November 24th, 1921

Born on November 24th, 1921

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 37,000 days old!

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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, 1921

79

John Lindsay

American politician (1921–2000)

*November 24th, 1921, New York City †December 19th, 2000, Hilton Head Island

67

Robert Banks

American chemist (1921–1989)

*November 24th, 1921, Piedmont †January 3rd, 1989, Missouri

75

Lieselotte Quilling

German actress (1921-1997)

*November 24th, 1921, Frankfurt †June 16th, 1997, Pentling

96

John P. Yates

American politician

*November 24th, 1921, Griffin †December 11th, 2017

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 24th?

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

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

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

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

23

Jean Maridor

French military personnel (1920-1944)

*November 24th, 1920, Le Havre †August 3rd, 1944, Kent

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

95

Toralv Maurstad

Norwegian actor

*November 24th, 1926, Bærum Municipality †November 4th, 2022

97

Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist

*November 24th, 1926, Shanghai County

93

Albert Wolsky

American costumer designer

*November 24th, 1930, Paris

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

85

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

*November 24th, 1925, The Hague †March 4th, 2011, Geneva

51

Jorge Mistral

Spanish actor (1920-1972)

*November 24th, 1920, Aldaia †April 20th, 1972, Mexico City

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

85

John Justin

British stage and film actor (1917-2002)

*November 24th, 1917, London †November 29th, 2002, Petersfield

86

Garson Kanin

American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter

*November 24th, 1912, Rochester †March 13th, 1999, New York City

91

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Irish-American actress (1913–2005)

*November 24th, 1913, Dublin †July 17th, 2005, New York City

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

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Born in 1921

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

*October 4th, 1921, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 6th, 2019, Ivry-sur-Seine

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

94

Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

*July 6th, 1921, Manhattan †March 6th, 2016, Bel Air

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

87

Robert Étienne

French historian and classical archaeologist (1921–2009)

*February 25th, 1921, Mérignac †January 4th, 2009, Bordeaux

82

Heinz Quermann

German television presenter (1921–2003)

*February 10th, 1921, Hanover †October 14th, 2003, Berlin

99

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

*June 10th, 1921, Corfu †April 9th, 2021, Windsor Castle

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

68

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

*May 21st, 1921, Moscow †December 14th, 1989, Moscow

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

*March 3rd, 1921, New York City †January 25th, 1960, New York City

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

86

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1967—1998)

*June 8th, 1921, Kemusuk †January 27th, 2008, Jakarta

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

89

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

*July 24th, 1921, Greenville †December 28th, 2010, Manhattan

72

Alexis Smith

Canadian-born American actress and singer (1921-1993)

*June 8th, 1921, Penticton †June 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

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Public holidays on November 24th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1921 is a normal year and no leap year.

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