November 24 facts for kids

November 24 is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 37 days remain until the end of the year.

Every day is special, and November 24th has seen many important moments throughout history! From ancient battles to exciting discoveries and the births of famous people, let's explore some of the cool things that happened on this day.

Historic Events

Early Times (Before 1600)

• 380 – Theodosius I, a Roman Emperor, made a grand entrance into the city of Constantinople. It was a big parade to show his power.
• 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat became the King of Jerusalem when he married Isabella I of Jerusalem.
• 1221 – The famous leader Genghis Khan won a big battle against Prince Jalal al-Din Mangburni at the Battle of the Indus. This helped the Mongols take over Central Asia.
• 1227 – At a meeting in Poland, Prince Leszek the White and Duke Henry the Bearded were attacked by assassins.
• 1248 – A huge landslide happened on Mont Granier in Europe. It was one of the biggest ever recorded and destroyed five villages.
• 1359 – Peter I of Cyprus became the new king of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, stepped down.
• 1429 – During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc tried to capture the town of La Charité but was not successful.
• 1542 – In the Battle of Solway Moss, an English army defeated a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk.

Later Years (1601–1900)

• 1642 – Abel Tasman became the first European to find the island of Van Diemen's Land. This island was later renamed Tasmania.
• 1750 – Tarabai, a powerful leader in India, put Rajaram II of Satara in prison. He had refused to remove another important official.
• 1832 – South Carolina decided it would not follow certain tax laws passed by the U.S. government. This started a big disagreement called the Nullification Crisis.
• 1835 – The government in Texas created a special police force that rode horses. They were called the Texas Rangers.
• 1850 – Danish soldiers defeated a force from Schleswig-Holstein in the town of Lottorf.
• 1863 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant captured Lookout Mountain. This helped them break the Confederate army's hold on Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 1877 – The famous book Black Beauty by Anna Sewell was published. It's a story about a horse and teaches us to be kind to animals.

Modern Era (1901–Present)

• 1906 – A football game between the Massillon Tigers and the Canton Bulldogs led to accusations of cheating. This was the first big scandal in professional American football.
• 1922 – Nine members of the Irish Republican Army were executed by a firing squad. One of them was the writer Erskine Childers.
• 1929 – The Lapua Movement, a far-right group in Finland, officially began. They interrupted a communist event in Lapua, Finland.
• 1932 – The FBI Crime Lab, a special laboratory for solving crimes, officially opened in Washington, D.C.
• 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party held an important meeting.
• 1940 – During World War II, the First Slovak Republic joined the Axis powers.
• 1941 – World War II: The United States began giving military aid to the Free French Forces.
• 1943 – World War II: During the battle of Makin, the ship USS Liscome Bay was hit by a torpedo and sank. Sadly, 650 men lost their lives.
• 1944 – World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launched the first air attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
• 1962 – During the Cold War, the West Berlin branch of a political party formed its own separate group.
• 1962 – The popular British TV show That Was the Week That Was, which made fun of current events, was first shown.
• 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, was himself killed by Jack Ruby on live television. A famous photo of this moment won a Pulitzer Prize.
• 1965 – Mobutu Sese Seko took control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and became its president. He ruled for over 30 years.
• 1966 – TABSO Flight 101 crashed near Bratislava, killing all 82 people on board.
• 1969 – The Apollo 12 spacecraft safely landed back in the Pacific Ocean. This ended the second mission where humans landed on the Moon.
• 1971 – A hijacker known as D. B. Cooper parachuted from a plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He was never found.
• 1973 – Germany put a temporary speed limit on its highways, the Autobahn, because of an oil shortage.
• 1974 – Scientists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discovered a very old skeleton of an early human ancestor. They nicknamed it "Lucy" after a famous song.
• 1976 – A big earthquake in eastern Turkey killed between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
• 1989 – After many protests, the Communist government in Czechoslovakia resigned. This peaceful change was called the Velvet Revolution.
• 1992 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashed in China, killing all 141 people on board.
• 2009 – The Avdhela Project, a digital library for the Aromanian culture, was started in Romania.
• 2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, tragically killed at least 112 people.
• 2013 – Iran signed an agreement with several countries to limit its nuclear program. In return, some economic penalties were reduced.
• 2015 – A Russian fighter jet was shot down by the Turkish Air Force near the Syria–Turkey border. One pilot and a marine were killed.
• 2016 – The government of Colombia and a rebel group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia signed a new peace deal. This helped end a civil war that had lasted over 50 years.
• 2022 – Anwar Ibrahim was officially named the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia after recent elections.

Famous Birthdays

Born Before 1900

• 1394 – Charles, Duke of Orléans, a French nobleman and poet.
• 1472 – Pietro Torrigiano, a talented Italian sculptor.
• 1583 – Philip Massinger, an English writer of plays.
• 1632 – Baruch Spinoza, a very important Dutch philosopher.
• 1655 – Charles XI of Sweden, a king of Sweden.
• 1712 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, a French priest who helped educate deaf people.
• 1713 – Junípero Serra, a Spanish priest and missionary.
• 1713 – Laurence Sterne, an Irish novelist and clergyman.
• 1784 – Zachary Taylor, who became the 12th President of the United States.
• 1806 – William Webb Ellis, an English priest who is said to have created the sport of Rugby football.
• 1826 – Carlo Collodi, an Italian journalist and author, famous for writing Pinocchio.
• 1849 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, an English-American novelist and playwright, known for The Secret Garden.
• 1864 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a famous French painter.
• 1868 – Scott Joplin, an American pianist and composer, known as the "King of Ragtime."
• 1876 – Walter Burley Griffin, an American architect who designed the city of Canberra in Australia.
• 1877 – Alben W. Barkley, who became the 35th Vice President of the United States.
• 1884 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, who became the 2nd President of Israel.
• 1888 – Dale Carnegie, an American author and educator, known for his self-help books.
• 1897 – Lucky Luciano, an Italian-American mob boss.

Born After 1900

• 1908 – Libertad Lamarque, a famous Argentinian actress and singer.
• 1913 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, an Irish-American actress.
• 1925 – William F. Buckley, Jr., an American writer and founder of National Review.
• 1925 – Simon van der Meer, a Dutch-Swiss physicist who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1926 – Tsung-Dao Lee, a Chinese-American physicist and academic who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1929 – George Moscone, who was the 37th Mayor of San Francisco.
• 1935 – Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, who was the Prime Minister of Bahrain.
• 1938 – Oscar Robertson, a legendary American basketball player.
• 1941 – Pete Best, an English drummer who was an early member of The Beatles.
• 1942 – Billy Connolly, a famous Scottish comedian and actor.
• 1944 – Bev Bevan, an English drummer for the band Electric Light Orchestra.
• 1947 – Dwight Schultz, an American actor.
• 1948 – Spider Robinson, an American-Canadian author.
• 1954 – Emir Kusturica, a Serbian actor and director.
• 1955 – Ian Botham, a famous English cricketer and footballer.
• 1955 – Najib Mikati, who became the Prime Minister of Lebanon.
• 1957 – Denise Crosby, an American actress.
• 1961 – Arundhati Roy, a well-known Indian writer and activist.
• 1962 – John Squire, an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1964 – Garret Dillahunt, an American actor.
• 1965 – Shirley Henderson, a Scottish actress.
• 1966 – Russell Watson, an English tenor singer.
• 1970 – Julieta Venegas, an American-Mexican singer-songwriter.
• 1974 – Stephen Merchant, an English actor, director, and writer.
• 1977 – Colin Hanks, an American actor.
• 1978 – Katherine Heigl, an American actress.
• 1980 – Beth Phoenix, an American professional wrestler.
• 1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, an American football player.
• 1983 – Gwilym Lee, a Welsh actor.
• 1990 – Sarah Hyland, an American actress.
• 1990 – Tom Odell, an English singer-songwriter.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1900

• 654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan.
• 1072 – Bagrat IV of Georgia, a king of Georgia.
• 1227 – Leszek I the White, a Polish duke.
• 1326 – Hugh Despenser the Younger, an English courtier.
• 1468 – Jean de Dunois, a French soldier who fought alongside Joan of Arc.
• 1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius, a German theologian.
• 1572 – John Knox, a Scottish pastor and religious reformer.
• 1675 – Guru Tegh Bahadur, an important spiritual leader in India.
• 1741 – Ulrika Eleonora, a queen of Sweden.
• 1807 – Joseph Brant, a leader of the Mohawk people in America.
• 1848 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, a Uruguayan-French poet.
• 1885 – Nicolás Avellaneda, who was the 8th President of Argentina.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1916 – Hiram Maxim, an American-English engineer who invented the Maxim gun.
• 1922 – Erskine Childers, an Irish soldier and author.
• 1929 – Georges Clemenceau, who was a Prime Minister of France.
• 1943 – Doris Miller, an American soldier and hero during World War II.
• 1948 – Anna Jarvis, the American founder of Mother's Day.
• 1957 – Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican painter.
• 1958 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, an English politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1980 – George Raft, an American actor.
• 1982 – Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan economist and the father of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
• 1990 – Dodie Smith, an English author and playwright, known for 101 Dalmatians.
• 1991 – Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the band Queen.
• 1991 – Eric Carr, the drummer for the band KISS.
• 1993 – Albert Collins, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 2002 – John Rawls, an American philosopher.
• 2005 – Pat Morita, an American actor, famous for his role in The Karate Kid.
• 2009 – Samak Sundaravej, who was the Prime Minister of Thailand.
• 2012 – Héctor Camacho, a Puerto Rican-American boxer.
• 2016 – Florence Henderson, an American actress and singer, known for The Brady Bunch.
• 2019 – Goo Hara, a South Korean singer and actress.
• 2022 – Börje Salming, a famous Swedish ice hockey player.

Holidays and Celebrations

• Christian feast days: These are special religious days for Christians.

* Andrew Dũng-Lạc and other Vietnamese Martyrs * Chrysogonus * Colmán of Cloyne * Eanflæd * Firmina * Flavian of Ricina * Flora and Maria * Jehu Jones * Justus Falckner * Kenan (Cianán) * Mercurius * Pierre Dumoulin-Borie * Protasius of Milan * Romanus of Blaye

• Harvest Day in Turkmenistan (celebrated on the last Sunday in November).
• Mother's Day in Russia (celebrated on the last Sunday in November).
• Evolution Day (an International observance to celebrate the anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species).
• Lachit Divas in Assam, India (celebrates a brave general).
• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur in India (honors the sacrifice of a Sikh Guru).
• Teachers' Day in Turkey (a day to thank teachers).

See also

In Spanish: 24 de noviembre para niños