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2008-11-24
Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-8
Births
1394-11-24 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420-11-24 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583-11-24 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615-11-24 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630-11-24 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632-11-24 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
1655-11-24 - Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
1690-11-24 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
1713-11-24 - Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
1713-11-24 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d. 1768)
1724-11-24 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729-11-24 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1774-11-24 - Thomas Dick, a Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784-11-24 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
1787-11-24 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
1801-11-24 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1811-11-24 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815-11-24 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1826-11-24 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
1849-11-24 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
1853-11-24 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859-11-24 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864-11-24 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
1874-11-24 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876-11-24 - Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d. 1937)
1877-11-24 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
1881-11-24 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884-11-24 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1886-11-24 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887-11-24 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888-11-24 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
1888-11-24 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1894-11-24 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1897-11-24 - Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
1908-11-24 - Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
1911-11-24 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1911-11-24 - Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
1912-11-24 - Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
1912-11-24 - Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d. 1986)
1913-11-24 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d. 2005)
1916-11-24 - Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer
1916-11-24 - Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)
1917-11-24 - Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
1921-11-24 - John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
1924-11-24 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925-11-24 - William F. Buckley Jr., American writer
1925-11-24 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926-11-24 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927-11-24 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1930-11-24 - Bob Friend, baseball player
1934-11-24 - Alfred Schnittke, German composer (d. 1998)
1935-11-24 - Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
1938-11-24 - Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
1940-11-24 - Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the National Football League
1940-11-24 - Don Metz, American architect
1941-11-24 - Pete Best, British musician
1941-11-24 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician, Booker T. and the M.G.'s
1942-11-24 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
1942-11-24 - Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
1943-11-24 - Dave Bing, American basketball player
1943-11-24 - Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
1944-11-24 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1945-11-24 - Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
1946-11-24 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
1947-11-24 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
1948-11-24 - Steve Yeager, baseball player
1951-11-24 - Chet Edwards, American politician
1954-11-24 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955-11-24 - Ian Botham, England test cricketer
1955-11-24 - Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1955-11-24 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1957-11-24 - Denise Crosby, American actress
1957-11-24 - Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
1958-11-24 - Alain Chabat, French actor and director
1960-11-24 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
1960-11-24 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1962-11-24 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
1962-11-24 - John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
1964-11-24 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1965-11-24 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965-11-24 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1966-11-24 - Russell Watson, British singer
1967-11-24 - Cal Eldred, baseball player
1968-11-24 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1969-11-24 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970-11-24 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1971-11-24 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1971-11-24 - Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
1974-11-24 - Stephen Merchant, British comedian
1974-11-24 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1976-11-24 - Dave Aizer, American television host
1976-11-24 - Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
1976-11-24 - Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
1977-11-24 - Colin Hanks, American actor
1978-11-24 - Katherine Heigl, American actress
1980-11-24 - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1983-11-24 - Dean Ashton, English footballer
1273-11-24 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
Deaths
1468-11-24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531-11-24 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541-11-24 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1572-11-24 - John Knox, Scottish reformer
1583-11-24 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615-11-24 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
1650-11-24 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
1722-11-24 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
1741-11-24 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770-11-24 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1775-11-24 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
1781-11-24 - James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793-11-24 - Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
1801-11-24 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807-11-24 - Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (b. 1742)
1848-11-24 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
1870-11-24 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
1890-11-24 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1916-11-24 - Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1922-11-24 - Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (executed) (b. 1870)
1929-11-24 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. 1841)
1943-11-24 - Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
1956-11-24 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1957-11-24 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
1958-11-24 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
1959-11-24 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
1960-11-24 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1963-11-24 - Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
1965-11-24 - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
1967-11-24 - Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
1973-11-24 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
1980-11-24 - George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
1980-11-24 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985-11-24 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1987-11-24 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1990-11-24 - Fred Shero, National Hockey League player and coach (b. 1925)
1991-11-24 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (b. 1946)
1991-11-24 - Eric Carr, American drummer (KISS) (b. 1950)
1996-11-24 - Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
2002-11-24 - John Rawls, Political philosopher (b. 1921)
2003-11-24 - Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003-11-24 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2004-11-24 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2004-11-24 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
2005-11-24 - Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
2006-11-24 - Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
2006-11-24 - George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
2006-11-24 - Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1928)
Declared
2007-11-24 - Feast Day of Saint Colman of Cloyne - Cobh, Ireland
2007-11-24 - Teacher's Day in Turkey
Events
1190-11-24 - Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King.
1639-11-24 - Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus (November 24 in the Julian calendar, or December 4 in the Gregorian calendar).
1642-11-24 - Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
1859-11-24 - Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species.
1863-11-24 - American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain - Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
1904-11-24 - The first successful caterpillar track is made.
1922-11-24 - Author and Irish Republican Army member Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
1932-11-24 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
1935-11-24 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
1941-11-24 - World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
1943-11-24 - World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks with nearly 650 men killed.
1944-11-24 - World War II: Bombing of Tokyo - The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land was made by 88 American aircraft.
1947-11-24 - Red Scare: After refusing to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry, the United States House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of Con
1947-11-24 - Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France
1951-11-24 - The Broadway play Gigi opens with a then unknown actress by the name of Audrey Hepburn in the title role.
1962-11-24 - The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
1963-11-24 - John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television.
1963-11-24 - Vietnam War: Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically.
1965-11-24 - Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Congo and becomes President; he goes on to rule the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
1966-11-24 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
1966-11-24 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in that city's history.
1969-11-24 - Apollo program: The Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.
1971-11-24 - During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with US$200,000 in ransom money - neither he nor the money are ever found.
1976-11-24 - The Band gives its last public performance, documented by Martin Scorsese in the film The Last Waltz.
1988-11-24 - The cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 debuts on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA TV24.
1992-11-24 - In the People's Republic of China, a China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
1993-11-24 - In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
1996-11-24 - Rusty Wallace wins the Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 racing event at Suzuka Circuitland in Suzuka City (this was the first NASCAR competition held in Japan).
1998-11-24 - America Online announces it will acquire Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
2000-11-24 - The PlayStation 2 is released in Europe, for around €449/£299.
2005-11-24 - The Licensing Act 2003 comes into force in England and Wales, introducing flexibility in the hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold.
2005-11-24 - Then-Conservative leader Stephen Harper, the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, introduced a motion of no confidence, which NDP leader Jack Layton seconded. The motion was passed on November 28 which led to the dissolution to th
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