November 24th, 1842

Born on November 24th, 1842

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What happened on November 24th?

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, is launched in Bucharest, Romania.

November 24th, 1976

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of the buildings in the area, with 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 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.

November 24th, 1750

Tarabai, the former regent of the Maratha Empire, had Rajaram II, whom she had previously claimed to be her grandson, arrested as an impostor.

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

Born on November 24th, 1842

72

Heinrich Bohner

German missionary

*November 24th, 1842, Feilbingert †March 21st, 1915, Speyer

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Who's birthday is on November 24th?

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

63

Carlo Collodi

Italian writer (1826-1890)

*November 24th, 1826, Florence †October 26th, 1890, Florence

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

81

Philipp August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

*November 24th, 1927, 8th arrondissement of Paris †April 24th, 2017, Graneros

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

79

Henry Lomb

German-American businessman (1828-1908)

*November 24th, 1828, Burghaun †June 13th, 1908, Pittsford

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

44

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

*November 24th, 1632, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1677, The Hague

74

Frances Hodgson Burnett

English-American playwright and author

*November 24th, 1849, Manchester †October 29th, 1924, New York City

74

Eugen von Zimmerer

Colonial governor in Cameroon

*November 24th, 1843, Germersheim †March 10th, 1918, Frankfurt

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

36

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

*November 24th, 1864, Albi †September 9th, 1901, Saint-André-du-Bois

93

Albert Wolsky

American costumer designer

*November 24th, 1930, Paris

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70

Karl May

German author (1842-1912)

*February 25th, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal †March 30th, 1912, Radebeul

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

*July 26th, 1842, Bermondsey †July 13th, 1924, Cambridge

68

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)

*January 11th, 1842, Astor House †August 26th, 1910, Tamworth

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

75

Abdul Hamid II

34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909

*September 21st, 1842, Istanbul †February 10th, 1918, Beylerbeyi Palace

76

Arrigo Boito

Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)

*February 24th, 1842, Padua †June 10th, 1918, Milan

47

Charles Grad

French politician (1842-1890)

*December 8th, 1842, Turckheim †July 3rd, 1890, Wintzenheim

88

Giovanni Boldini

Italian painter (1842-1931)

*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris

80

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

*March 4th, 1842, Berlin †July 19th, 1922, Berlin

71

Ambrose Bierce

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

*June 24th, 1842, Meigs County †November 30th, 1913, Chihuahua City

70

Jules Massenet

French composer (1842–1912)

*May 12th, 1842, Saint-Étienne †August 13th, 1912, Paris

66

François Coppée

French poet and novelist

*January 26th, 1842, Paris †May 23rd, 1908, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Giovanni Giolitti

Italian statesman (1842–1928)

*October 27th, 1842, Mondovì †July 17th, 1928, Cavour

80

James Dewar

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)

*September 20th, 1842, Kincardine †March 27th, 1923, London

68

Ellen Swallow Richards

American chemist (1842-1911)

*December 3rd, 1842, Dunstable †March 30th, 1911, Boston

77

John H. Bankhead

American politician (1842-1920)

*September 13th, 1842, Marion County †March 1st, 1920, Washington, D.C.

76

John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

English physicist (1842–1919)

*November 12th, 1842, Maldon †June 30th, 1919, Witham

79

Madeleine Brès

French physician

*November 25th, 1842, Bouillargues †November 30th, 1921, Montrouge

78

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

*November 27th, 1842, Moscow †February 8th, 1921, Dmitrov

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1842 is a normal year and no leap year.

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