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24 Nov 1105
Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
24 Nov 1542
Battle of Solway Moss English beat Scottish King James V
24 Nov 1601
Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
24 Nov 1628
John Fords Lovers Melancholy premieres in London
24 Nov 1639
1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System
24 Nov 1643
Battle of Tuttlingen Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
24 Nov 1688
General strategist John Churchill meets William III
24 Nov 1703
1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
24 Nov 1744
John Carteret resigns as British Secretary of State for the Northern Department
24 Nov 1800
Webers opera Das Waldmadchen premieres in Freiburg
24 Nov 1832
South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
24 Nov 1835
Texas Rangers mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
24 Nov 1862
M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts Salammbo
24 Nov 1863
Battle of Chattanooga Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
24 Nov 1869
American Womans Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
24 Nov 1874
American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire
24 Nov 1887
Victorien Sardous La Tosca premieres in Paris
24 Nov 1897
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
24 Nov 1898
The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
24 Nov 1903
Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
24 Nov 1903
George Ades County Chairman premieres in NYC
24 Nov 1912
Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia
24 Nov 1916
Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City under which Pershings troops will withdraw and each nations army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it
24 Nov 1917
Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee Wisconsin police headquarters building.
24 Nov 1922
Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers for 1 year
24 Nov 1924
1st Dutch airplane (Fokkers F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
24 Nov 1924
General Feng Yu-Hsiang a warlord from the north of China turns on his allies and seizes Peking
24 Nov 1925
1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
24 Nov 1925
Eugene ONeill Theater (Coronet Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
24 Nov 1926
KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
24 Nov 1926
Sri Aurobindo retires to lead life of seclusion hands responsibility for followers to Mirra Alfassa (founding of Sri Aurobindo ashram)
24 Nov 1930
Ruth Nichols sets womens transcontinental air flight record (Mineola NY to California) in a Lockheed-Vega
24 Nov 1932
In Washington D.C. the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
24 Nov 1934
CFL Grey Cup Sarnia beats Regina 20-12 at Toronto
24 Nov 1934
SN Behrmans Rain from Heaven premieres in NYC
24 Nov 1935
The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
24 Nov 1936
Noel Cowards Tonight at 830 premieres in NYC
24 Nov 1936
German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for uncovering German re-armament
24 Nov 1938
Clifford Odets Rocket to the Moon premieres in NYC
24 Nov 1938
National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
24 Nov 1941
Life Certificates issued to some Jews of Vilna the rest are exterminated
24 Nov 1941
Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
24 Nov 1941
US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
24 Nov 1942
Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
24 Nov 1942
French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes African Falanx
24 Nov 1944
US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo
24 Nov 1947
The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds Hollywood 10 in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
24 Nov 1948
WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting
24 Nov 1948
Bicycle Thieves Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica starring himself and Cesare Zavattini is released (Honorary Academy Award 1950)
24 Nov 1949
Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers 125-123 in 5 OTs
24 Nov 1950
Guys & Dolls opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
24 Nov 1950
UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
24 Nov 1951
17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
24 Nov 1951
Music in the Air closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 performances
24 Nov 1951
39th CFL Grey Cup Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan 21-14
24 Nov 1951
British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge
24 Nov 1953
Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
24 Nov 1954
Air Force One 1st US Presidential airplane christened
24 Nov 1956
Pajama Game closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
24 Nov 1956
44th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes 50-27
24 Nov 1956
Americans go 1-2 in the mens 100m final at the Melbourne Olympics Bobby Morrow and Thane Baker both record hand-timed 10.50s but automatic timing gives gold medal to Morrow
24 Nov 1956
Glenn Davis leads an American trifecta in the mens 400m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics hurdles Olympic record equalling 50.1s to beat team mates Eddie Southern and Joshua Culbreath
24 Nov 1958
Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
24 Nov 1964
30th Heisman Trophy Award John Huarte Notre Dame (QB)
24 Nov 1966
400 die of respiratory failure & heart attacks in New York City smog smoggiest day in citys history
24 Nov 1966
The Beatles began recording sessions for their album Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
24 Nov 1966
A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava Slovakia.
24 Nov 1969
West German President Heinemann visits The Netherlands
24 Nov 1969
Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968 ordered to stand trial by court martial
24 Nov 1970
36th Heisman Trophy Award Jim Plunkett Stanford (QB)
24 Nov 1971
Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams wins NL Rookie of Year
24 Nov 1971
Dan DB Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with 200000
24 Nov 1971
Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison New Jersey
24 Nov 1971
A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack on British soldiers in Strabane County Tyrone
24 Nov 1971
A British Army bomb-disposal specialist is killed by a bomb in Lurgan County Armagh
24 Nov 1974
62nd CFL Grey Cup Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos 20-7
24 Nov 1975
Boccaccio opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
24 Nov 1976
NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
24 Nov 1976
Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
24 Nov 1977
Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
24 Nov 1979
Kings Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
24 Nov 1979
US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
24 Nov 1980
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs 23rd studio album by Dolly Party is released
24 Nov 1983
PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4500 Palestinians & Lebanese
24 Nov 1983
Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson for the West Indies vs India in Bombay
24 Nov 1985
73rd CFL Grey Cup BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-24
24 Nov 1985
Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta 60 killed
24 Nov 1985
NBC miniseries Mussolini The Untold Story starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
24 Nov 1986
Smile opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
24 Nov 1986
Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
24 Nov 1986
Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
24 Nov 1987
Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in Peoples Republic of China
24 Nov 1987
Make It Last Forever debut album by Keith Sweat is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1988)
24 Nov 1991
1st international flight from Long Islands MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
24 Nov 1991
79th CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders 36-21
24 Nov 1991
After going 12-0 Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
24 Nov 1991
Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tadzjikistan
24 Nov 1991
US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 launched
24 Nov 1991
Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova 64 36 75 60 to win her 2nd straight WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC
24 Nov 1992
Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China kills 141
24 Nov 1993
Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales
24 Nov 1993
End of world according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
24 Nov 1993
11 year old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of English 2 year old James Bulger
24 Nov 1995
Ireland votes to end 58-year-old amendment on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
24 Nov 1996
Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
24 Nov 1996
84th CFL Grey Cup Toronto beats Edmonton 43-37 at Hamilton
24 Nov 1996
Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
24 Nov 1996
Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut Pakistan v NZ Lahore
24 Nov 1996
Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
24 Nov 1996
German tennis star Steffi Graf retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 63 46 60 46 60 win over Martina Hingis at Madison Square Garden NYC
24 Nov 1996
American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd ATP Tour World Championship tennis titles with a classic 36 76 76 67 64 victory over defending champion Boris Becker in Hanover Germany
24 Nov 1997
Street Corner Symphony opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 performances
24 Nov 2002
90th CFL Grey Cup Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos 25-16
24 Nov 2006
Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing.
24 Nov 2007
Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right LiberalNational coalition government.
24 Nov 2012
Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed Youtube video surpassing 808 million views
24 Nov 2012
Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
24 Nov 2012
The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
24 Nov 2013
101st CFL Grey Cup Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45-23
24 Nov 2014
A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground
24 Nov 2014
Take Your Time single is released by Sam Hunt (Billboard Song of the Year 2015)
24 Nov 2015
Tunisia declares state of emergency after an attack on a bus in Tunis carrying presidential guards kills at least 12
24 Nov 2015
Turkey shots down a Russian fighter jet after claiming it had flown into Turkish airspace
24 Nov 2015
Venezuelan opposition leader Luis Daz is shot and killed days before the countrys general election
24 Nov 2015
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder of 17 year old African American Laquan McDonald in 2014
24 Nov 2016
International research team publishes discovery of 1500 new viruses found in invertebrates
24 Nov 2017
Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula Egypt killing 305 people government retaliates bombing the area
24 Nov 2017
18 women accuse Jean-Claude Arnault with ties to the Nobel Prize Committee of sexual assault and harassment in Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper
24 Nov 1832
South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification declaring the tariffs of 1828 and unconstitutional in and unenforceable in South Carolina precipitating the Nullification Crisis which presaged the American Civil War
24 Nov 1924
1st Dutch airliner Fokker F.VII lands in Batavia (Java) after flying from Amsterdam
24 Nov 1934
CFL Grey Cup Sarnia Imperials win their first Championship with a 20-12 win over Regina Roughriders
24 Nov 1951
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Ottawa Rough Riders claim their 4th Championship with 21-14 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders
24 Nov 1953
Los Angeles Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 signs 23 one year agreements until 1976
24 Nov 1956
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Edmonton Eskimos make it 3rd consecutive Championships defeat Montreal Alouettes for 3rd straight year 50-27
24 Nov 1974
CFL Grey Cup Empire Stadium Vancouver Montreal Alouettes defeat Edmonton Eskimos 20-7 on a slick wet field
24 Nov 1985
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-24 final CFL game played with 25-yard long endzone
24 Nov 1987
Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang for the Peoples Republic of China
24 Nov 1996
CFL Grey Cup Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton MVP Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title beat Edmonton Eskimos 43-37
24 Nov 2002
CFL Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Eskimos 25-16 Don Matthews 5th Grey Cup title as a head coach
24 Nov 2013
CFL Grey Cup Taylor Field Regina Saskatchewan Roughriders win 4th title defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45-23 Roughriders running back Kory Sheets MVP sets Grey Cup record rushing for 197 yards with 2 TDs
24 Nov 2018
ICC Womens Cricket T20 World Cup Antigua Ashleigh Gardner with 33 from 26 balls and 3 for 22 leads Australia (1062) to 4th T20 WC beat England (105)
24 Nov 2018
Taiwanese voters vote against referendums to legalise same-sex marriage
24 Nov 2018
Cruise boat sinks on Lake Victoria near Kampala Uganda killing at least 29
24 Nov 2018
Copa Libertadores Final 2nd-leg between Buenos Aires rivals River Plate & Boca Juniors is postponed after Boca bus attacked by River fans players suffer cuts & affects of police tear gas River wins 5-3 on aggregate when 2nd-leg played in Madrid Spain (9 Dec)
24 Nov 1956
Glenn Davis leads an American trifecta in the mens 400m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics hurdles Olympic record equalling 50.1s to beat teammates Eddie Southern and Joshua Culbreath
24 Nov 2018
ICC T20 World Cup Womens Cricket Antigua Ashleigh Gardner with 33 from 26 balls and 3 for 22 leads Australia (1062) to 4th T20 WC beat England (105)
24 Nov 2019
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces a late-bid to be the US Democratic presidential candidate
24 Nov 2019
Data leaked from Chinese high-security Muslim Uighur security camps housing 1 million people show systematic brainwashing in western Xinjiang region
24 Nov 2019
Taylor Swift wins six awards at American Music Awards including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade
24 Nov 2019
Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates overwhelmingly win district council elections in strong rebuke to Hong Kong leaders
24 Nov 2019
New Zealand cricket batsman BJ Watling scores a marathon 205 off 473 balls to lead the home side to an innings and 65 run 1st Test victory over England at Mount Maunganui
24 Nov 1862
M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts novel Salammbo
24 Nov 1877
English author Anna Sewell sells her manuscript Black Beauty to Norwich publisher for 40 the novel is published soon after
24 Nov 1942
German Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk Ukraine
24 Nov 1974
Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson Maurice Taieb Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopias Afar Depression [1] [2]
24 Nov 1977
NFL Miami Dolphins Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns in a 55-14 win over Cardinals in St. Louis
24 Nov 2020
Scotlands parliament votes to become the first country to make period products free [1]
24 Nov 2020
US General Services Administration officially begins Joe Bidens transition declaring him the apparent winner although Donald Trump vows to continue challenging the result
24 Nov 2020
Covid-19 surge in the US gathers further pace with death toll of 2200 highest since May and new cases averaging 175000 a day
24 Nov 1956
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical The Pajama Game closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances and a Tony Award for Best Musical
24 Nov 1964
British rock band begins a 22-week Tuesday night residency at the influential Marquee Club in London England
24 Nov 1977
Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns in a 55-14 win over Cardinals in St. Louis
24 Nov 1996
Elliot Goldenthal musical Juan Darin - A Carnival Mass opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC runs for 49 performances
24 Nov 1997
Street Corner Symphony opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC runs for 79 performances
24 Nov 2019
47th American Music Awards Taylor Swift wins six awards including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade
24 Nov 2021
At least 27 migrants drown after their boat capsizes in the English Channel trying to reach the UK
24 Nov 1924
Sidney Howards stage drama They Knew What They Wanted opens at Garrick Theater (later transferring to the Klaw) NYC runs for 414 performances winning a Pulitzer Prize
24 Nov 1964
British rock band The Who begins a 22-week Tuesday night residency at the influential Marquee Club in London England
24 Nov 1969
US Army Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968 ordered to stand trial by court martial
24 Nov 1971
American Dan Cooper hijacks a plane extorts 200000 in ransom jumps out of the plane over Washington State and is never seen again
24 Nov 1987
Concert performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos folk operetta Magdalena debuts at Alice Tully Hall in NYCs Lincoln Center
24 Nov 2013
41st American Music Awards Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win
24 Nov 1947
House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds Hollywood Ten in contempt for refusing to reveal whether they are communists
24 Nov 1950
UN troops begin an assault intending to end the Korean War by Christmas
24 Nov 1964
British rock band The Who begins a 22-week Tuesday night residency at the influential Marquee Club in London England
24 Nov 1966
400 die of respiratory failure and heart attacks in New York City smog the smoggiest day in the citys history
24 Nov 1991
Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tajikistan
24 Nov 1993
11-year-old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of English 2-year-old James Bulger
24 Nov 2015
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder of 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald in 2014
24 Nov 2021
Swedens first female Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns after 12 hours in the job after her coalition government falls apart
24 Nov 2021
Three men found guilty by a jury of felony murder of black runner Ahmaud Arbery with Travis McMichael also convicted of malice murder in Brunswick Georgia [1]
24 Nov 2022
Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in Prime Minister of Malaysia appointed by King Al-Sultan Abdullah at the head of a coalition government [1]
24 Nov 2022
British born Flossie aged almost 27 crowned the worlds oldest cat by the Guinness Book of Records [1]
24 Nov 2023
100 Nigerians abducted for ransom and one killed by armed bandits on motorcycles in northern Zamfara state amid increasing kidnappings in the region [1]
24 Nov 2023
A23a worlds biggest iceberg at 4000 sq km (1500 sq miles) on the move again after being grounded in the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years [1]
24 Nov 2023
Four-day ceasefire begins in Gaza with Hamas releasing 24 hostages and Israel 39 Palestinian prisoners allowing more urgently needed humanitarian aid into the territory [1]
24 Nov 1775
Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia fapproves resolution barring blacks from army
24 Nov 1877
English author Anna Sewell sells her manuscript Black Beauty to Norwich publisher for 40 the novel is published soon after
24 Nov 1918
Newspaper cartoon Gasoline Alley first appears as a weekly feature on the Chicago Tribunes Sunday Rectangle page
24 Nov 1930
Ruth Nichols sets the womens transcontinental air flight record from Mineola New York to California in a Lockheed Vega
24 Nov 1938
Clifford Odets play Rocket to the Moon premieres in NYC
24 Nov 1954
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christens the first plane to be designated Air Force One
24 Nov 1957
Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
24 Nov 1958
Mechanisation of Thought Processes considered the first international symposium about artificial intelligence begins in Teddington England
24 Nov 1964
Cards third baseman Ken Boyer is voted National League MVP
24 Nov 1974
The most complete early human skeleton (Lucy Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson Maurice Taieb Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopias Afar Depression [1] [2]
24 Nov 1977
Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese passes for 6 touchdowns in a 55-14 win over Cardinals in St. Louis
24 Nov 1979
Salems Lot American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King concludes in the United States
24 Nov 1989
Sachin Tendulkar scores a Test cricket fifty at the record young age of 16 years and 214 days
24 Nov 1993
Today marks the end of the world according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
24 Nov 2012
Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed YouTube video surpassing 808 million views
24 Nov 2016
International research team publishes the discovery of 1500 new viruses found in invertebrates
24 Nov 2021
Swedens first female Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns after 12 hours in the job when her coalition government falls apart
24 Nov 2022
British-born Flossie aged almost 27 is crowned the worlds oldest cat by Guinness World Records [1]
24 Nov 2023
A23a the worlds biggest iceberg at 4000 sq km (1500 sq miles) is on the move again after being grounded in the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years [1]
24 Nov 2024
300 billion climate deal agreed at COP29 in Baku Azerbaijan to help poorer countries deal with the effects of climate change amid criticism it isnt enough [1]
24 Nov 2024
A ceasefire is agreed to end sectarian violence in north-western Pakistan after more than 80 are killed and 150 injured in attacks between Shia and Sunni Muslims [1]
24 Nov 2024
NFL Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley sets new franchise game record with 255 yards rushing in 37-20 victory over Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood California