November 24th, 1068

Born on November 24th, 1068

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What happened on November 24th?

November 24th, 2023

Hibiscus Rising (pictured), a sculpture commemorating the life of David Oluwale, was unveiled in Leeds.

November 24th, 2015

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course.

November 24th, 2012

A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people.

November 24th, 2009

The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania.

November 24th, 1976

A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of buildings in the region and causing at least 4,000 casualties.

November 24th, 1971

After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper (depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.

November 24th, 1963

During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories.

November 24th, 1950

The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone, struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.

November 24th, 1943

World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644.

November 24th, 1941

The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.

November 24th, 1925

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre (pictured) opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical Mayflowers.

November 24th, 1922

Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol.

November 24th, 1906

The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games.

November 24th, 1863

American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city.

November 24th, 1859

British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.

Public holidays on November 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 24th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1068 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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