What Happened on November 24?
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EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 24
Milwaukee
Year:
1917
In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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Irish Republican Army
Year:
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.
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Anna Sewell
Year:
1877
Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
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American Civil War
Year:
1863
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.
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Charles Darwin
Year:
1859
British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published.
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Lapua Movement
Year:
1929
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Year:
1932
In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
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Hibiscus Rising
Year:
2023
Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.
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Lend-Lease
Year:
1941
World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
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World War II
Year:
1940
World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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BIRTHS ON NOVEMBER 24
Kevin Skinner (rugby union)
Year of birth:
1927
Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)
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Emma Lou Diemer
Year of birth:
1927
Emma Lou Diemer, American composer (died 2024)
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Tsung-Dao Lee
Year of birth:
1926
Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
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William F. Buckley Jr.
Year of birth:
1925
William F. Buckley Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (died 2008)
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Eileen Barton
Year of birth:
1924
Eileen Barton, American singer (died 2006)
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Simon van der Meer
Year of birth:
1925
Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
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Alfredo Kraus
Year of birth:
1927
Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (died 1999)
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Ahmadou Kourouma
Year of birth:
1927
Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003)
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Arthur Chaskalson
Year of birth:
1931
Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2012)
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Tommy Allsup
Year of birth:
1931
Tommy Allsup, American guitarist (died 2017)
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DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 24
Henrietta Hill Swope
Year of death:
1980
Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (born 1902)
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Johann Adam Reincken
Year of death:
1722
Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (born 1623)
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George Raft
Year of death:
1980
George Raft, American actor and dancer (born 1901)
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Herbert Agar
Year of death:
1980
Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (born 1897)
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Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
Year of death:
1741
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (born 1688)
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D. A. Levy
Year of death:
1968
D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (born 1942)
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Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Year of death:
1960
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (born 1882)
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Ruth Chatterton
Year of death:
1961
Ruth Chatterton, American actress (born 1892)
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Year of death:
1963
Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (born 1939)
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Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Year of death:
1965
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895)
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HOLIDAYS ON NOVEMBER 24
Albert of Louvain
Christian feast days: Albert of Louvain
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Evolution Day
Evolution Day (International observance)
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November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast days: November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
Christian feast days: Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
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Protasius (bishop of Milan)
Christian feast days: Protasius of Milan
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Lachit Borphukan
Lachit Divas (Assam)
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Guru Tegh Bahadur
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India)
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Saint Chrysogonus
Christian feast days: Chrysogonus
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Andrew Dũng-Lạc
Christian feast days: Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, and other Vietnamese Martyrs
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Colmán of Cloyne
Christian feast days: Colmán of Cloyne
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