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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[380]] – [[Theodosius I]] makes his ''[[adventus (ceremony)|adventus]]'', or formal entry, into [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Haykin|title=The Spirit of God: The Exegesis of 1 and 2 Corinthians in the Pneumatomachian Controversy of the Fourth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-p5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179|year= 1994|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-31294-4|pages=179}}</ref> *[[1190]] – [[Conrad of Montferrat]] becomes [[King of Jerusalem]] upon his marriage to [[Isabella I of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Pipe roll society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=du1XAAAAIAAJ|year=1974|page=63}}</ref> *[[1221]] – [[Genghis Khan]] defeats the renegade [[Khwarazmian Empire|Khwarazmian]] prince [[Jalal al-Din Mangburni|Jalal al-Din]] at the [[Battle of the Indus]], completing the [[Mongol conquest of Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion |edition=Third |last=Barthold |first=Vasily |date=1968 |orig-date=1900 |publisher=Gibb Memorial Trust |oclc=4523164 |author-link=Vasily Bartold |page=445}}</ref> *[[1227]] – [[Gąsawa massacre]]: At an assembly of [[Piast]] dukes at [[Gąsawa]], Polish Prince [[Leszek the White]], Duke [[Henry the Bearded]] and others are attacked by assassins while bathing.<ref>{{cite book | title=Polska Piastow | publisher=Proszynski | author=Jasienica Pawel | author-link=Pawel Jasienica | year=2007 | pages=174, 236 | isbn=9788374694797}}</ref> *[[1248]] – An overnight landslide on the north side of [[Mont Granier]], one of the largest historical rockslope failures ever recorded in Europe, destroys five villages.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sujit Mandal|author2=Ramkrishna Maiti|title=Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide Assessment and Prediction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqQ9BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|year=2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-287-146-6|p=4}}</ref> *[[1359]] – [[Peter I of Cyprus]] ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, [[Hugh IV of Cyprus]], abdicates. *[[1429]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Joan of Arc]] unsuccessfully [[Siege of La Charité|besieges La Charité]]. *[[1542]] – [[Battle of Solway Moss]]: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the [[River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway|River Esk]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[Abel Tasman]] becomes the first European to discover the island [[Van Diemen's Land]] (later renamed [[Tasmania]]). *[[1750]] – [[Tarabai]], regent of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]], imprisons [[Rajaram II of Satara]] for refusing to remove [[Balaji Baji Rao]] from the post of [[peshwa]]. *[[1832]] – [[South Carolina]] passes the [[Ordinance of Nullification]], declaring that the [[Tariff of 1828|Tariffs of 1828]] and [[Tariff of Abominations|1832]] were null and void in the state, beginning the [[Nullification Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/300 |title=South Carolina Legislature Passes the Ordinance of Nullification |website=History Engine |publisher=[[University of Richmond]] |df=mdy-all |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> *[[1835]] – The Texas Provincial Government [[History of the Texas Ranger Division|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]]). *[[1850]] – Danish troops [[Battle of Lottorf|defeat]] a [[Schleswig-Holstein]] force in the town of [[Lottorf]], Schleswig-Holstein. *[[1859]] – British naturalist [[Charles Darwin]]'s ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' is published.<ref name="TES97">{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=100322 |title=Make a special date for assembly - 1997 |date=6 December 1996 |website=[[TES (magazine)|TES]] |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209001039/https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=100322 |archive-date=9 December 2014 |url-status=dead }} "Schools trying to link religious, moral and spiritual education into the wider framework of group assemblies will find here a calendar listing the main [[religious festival]]s of the six [[major religious groups|main faiths]], the [[International observance|United Nation's designated days of concern]], profile-raising days of the main British charities, anniversaries of major figures whose lives embodied important values and days of special interest to those dealing with children [… November] 24 Evolution Day (Humanist - publication of Origin of Species)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=82274 |title=Dates to remember in 1999 |date=1 January 1999 |website=TES (magazine) |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208232416/https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=82274 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |url-status=dead }} "Evolution Day: anniversary of publication of "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin (1859)"</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2011/11/24/evolution-day/ |title=Evolution Day |author=Elizabeth Bal |date=24 November 2011 |website=[[BioMed Central]] |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205160439/http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2011/11/24/evolution-day/ |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref> {{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3602107/darwin-evolution-day/ |title=On Evolution Day, Remember That Darwin Knew He'd Meet Resistance |author=[[Jeffrey Kluger]] |date=24 November 2014 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=28 November 2014}} </ref> *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Third Battle of Chattanooga|Battle of Lookout Mountain]]: Near [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[United States|Union]] forces under General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] capture [[Lookout Mountain]] and begin to break the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] siege of the city led by General [[Braxton Bragg]]. *[[1877]] – [[Anna Sewell]]'s [[animal welfare]] novel ''[[Black Beauty]]'' is published. ===1901–present=== *[[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 [[Match fixing|fixed]] and results in [[Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal|the first major scandal]] in professional [[American football]]. *[[1917]] – In [[Milwaukee]], nine members of the [[Milwaukee Police Department]] are [[Milwaukee Police Department bombing|killed by a bomb]], the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the [[September 11 attacks]] in [[2001]]. *[[1922]] – Nine [[Irish Republican Army]] members are [[Executions during the Irish Civil War#The first executions and reprisals|executed]] by an [[Irish Free State]] firing squad. Among them is author [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. *[[1929]] – The Finnish far-right [[Lapua Movement]] officially begins when a group of mainly the former [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guard]] members, led by [[Vihtori Kosola]], interrupted [[communism]] occasion at the Workers' House in [[Lapua, Finland]].<ref>(Niinistö, Jussi, Suomalaisia vapaustaistelijoita / Finnish Freedom Fighters, NIMOX KY/Ltd., 2003, pp. 17–20; Siltala, Juha, Lapuan liike ja kyyditykset, Otava, 1985, pp. 51–53; Virkkunen, Sakari, Suomen presidentit I / Finland's Presidents I, Otava, 1994, pp. 192–193; Salokangas, Raimo, "Itsenäinen tasavalta" / "An Independent Republic," p. 635 in Zetterberg, Seppo et al., eds., Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen / A Small Giant of the Finnish History, WSOY, 2003).</ref> *[[1932]] – In Washington, D.C., the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the [[FBI Crime Lab]]) officially opens. *[[1935]] – The [[Senegalese Socialist Party]] holds its second congress. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Slovak Republic (1939–45)|First Slovak Republic]] becomes a signatory to the [[Tripartite Pact]], officially joining the [[Axis powers#Slovakia (Tiso regime)|Axis powers]]. *[[1941]] – World War II: The United States grants [[Lend-Lease]] to the [[Free French Forces]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: At the [[battle of Makin]] the {{USS|Liscome Bay|CVE-56|6}} is torpedoed near [[Tarawa]] and sinks, killing 650 men. *[[1944]] – World War II: The [[73rd Air Division|73rd Bombardment Wing]] launches the first [[Bombing of Tokyo|attack on Tokyo]] from the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. *[[1962]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[West Berlin]] branch of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] forms a separate party, the [[Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin]]. * 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' is first broadcast. *[[1963]] – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], the assassin of President [[John F. Kennedy]], is killed by [[Jack Ruby]] on live television. [[Robert H. Jackson (photographer)|Robert H. Jackson]] takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the [[1964 Pulitzer Prize]] in [[Pulitzer Prize for Photography|Photography]]. *[[1965]] – [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Joseph-Désiré Mobutu]] seizes power in the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and becomes [[List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]]; he rules the country (which he renames [[Zaire]] in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. *[[1966]] – Bulgarian [[TABSO Flight 101]] crashes near [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]], killing all 82 people on board. *[[1969]] – [[Apollo program]]: The [[Apollo 12]] command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon. *[[1971]] – During a severe thunderstorm over [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state, a [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacker]] calling himself Dan Cooper (aka [[D. B. Cooper]]) parachutes from a [[Northwest Airlines|Northwest Orient Airlines]] plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found. *[[1973]] – A national speed limit is imposed on the [[Autobahn]] in Germany because of the [[1973 oil crisis]]. The speed limit lasts only four months. *[[1974]] – [[Donald Johanson]] and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' skeleton, nicknamed "[[Lucy (Australopithecus)|Lucy]]" (after [[The Beatles]] song "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"), in the [[Awash River|Awash Valley]] of [[Ethiopia]]'s [[Afar Triangle|Afar Depression]]. *[[1976]] – The [[1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake|Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake]] in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. *[[1989]] – After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the [[Velvet Revolution]], [[Miloš Jakeš]] and the entire Politburo of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak Communist Party]] resign from office. This brings an effective end to [[History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)|Communist rule in Czechoslovakia]].<ref>[http://www.totalita.cz/1989/1989_1124.php] (''in Czech'')</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-44]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-44 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-44.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=Spacefacts}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[China Southern Airlines Flight 3943]] crashes on approach to [[Guilin Qifengling Airport]] in [[Guilin]], China, killing all 141 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921124-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-3Y0 B-2523 Guilin Airport (KWL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Crossair Flight 3597]] crashes in [[Bassersdorf]] near [[Zurich Airport]], killing 24 people, including singer [[Melanie Thornton]] and two members of the German band [[Passion Fruit (group)|Passion Fruit]].<ref name="NZZ">{{cite news |date=27 November 2001 |title=Liste der tödlich Verunglückten |trans-title=List of fatally injured |url=http://www.nzz.ch/2001/11/27/zh/article7tcs2_1.503442.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115203007/http://www.nzz.ch/2001/11/27/zh/article7tcs2_1.503442.html |archive-date=15 January 2013 |accessdate=11 December 2009 |newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |language=German}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The [[Avdhela Project]], an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] [[digital library]] and cultural initiative, is founded in [[Bucharest]], Romania.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-6536622-avdhela-ndash-biblioteca-culturii-aromane.htm|title=Avdhela – Biblioteca Culturii Aromâne|first=Ionuț|last=Baiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=22 November 2009|language=ro}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[2012 Dhaka garment factory fire|A fire]] at a clothing factory in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. *[[2013]] – [[Iran]] signs an interim [[Joint Plan of Action|agreement]] with the [[P5+1|P5+1 countries]], limiting its [[Nuclear program of Iran|nuclear program]] in exchange for reduced [[International sanctions against Iran|sanctions]]. *[[2015]] – A [[Russian Air Force]] [[Sukhoi Su-24]] fighter jet is [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown|shot down]] by the [[Turkish Air Force]] over the [[Syria–Turkey border]], killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. * 2015 – A [[Arish hotel bombing|terrorist attack]] on a hotel in [[Arish|Al-Arish]], Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others. * 2015 – An [[2015 Tunis bombing|explosion on a bus]] carrying [[Tunisian Presidential Security|Tunisian Presidential Guard]] personnel in Tunisia's capital [[Tunis]] leaves at least 14 people dead. *[[2016]] – The government of [[Colombia]] and the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army]] sign a revised [[Colombian peace process|peace deal]], bringing an end to [[Colombian conflict|the country's more than 50-year-long civil war]]. *[[2017]] – A [[2017 Sinai mosque attack|terrorist attack]] on a Mosque in [[Al-Rawda, North Sinai]], Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128.<ref name="WALSH-nyt">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |last2=Youssef |first2=Nour |date=24 November 2017 |title=Militants Kill 305 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt's Deadliest Terrorist Attack |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/mosque-attack-egypt.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> *[[2022]] – Five days after [[2022 Malaysian general election|the general elections]] which resulted in a [[hung parliament]], [[Leader of the Opposition|opposition leader]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia|former deputy prime minister]] [[Anwar Ibrahim]] is officially named as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|the 10th prime minister of Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teoh |first=Shannon |date=2022-11-24 |title=Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysia's 10th prime minister, ending 24-year wait |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/anwar-is-malaysia-s-10th-pm |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=The Straits Times}}</ref> *[[2023]] – ''[[Hibiscus Rising]]'', commemorating [[Death of David Oluwale|David Oluwale]], is unveiled in Leeds.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-24 |title=Leeds: David Oluwale flower sculpture unveiled in city centre |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67512780 |access-date=2024-07-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1273]] – [[Alphonso, Earl of Chester]] (died 1284) *[[1394]] – [[Charles, Duke of Orléans]] (died 1465) *[[1427]] – [[John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English nobleman (died 1473) *[[1472]] – [[Pietro Torrigiano]], Italian sculptor (died 1528) *[[1583]] – [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet and painter (died 1641) * 1583 – [[Philip Massinger]], English dramatist (died 1640) *[[1594]] – [[Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire]] (died 1651) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[John, Count of Nassau-Idstein]] (1629–1677) (died 1677) *[[1615]] – [[Philip William, Elector Palatine]] (died 1690) *[[1630]] – [[Étienne Baluze]], French scholar and academic (died 1718) *[[1632]] – [[Baruch Spinoza]], Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677) *[[1655]] – [[Charles XI of Sweden]] (died 1697) *[[1690]] – [[Charles Theodore Pachelbel]], German organist and composer (died 1750) *[[1712]] – [[Charles-Michel de l'Épée]], French priest and educator (died 1789) * 1712 – [[Ali II ibn Hussein]], Tunisian ruler (died 1782) *[[1713]] – [[Junípero Serra]], Spanish priest and missionary (died 1784) * 1713 – [[Laurence Sterne]], Irish novelist and clergyman (died 1768) *[[1724]] – [[Maria Amalia of Saxony]] (died 1760) *[[1729]] – [[Alexander Suvorov]], Russian field marshal (died 1800) *[[1745]] – [[Maria Luisa of Spain]] (died 1792) *[[1774]] – [[Thomas Dick (scientist)|Thomas Dick]], Scottish minister, author, and educator (died 1857) *[[1784]] – [[Zachary Taylor]], American general and politician, 12th [[President of the United States]] (died 1850) *[[1801]] – [[Ludwig Bechstein]], German author and poet (died 1860) *[[1806]] – [[William Webb Ellis]], English priest, created [[Rugby football]] (died 1872) *[[1811]] – [[Ulrich Ochsenbein]], Swiss lawyer and politician, [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the Swiss National Council]] (died 1890) *[[1812]] – [[Xavier Hommaire de Hell]], French geographer and engineer (died 1848) *[[1826]] – [[Carlo Collodi]], Italian journalist and author (died 1890) *[[1840]] – [[John Alfred Brashear]], American scientist, telescope maker and educator (died 1920) *[[1849]] – [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]], English-American novelist and playwright (died 1924) *[[1851]] – [[John Indermaur]], British lawyer (died 1925) *[[1857]] – [[Miklós Kovács (poet)|Miklós Kovács]], Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937) *[[1859]] – [[Cass Gilbert]], American architect, designed the [[United States Supreme Court Building]] and [[Woolworth Building]] (died 1934) *[[1864]] – [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], French painter and illustrator (died 1901) *[[1868]] – [[Scott Joplin]], American pianist and composer (died 1917) *[[1869]] – [[Óscar Carmona]], Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th [[President of Portugal]] (died 1951) *[[1873]] – [[Julius Martov]], Russian politician (died 1923) * 1873 – [[Herbert Roper Barrett]], English tennis player (died 1943) *[[1874]] – [[Charles William Miller]], Brazilian footballer and referee (died 1953) *[[1876]] – [[Walter Burley Griffin]], American architect and urban planner, designed [[Canberra]] (died 1937) *[[1877]] – [[Alben W. Barkley]], American lawyer and politician, 35th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1956) * 1877 – [[Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara]], Indian police officer (died 1941) *[[1879]] – [[Wylie Cameron Grant]], American tennis player (died 1968) *[[1881]] – [[Al Christie]], Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1951) * 1881 – [[Ye Gongchuo]], Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (died 1968)<ref>{{cite news |work=The Paper |title=纪念｜叶恭绰逝世五十周年：衣被满天下 谁能识其恩 |trans-title=Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ye Gongchuo's Death: Who Can Recognize His Kindness When His Clothes and Bedding Are All Over the World? |language=zh |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 |last=Qijie |first= |author1-mask=Qijie (奇洁) |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=24 September 2024 |archive-date=24 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924202118/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 }}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Nikolai Janson]], Russian politician (died 1938) *[[1884]] – [[Yitzhak Ben-Zvi]], Ukrainian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd [[President of Israel]] (died 1963) *[[1885]] – [[Theodor Altermann]], Estonian actor, director, and producer (died 1915) * 1885 – [[Christian Wirth]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1944) *[[1886]] – [[Margaret Caroline Anderson]], American publisher, founded ''[[The Little Review]]'' (died 1973) *[[1887]] – [[Raoul Paoli]], French boxer and rower (died 1960) * 1887 – [[Erich von Manstein]], German field marshal (died 1973) *[[1888]] – [[Dale Carnegie]], American author and educator (died 1955) * 1888 – [[Fredrick Willius]], American cardiologist and author (died 1972) *[[1891]] – [[Vasil Gendov]], Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1970) *[[1893]] – [[Charles F. Hurley]], American soldier and politician, 54th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1946) *[[1894]] – [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], English cricketer and businessman (died 1978) *[[1895]] – [[Esther Applin]], American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972) *[[1897]] – [[Lucky Luciano]], Italian-American mob boss (died 1962) * 1897 – [[Dorothy Shepherd-Barron]], English tennis player (died 1953) *[[1899]] – [[Ward Morehouse]], American author, playwright, and critic (died 1966) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Albert Ross Tilley]], Canadian captain and surgeon (died 1988) *[[1908]] – [[Libertad Lamarque]], Argentinian actress and singer (died 2000) *[[1910]] – [[Larry Siemering]], American football player and coach (died 2009) *[[1911]] – [[Kirby Grant]], American actor (died 1985) * 1911 – [[Joe Medwick]], American baseball player and manager (died 1975) *[[1912]] – [[Bernard Delfgaauw]], Dutch philosopher and academic (died 1993) * 1912 – [[Garson Kanin]], American director and screenwriter (died 1999) * 1912 – [[Joan Sanderson]], English actress (died 1992) * 1912 – [[Charles Schneeman]], American soldier and illustrator (died 1972) * 1912 – [[Teddy Wilson]], American pianist and educator (died 1986) *[[1913]] – [[Howard Duff]], American actor, director, and producer (died 1990) * 1913 – [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]], Irish-American actress (died 2005) *[[1914]] – [[Lynn Chadwick]], English sculptor (died 2003) * 1914 – [[Bessie Blount Griffin]], American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist (died 2009) *[[1916]] – [[Forrest J Ackerman]], American soldier and author (died 2008) * 1917 – [[Shabtai Rosenne]], English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (died 2010) *[[1919]] – [[David Kossoff]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) *[[1921]] – [[John Lindsay]], American lawyer and politician, 103rd [[Mayor of New York City]] (died 2000) *[[1922]] – [[Claus Moser, Baron Moser]], German-English statistician and academic (died 2015) *[[1924]] – [[Eileen Barton]], American singer (died 2006) * 1924 – [[Lorne Munroe]], Canadian-American cellist and educator (died 2020) *[[1925]] – [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], American publisher and author, founded the ''[[National Review]]'' (died 2008) * 1925 – [[Simon van der Meer]], Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2011) *[[1926]] – [[Tsung-Dao Lee]], Chinese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has died at age 97 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5065675/chinese-american-physicist-tsung-dao-lee-dies |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Ahmadou Kourouma]], Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003) * 1927 – [[Alfredo Kraus]], Spanish tenor (died 1999) * 1927 – [[Emma Lou Diemer]], American composer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diemer, Emma Lou | publisher=Hildegard Publishing Co. |url=https://www.hildegard.com/product-category/composers/emma-lou-diemer/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Kevin Skinner (rugby union)|Kevin Skinner]], New Zealand rugby player (died 2014) *[[1929]] – [[Franciszek Kokot]], Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021) * 1929 – [[George Moscone]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th [[Mayor of San Francisco]] (died 1978) *[[1930]] – [[Ken Barrington]], English cricketer (died 1981) * 1930 – [[Bob Friend]], American baseball player and politician (died 2019) *[[1931]] – [[Tommy Allsup]], American guitarist (died 2017) * 1931 – [[Arthur Chaskalson]], South African lawyer and judge, 18th [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] (died 2012) *[[1932]] – [[Claudio Naranjo]], Chilean psychiatrist (died 2019) * 1932 – [[Fred Titmus]], English cricketer and coach (died 2011) *[[1933]] – [[John Sheridan (rugby league)|John Sheridan]], English rugby player and coach (died 2012) *[[1934]] – [[Alfred Schnittke]], German-Russian journalist and composer (died 1998) *[[1935]] – [[Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa]], Bahraini politician, [[Prime Minister of Bahrain]] (died 2020) * 1935 – [[Ron Dellums]], American soldier and politician, 48th [[Mayor of Oakland]] (died 2018) * 1935 – [[Mordicai Gerstein]], American author, illustrator, and director (died 2019) *[[1938]] – [[Willy Claes]], Belgian conductor and politician, 8th [[Secretary General of NATO]] * 1938 – [[Oscar Robertson]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 24: Colin Hanks, Sarah Hyland |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-24-Colin-Hanks-Sarah-Hyland/5551669246459/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=24 November 2022}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Charles Starkweather]], American spree killer (died 1959) *[[1940]] – [[Marshall Berman]], American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (died 2013) * 1940 – [[Paul Tagliabue]], American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the [[National Football League]] * 1940 – [[Eric Wilson (author)|Eric Wilson]], Canadian author and educator *[[1941]] – [[Pete Best]], Indian-English drummer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1941 – [[Donald "Duck" Dunn]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1941 – [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]], American trumpeter (died 2016) *[[1942]] – [[Billy Connolly]], Scottish comedian and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1942 – [[Marlin Fitzwater]], American soldier and journalist, 17th [[White House Press Secretary]] * 1942 – [[Jean Ping]], Gabonese politician and diplomat * 1942 – [[Andrew Stunell]], English minister and politician (died 2024) *[[1943]] – [[Dave Bing]], American basketball player and politician, 70th [[Mayor of Detroit]]<ref name="UPI" /> * 1943 – [[Richard Tee]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1993) * 1943 – [[Margaret E. M. Tolbert]], American chemist and academic * 1943 – [[Robin Williamson]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1944]] – [[Bev Bevan]], English drummer * 1944 – [[Candy Darling]], American model and actress (died 1974) * 1944 – [[Ibrahim Gambari]], Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)|Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1944 – [[Dan Glickman]], American businessman and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] *[[1945]] – [[Nuruddin Farah]], Somali novelist<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3482800054/farah-nuruddin-1945.html "Farah, Nuruddin 1945–"], Encyclopedia.com.</ref> * 1945 – [[Lee Michaels]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP" /> *[[1946]] – [[Ted Bundy]], American serial killer (died 1989)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1946 – [[Tony Clarkin]], English guitarist and songwriter (died 2024) * 1946 – [[Penny Jordan]], English author (died 2011) * 1946 – [[Roberto Chale]], Peruvian footballer (died 2024)<ref name="vertiz">{{Cite web|url=https://libero.pe/futbol-peruano/2024/09/10/fallecio-roberto-chale-futbol-peruano-luto-muerte-leyenda-universitario-bicolor-1242000|title=Falleció Roberto Chale: fútbol peruano de luto por muerte de leyenda de la Bicolor|last=Vértiz|first=José Miguel|date=10 September 2024|website=Diario Líbero|language=es-PE|access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Dwight Schultz]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Dave Sinclair]], English keyboard player *[[1948]] – [[Spider Robinson]], American-Canadian author and critic * 1948 – [[Rudy Tomjanovich]], American basketball player and coach * 1948 – [[Steve Yeager]], American baseball player and coach *[[1949]] – [[Henry Bibby]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Bibby |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76162/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Shane Bourne]], Australian comedian, actor, and television host * 1949 – [[Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington]], English politician * 1949 – [[Sally Davies (doctor)|Sally Davies]], English hematologist and academic *[[1950]] – [[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]], American drummer and songwriter (died 2015) * 1950 – [[Stanley Livingston]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1951]] – [[Mimis Androulakis]], Greek author and politician * 1951 – [[Chet Edwards]], American businessman and politician * 1951 – [[Margaret Mountford]], Northern Irish-British lawyer and businesswoman * 1951 – [[Graham Price]], Egyptian-Welsh rugby player *[[1952]] – [[Rachel Chagall]], American actress * 1952 – [[Norbert Haug]], German journalist and businessman * 1952 – [[Thierry Lhermitte]], French actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1952 – [[Parveen Shakir]], Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1994) * 1952 – [[Jim Sheridan (politician)|Jim Sheridan]], Scottish politician (died 2022) * 1952 – [[Ken Wilson (rugby league)|Ken Wilson]], Australian rugby league player (died 2022) *[[1954]] – [[Clem Burke]], American drummer (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=April 7, 2025 |title=Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/arts/music/clem-burke-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Emir Kusturica]], Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter * 1954 – [[Margaret Wetherell]], English psychologist and academic *[[1955]] – [[Ian Botham]], English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster * 1955 – [[Scott Hoch]], American golfer * 1955 – [[Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth]], Swedish politician, [[Minister for Culture (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Culture]] * 1955 – [[Najib Mikati]], Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] * 1955 – [[Takashi Yuasa]], Japanese lawyer and author *[[1956]] – [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|Terry Lewis]], American musician, producer, and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1956 – [[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]], American actor, playwright, and director *[[1957]] – [[Denise Crosby]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – [[Edward Stourton (journalist)|Edward Stourton]], English journalist and author *[[1958]] – [[Roy Aitken]], Scottish footballer and manager * 1958 – [[Margaret Curran]], Scottish academic and politician * 1958 – [[Nick Knight (photographer)|Nick Knight]], British photographer *[[1959]] – [[Todd Brooker]], Canadian skier and sportscaster *[[1960]] – [[Edgar Meyer]], American bassist and composer *[[1961]] – [[Carlos Carnero]], Spanish lawyer and politician * 1961 – [[Arundhati Roy]], Indian writer and activist *[[1962]] – [[John Kovalic]], English author and illustrator * 1962 – [[John Squire]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Paul Thorburn]], German-Welsh rugby player and manager * 1962 – [[Ioannis Topalidis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Tracey Wickham]], Australian swimmer *[[1963]] – [[Neale Cooper]], Scottish footballer (died 2018) *[[1964]] – [[Garret Dillahunt]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 – [[Conleth Hill]], Northern Irish actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 – [[Brad Sherwood]], American actor and game show host<ref name="AP" /> *[[1965]] – [[Shirley Henderson]], Scottish actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1966]] – [[Russell Watson]], English tenor and actor *[[1967]] – [[Henrik Brockmann]], Danish singer-songwriter * 1967 – [[Jon Hein]], American radio personality *[[1968]] – [[Bülent Korkmaz]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1968 – [[Scott Krinsky]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Dawn Robinson]], American singer and actress *[[1969]] – [[David Adeang]], Nauruan lawyer and politician * 1969 – [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]], Sri Lankan cricketer * 1969 – [[Rob Nicholson (musician)|Rob Nicholson]], American bass player and songwriter *[[1970]] – [[Doug Brien]], American football player * 1970 – [[Julieta Venegas]], American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1970 – [[Ashley Ward]], English footballer and businessman *[[1971]] – [[Lola Glaudini]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1971 – [[Cosmas Ndeti]], Kenyan runner * 1971 – [[Keith Primeau]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1972]] – [[Ruxandra Dragomir]], Romanian tennis player * 1972 – [[Marek Lemsalu]], Estonian footballer *[[1973]] – [[Alejandro Ávila]], Mexican actor * 1973 – [[Danielle Nicolet]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 24, 2022 includes celebrities Sarah Hyland, Colin Hanks |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-24-2022-includes-celebrities-sarah-hyland-colin-hanks.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=24 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Amy Faye Hayes]], American boxing ring announcer and model * 1974 – [[Stephen Merchant]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1974 – [[Machel Montano]], Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer * 1974 – [[Tarō Yamamoto]], Japanese actor and politician *[[1975]] – [[Thomas Kohnstamm]], American author *[[1976]] – [[Mona Hanna-Attisha]], British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate * 1976 – [[Christian Laflamme]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 – [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]], Chinese figure skater *[[1977]] – [[Colin Hanks]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[Celaleddin Koçak]], German-Turkish footballer *[[1978]] – [[Katherine Heigl]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Joseba Llorente]], Spanish footballer *1979 – [[Carmelita Jeter]], American sprinter "fastest woman alive".<ref name=london>{{Cite web |title=Crystal Palace AVIVA London Grand Prix {{!}} Results {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7004368?eventId=10229509 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Horacio Ramírez]], Mexican-American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Horacio Ramirez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/horacio-ramirez-400141 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Kabir Ali]], English cricketer * 1980 – [[Brandon Hunter]], American basketball player (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Hunter |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2599/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Beth Phoenix]], American wrestler * 1980 – [[Branko Radivojevič]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Branko Radivojevic |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/branko-radivojevic-8467966 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Ryan Fitzpatrick]], American football player * 1982 – [[Sean O'Loughlin]], English rugby player *[[1983]] – [[Dean Ashton]], English footballer * 1983 – [[Lars Eckert]], German rugby player * 1983 – [[André Laurito]], German footballer * 1983 – [[Gwilym Lee]], Welsh actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1983 – [[José López (infielder)|José López]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1983 – [[Shavlik Randolph]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shavlik Randolph |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101183/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Karine Vanasse]], Canadian actress and producer *[[1984]] – [[David Booth (ice hockey)|David Booth]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Booth |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/david-booth-8471266 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Maria Höfl-Riesch]], German skier *[[1985]] – [[Julia Alexandratou]], Greek model, actress, and singer *[[1986]] – [[Jimmy Graham]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Graham |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13232/jimmy-graham |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Pedro León]], Spanish footballer *[[1988]] – [[Jarrod Parker]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarrod Parker |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jarrod-parker-519105 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Mario Gaspar]], Spanish footballer * 1990 – [[Sarah Hyland]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1990 – [[Tom Odell]], English singer-songwriter * 1990 – [[Michael Oldfield (rugby league)|Michael Oldfield]], Australian rugby league player *[[1992]] – [[Sergei Kulbach]], Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023) *[[1993]] – [[Ivi Adamou]], Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter * 1993 – [[Joe Pigott]], English footballer *[[1994]] – [[Nabil Bentaleb]], Algerian footballer *[[1995]] – [[Marcus Bontempelli]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcus Bontempelli|url=https://tlaworldwide.com/talent/marcus-bontempelli/|work=TLA Worldwide|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Jeremy Swayman]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Swayman Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/jeremy-swayman-8480280 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[654]] – [[Emperor Kōtoku]] of Japan (born 596) *[[1072]] – [[Bagrat IV of Georgia]] (born 1018) *[[1227]] – [[Leszek the White|Leszek I the White]], High Duke of Poland (born c. 1186) *[[1265]] – [[Magnús Óláfsson]], King of Mann and the Isles *[[1326]] – [[Hugh Despenser the Younger]], English courtier (born 1296) *[[1426]] – [[Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter]], (born c. 1363) *[[1468]] – [[Jean de Dunois]], French soldier (born 1402) *[[1492]] – [[Loys of Gruuthuse]], Earl of [[Winchester]] (born c. 1427) *[[1530]] – [[Mingyi Nyo]], Burmese ruler (born 1459) *[[1531]] – [[Johannes Oecolampadius]], German theologian and reformer (born 1482) *[[1572]] – [[John Knox]], Scottish pastor and theologian (born 1510) *[[1583]] – [[René de Birague]], French cardinal (born 1506) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Sethus Calvisius]], German composer and theorist (born 1556) *[[1642]] – [[Walatta Petros]], saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (born 1592) *[[1650]] – [[Manuel Cardoso (composer)|Manuel Cardoso]], Portuguese organist and composer (born 1566) *[[1675]] – [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], Indian guru (born 1621) *[[1722]] – [[Johann Adam Reincken]], Dutch-German organist and composer (born 1623) *[[1741]] – [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden]] (born 1688) *[[1770]] – [[Charles-Jean-François Hénault]], French historian and author (born 1685) *[[1775]] – [[Lorenzo Ricci]], Italian religious leader, 18th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (born 1703) *[[1781]] – [[James Caldwell (clergyman)|James Caldwell]], American minister (born 1734) *[[1793]] – [[Clément Charles François de Laverdy]], French lawyer and politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Minister of Finance]] (born 1723) *[[1801]] – [[Franz Moritz von Lacy]], Austrian field marshal (born 1725) * 1801 – [[Philip Hamilton]], Oldest son of Alexander Hamilton (born 1782) *[[1807]] – [[Joseph Brant]], American tribal leader (born 1742) *[[1848]] – [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1779) *[[1870]] – [[Comte de Lautréamont]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1846) *[[1885]] – [[Nicolás Avellaneda]], Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th [[President of Argentina]] (born 1837) *[[1890]] – [[August Belmont]], German-American banker and politician, 16th [[United States Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (born 1816) *[[1895]] – [[Ludwik Teichmann]], Polish anatomist (born 1823)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl/historia-wydzialow-lekarskich-w-polsce/#|title=Ludwik Karol Teichmann |website=khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl|language=pl|access-date=Aug 20, 2019}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[Hiram Maxim]], American-English engineer, invented the [[Maxim gun]] (born 1840) *[[1920]] – [[Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili]], Georgian actor and director (born 1857) * 1920 – [[Alexandru Macedonski]], Romanian author and poet (born 1854) *[[1922]] – [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], executed Irish soldier, journalist, and author (born 1870) *[[1929]] – [[Georges Clemenceau]], French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (born 1841) *[[1932]] – [[William Arnon Henry]] American academic and agriculturist (born 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=Frank B. |title=Dr. William Arnon Henry |journal=Science |date=1933 |volume=77 |issue=1989 |pages=160–162 |doi=10.1126/science.77.1989.160 |jstor=1658040 |bibcode=1933Sci....77..160M |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1658040 |access-date=4 March 2022 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Doris Miller]], American soldier and chef, [[Navy Cross]] recipient (born 1919) *[[1948]] – [[Anna Jarvis]], American founder of [[Mother's Day]] (born 1864) *[[1954]] – [[Mamie Dillard]], African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (born 1874)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krivulskaya |first1=Suzanna |title=Biographical Sketch of Mary (Mamie) J. Dillard |url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C3292110/biographical-sketch-mary-mamie-j-dillard |website=Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists |publisher=Alexander Street |access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Guido Cantelli]], Italian conductor (born 1920) *[[1957]] – [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter and sculptor (born 1886) *[[1958]] – [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1864) *[[1959]] – [[Dally Messenger]], Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (born 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia]] (born 1882) *[[1961]] – [[Ruth Chatterton]], American actress (born 1892) *[[1963]] – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], American assassin of [[John F. Kennedy]] (born 1939) *[[1965]] – [[Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895) *[[1968]] – [[D. A. Levy]], American poet and publisher (born 1942) *[[1973]] – [[John Neihardt]], American author and poet (born 1881) *[[1980]] – [[Herbert Agar]], American journalist and historian (born 1897) * 1980 – [[George Raft]], American actor and dancer (born 1901) * 1980 – [[Molly Reilly]], Canadian aviator (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cahf.ca/CUSTOMPAGES/907/MemberList.cfm?firstLetter=R#175|title=Moretta Fenton Beall Reilly|website=Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Henrietta Hill Swope]], American astronomer and academic (born 1902) *[[1982]] – [[Barack Obama, Sr.]], Kenyan economist and academic, father of [[Barack Obama]], 44th President of the United States (born 1936) *[[1987]] – [[Jehane Benoît]], Canadian journalist and author (born 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Juan Manuel Bordeu]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1934) * 1990 – [[Fred Shero]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mcg Thomas |first1=Robert Jr. |title=Fred Shero, 65; Coached Flyers to Stanley Cup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/sports/fred-shero-65-coached-flyers-to-stanley-cup.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 August 2020 |date=25 November 1990}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Dodie Smith]], English author and playwright (born 1896) * 1990 – [[Marion Post Wolcott]], American photographer (born 1910) * 1990 – [[Bülent Arel]], Turkish-American composer and educator (born 1919) *[[1991]] – [[Freddie Mercury]], Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and producer (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Mercury {{!}} Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Freddie-Mercury |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Eric Carr]], American drummer of [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] (born 1950) *[[1993]] – [[Albert Collins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932) *[[1995]] – [[Eduard Ole]], Estonian-Swedish painter (born 1898) *[[1996]] – [[Sorley MacLean]], Scottish soldier and poet (born 1911) *[[1997]] – [[Barbara (singer)|Barbara]], French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1930) *[[2002]] – [[John Rawls]], American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1921) *[[2003]] – [[Warren Spahn]], American baseball player and coach (born 1921) *[[2004]] – [[Arthur Hailey]], English-Canadian journalist and author (born 1920) * 2004 – [[Joseph Hansen (writer)|Joseph Hansen]], American author and poet (born 1923) * 2004 – [[James Wong (lyricist)|James Wong]], Chinese actor and songwriter (born 1940) *[[2005]] – [[Pat Morita]], American actor (born 1932) *[[2006]] – [[Juice Leskinen]], Finnish singer-songwriter (born 1950) * 2006 – [[George W. S. Trow]], American author, playwright, and critic (born 1943) * 2006 – [[Zdeněk Veselovský]], Czech zoologist and ethologist (born 1938) *[[2007]] – [[Casey Calvert (Hawthorne Heights)|Casey Calvert]], American guitarist (born 1981) *[[2008]] – [[Kenny MacLean]], Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (born 1956) * 2008 – [[Cecil H. Underwood]], American educator and politician, 25th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (born 1922) *[[2009]] – [[Abe Pollin]], American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923) * 2009 – [[Samak Sundaravej]], Thai politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (born 1935) * 2009 – [[Jun Ross]], Filipino basketball player (born 1949) *[[2010]] – [[Huang Hua]], Chinese translator and politician, 5th [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China]] (born 1913) *[[2012]] – [[Héctor Camacho]], Puerto Rican-American boxer (born 1962) * 2012 – [[Antoine Kohn]], Luxembourgian footballer and manager (born 1933) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Stewart (baseball)|Jimmy Stewart]], American baseball player and manager (born 1939) * 2012 – [[Nicholas Turro]], American chemist and academic (born 1938) * 2012 – [[Ernie Warlick]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1932) *[[2013]] – [[Matthew Bucksbaum]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[General Growth Properties]] (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Arnaud Coyot]], French cyclist (born 1980) * 2013 – [[Lou Hyndman]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1935) * 2013 – [[June Keithley]], Filipino actress and journalist (born 1947) * 2013 – [[Jean King]], American politician, 6th [[Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii]] (born 1925) * 2013 – [[Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown]], English banker and politician, [[Governor of the Bank of England]] (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Matti Ranin]], Finnish actor (born 1926)<ref>[https://elonet.finna.fi/Search/Results?filter[]=author2_id_str_mv%3A%22kavi.elonet_henkilo_253213%22 Matti Ranin] – Elonet (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6950861 Näyttelijä Matti Ranin kuollut] – [[Yle]] (in Finnish)</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Jorge Herrera Delgado]], Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961) * 2014 – [[Murli Deora]], Indian politician, [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs]] (born 1937) * 2014 – [[Peter Henderson (sportsman)|Peter Henderson]], New Zealand rugby player (born 1926) * 2014 – [[Nenad Manojlović]], Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957) * 2014 – [[Viktor Tikhonov (ice hockey, born 1930)|Viktor Tikhonov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Robert Ford (British Army officer)|Robert Ford]], English general (born 1923) * 2015 – [[John Forrester (historian)|John Forrester]], English historian and philosopher (born 1949) * 2015 – [[Quincy Monk]], American football player (born 1979) * 2015 – [[Heinz Oberhummer]], Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941) * 2015 – [[Douglas W. Shorenstein]], American businessman (born 1955) *[[2016]] – [[Paul Futcher]], English footballer (born 1956) * 2016 – [[Florence Henderson]], American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38102188|title=Florence Henderson: Brady Bunch matriarch dies at 82|website=BBC News|date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Goo Hara]], South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50535937|title=K-Pop artist Goo Hara found dead at home aged 28|website=BBC News|date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Börje Salming]], Swedish hockey player (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-legend-borje-salming-dies-at-age-71/|title=Maple Leafs legend Börje Salming dies at age 71|website=sportsnet.ca|date=November 24, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Barbara Taylor Bradford]], British novelist (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=November 25, 2024 |title=Barbara Taylor Bradford, Whose Sagas Were Best Sellers, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/books/barbara-taylor-bradford-dead.html |access-date=November 25, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Breyten Breytenbach]], South African-French poet and painter (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Le peintre et poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach est mort |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/culture/20241124-le-peintre-et-po%C3%A8te-sud-africain-breyten-breytenbach-est-mort?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x&utm_source=shorty&utm_slink=rfi.my/BA5C |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=[[Radio France Internationale]] |language=fr}}</ref> *2024 – [[Helen Gallagher]], American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=November 27, 2024 |title=Helen Gallagher, Winner of Two Tonys and Three Emmys, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/arts/helen-gallagher-dead.html |access-date=November 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast days]]: **[[Albert of Louvain]] **[[Andrew Dũng-Lạc]], [[Pierre Dumoulin-Borie]], and other [[Vietnamese Martyrs]] **[[Saint Chrysogonus|Chrysogonus]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Colmán of Cloyne]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Eanflæd]] **[[Firmina]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Flavian of Ricina]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Flora and Maria]] **[[Jehu Jones]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]]) **[[Justus Falckner]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]]) **[[Cianán|Kenan (Cianán)]] **[[Saint Mercurius|Mercurius]] ([[Eastern Church]]) **[[Pierre Dumoulin-Borie]] **[[Protasius (bishop of Milan)|Protasius of Milan]] **[[Romanus of Blaye]] **[[November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Evolution Day]] ([[International observance]]) *[[Lachit Divas]] ([[Assam]]) *[[Guru Tegh Bahadur#Legacy and memorials|Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur]] ([[India]]) *[[Teachers' Day]] ([[Turkey]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/24 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=24}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/24 |title=Historical Events on November 24 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:November 24}} [[Category:Days of November]]
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