November 24th, 1922

Born on November 24th, 1922

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 24th, 1922?

November 24th, 1922

Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Civil_War

What else 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, 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

Born on November 24th, 1922

92

Claus Moser, Baron Moser

British statistician and Civil Servant (1922-2015)

*November 24th, 1922, Berlin †September 4th, 2015, Chur

81

Richard Leech

Irish actor (1922-2004)

*November 24th, 1922, Dublin †March 24th, 2004, England

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

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

85

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

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

23

Jean Maridor

French military personnel (1920-1944)

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

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

79

John Lindsay

American politician (1921–2000)

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

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

93

Octavio Lepage

President of Venezuela (acting) in 1993

*November 24th, 1923, Parroquia Santa Rosa †January 6th, 2017, Caracas

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

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

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Born in 1922

93

Trude Dothan

Austrian-Israeli archaeologist

*November 30th, 1922, Vienna †January 28th, 2016, Jerusalem

75

Poul Bundgaard

Danish actor and opera singer

*October 27th, 1922, Hellerup †June 3rd, 1998, Gentofte

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

*May 27th, 1922, Belgravia †June 7th, 2015, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

47

Judy Garland

American actress and singer (1922–1969)

*June 10th, 1922, Grand Rapids †June 22nd, 1969, Chelsea

58

Hattie Jacques

English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen (1922-1980)

*February 7th, 1922, Sandgate †October 6th, 1980, Eardley Crescent

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

84

Eva Ebner

German actor, screenwriter ans assistant director

*January 14th, 1922, Gdańsk †January 31st, 2006, Berlin

88

Ilse Jahn

German biologist, historian of science and curator (1922–2010)

*February 2nd, 1922, Chemnitz †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

*April 3rd, 1922, Cincinnati †May 13th, 2019, Carmel Valley

98

Carl Reiner

American actor (1922–2020)

*March 20th, 1922, The Bronx †June 29th, 2020, Beverly Hills

95

Stan Lee

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

*December 28th, 1922, Manhattan †November 12th, 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

*October 31st, 1922, New York City †August 8th, 2005, Northeast Harbor

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Sid Caesar

American comic actor and writer

*September 8th, 1922, Yonkers †February 12th, 2014, Beverly Hills

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

93

Madeleine Sherwood

Canadian actress

*November 13th, 1922, Montreal †April 23rd, 2016, Saint-Hippolyte

85

Maila Nurmi

Finnish American actress (1922-2008)

*December 11th, 1922, Pechenga †January 10th, 2008, Los Angeles

53

Margaret Leighton

British actress (1922–1976)

*February 26th, 1922, Barnt Green †January 13th, 1976, Chichester

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Public holidays on November 24th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1922 is a normal year and no leap year.

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