November 24th, 1961

Born on November 24th, 1961

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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, 1961

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

Hartmut Engler

German musician and singer

*November 24th, 1961, Ingersheim

62

Kuba Sienkiewicz

Polish songwriter, pop musician and neurologist

*November 24th, 1961, Warsaw

62

Alexis Desseaux

French actor

*November 24th, 1961, Rouen

62

Anja Tuckermann

German author

*November 24th, 1961, Selb

62

Britt Pettersen

Norwegian cross-country skier

*November 24th, 1961, Lillehammer Municipality

62

Alejandro Adem

Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia since 2005

*November 24th, 1961, Mexico City

62

Carlos Carnero

Spanish politician

*November 24th, 1961, Madrid

62

Rosita Pelayo

Mexican actress (1958-2023)

*November 24th, 1961, Mexico City †December 16th, 2023, Mexico City

34

Robin Stille

American actress (1961–1996)

*November 24th, 1961, Philadelphia †February 9th, 1996, Burbank

62

Mark Winegardner

American writer

*November 24th, 1961, Bryan

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53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

59

Conleth Hill

Irish actor

*November 24th, 1964, Ballycastle

26

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

46

Colin Hanks

American actor (born 1977)

*November 24th, 1977, Sacramento

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

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

89

Agustín Edwards Eastman

Chilean publisher and journalist

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

67

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor and screenwriter

*November 24th, 1956, Lackawanna

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

22

Paulius Pultinevičius

Lithuanian chess player

*November 24th, 2001, Marijampolė

68

Najib Mikati

Lebanese businessman and politician

*November 24th, 1955, Tripoli

61

Hans-Georg Maaßen

German civil servant and lawyer

*November 24th, 1962, Rheindahlen

63

Amanda Wyss

American actress

*November 24th, 1960, Manhattan Beach

45

Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

*November 24th, 1978, Washington, D.C.

81

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

*November 24th, 1942, Glasgow

40

Luis León Sánchez

Spanish road bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1983, Mula

66

Denise Crosby

American actress

*November 24th, 1957, Hollywood

56

Kerstin Köppen

East German rower

*November 24th, 1967, Rathenow

65

Alain Chabat

French actor and director

*November 24th, 1958, Oran

82

Pete Best

British musician, former member of the Beatles

*November 24th, 1941, Chennai

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Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

62

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

62

Laurence Fishburne

American actor

*July 30th, 1961, Augusta

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No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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