November 24th, 1736

Born on November 24th, 1736

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 105,000 days old!

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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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 24th

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

81

Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

French noble (1736-1818)

*August 9th, 1736, Paris †May 13th, 1818, Paris

81

Maria Maximiliana von Stadion

German abbot

*July 21st, 1736, Mainz †January 1st, 1818, Munich

92

Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier

French politician

*July 17th, 1736, Pamiers †December 14th, 1828, Brussels metropolitan area

76

Anton Graff

Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)

*November 18th, 1736, Winterthur †June 22nd, 1813, Dresden

65

George Fordyce

British chemist (1736-1802)

*November 18th, 1736, Aberdeen †May 25th, 1802, London

57

James Mercer

American soldier, jurist and political figure

*February 26th, 1736, Stafford County †October 31st, 1793, Richmond

56

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 7th, 1736, Rudolstadt †April 13th, 1793, Rudolstadt

48

Ann Lee

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

*February 29th, 1736, Manchester †September 8th, 1784, Watervliet

75

Dorothea Wendling

German operatic soprano

*March 21st, 1736, Stuttgart †August 20th, 1811, Munich

70

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

*March 21st, 1736, Dormans †November 19th, 1806, Paris

43

Helfrich Peter Sturz

German author (1736-1779)

*February 16th, 1736, Darmstadt †November 12th, 1779, Bremen

80

Izabela Lubomirska

Polish princess and art collector (1736-1816)

*May 21st, 1736, Warsaw †November 25th, 1816, Vienna

64

Leopold von Clary und Aldringen

(1736-1800)

*January 2nd, 1736, Malá Strana †November 23rd, 1800, Vienna

62

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

French writer and publisher

*November 26th, 1736, Lille †December 19th, 1798, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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