - Machel Montano, Trinidad & Tobago musician
- 1971 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
- 1971 - Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Doug Brien, American football player
- 1970 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
- 1970 - Ashley Ward, British footballer
- 1969 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
- 1969 - David Adeang, Nauruan politician
- 1968 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1968 - Todd Beamer, American, acclaimed hero of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
- 1967 - Cal Eldred, American baseball player
- 1967 - Henrik Brockmann, Danish heavy metal singer
- 1966 - Russell Watson, British singer
- 1965 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
- 1965 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
- 1964 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor
- 1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
- 1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
- 1962 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
- 1962 - John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
- 1962 - Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer
- 1961 - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
- 1961 - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
- 1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
- 1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
- 1959 - Robert Jüttner, German footballer
- 1958 - Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
- 1958 - Alain Chabat, French actor and director
- 1957 - Denise Crosby, American actress
- 1957 - Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
- 1955 - Ian Botham, England test cricketer
- 1955 - Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie)
- 1955 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
- 1955 - Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
- 1954 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
- 1953 - Glenn Withrow, American actor
- 1952 - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
- 1952 - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
- 1951 - Mimis Androulakis, Greek politician and writer
- 1951 - Chet Edwards, American politician
- 1950 - Stanley Livingston, American actor
- 1949 - Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
- 1949 - Linda Tripp, American political figure
- 1948 - Spider Robinson, science fiction author
- 1948 - Steve Yeager, baseball player
- 1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
- 1947 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
- 1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
- 1946 - Penelope Jones Halsall (aka Caroline Courtney, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright, Annie Groves, Penny Jordan), English novelist
- 1945 - Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
- 1944 - Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1944 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
- 1944 - Dan Glickman, American political figure
- 1943 - Dave Bing, seven-time All-Star basketball player and 70th mayor of Detroit
- 1943 - Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
- 1942 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- 1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
- 1941 - Pete Best, British musician and original drummer for The Beatles.
- 1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
- 1940 - Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the National Football League
- 1940 - Don Metz, American architect
- 1940 - Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
- 1938 - Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
- 1938 - Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
- 1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician
- 1935 - Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
- 1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player
- 1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr., American writer (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
- 1921 - John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1919 - David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
- 1917 - Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1917 - Shabtai Rosenne, British-born Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1916 - Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d. 2005)
- 1912 - Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
- 1912 - Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d. 1986)
- 1912 - Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1911 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1911 - Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Larry Siemering, American college football head coach (d. 2009)
- 1908 - Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
- 1899 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
- 1897 - Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
- 1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
- 1887 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
- 1886 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
- 1885 - Christian Wirth, commandant of Belzec extermination camp (d. 1944)
- 1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
- 1881 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
- 1877 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
- 1877 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
- 1876 - Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d. 1937)
- 1874 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
- 1873 - Julius Martov, Russian communiust leader (d. 1923)
- 1869 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
- 1868 - Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
- 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
- 1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
- 1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
- 1833 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
- 1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
- 1815 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
- 1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
- 1806 - William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
- 1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
- 1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
- 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1774 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
- 1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
- 1729 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
- 1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
- 1713 - Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
- 1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d. 1768)
- 1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
- 1655 - Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
- 1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- 1630 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
- 1615 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
- 1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
- 1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
- 1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
- 1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)