November 24 in history
Events on November 24
Notable events that happened on November 24 in past years.
- 2023
Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.
Wikipedia article: Hibiscus Rising - 2015
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is 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.
Wikipedia article: Russian Air Force - 2013
Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.
Wikipedia article: Iran - 1992
China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board.
Wikipedia article: China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 - 1976
The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
Wikipedia article: 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake - 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.
Wikipedia article: Apollo program - 1963
Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography.
Wikipedia article: Lee Harvey Oswald - 1943
World War II: At the battle of Makin the USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Makin - 1932
In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
Wikipedia article: Federal Bureau of Investigation - 1917
In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Wikipedia article: Milwaukee - 1859
British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published.
Wikipedia article: Charles Darwin - 1832
South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state, beginning the Nullification Crisis.
Wikipedia article: South Carolina - 1429
Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
Wikipedia article: Hundred Years' War - 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.
- 380
Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
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