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Birthday November 24, 1632 Baruch Spinoza, philosopher |
Birthday November 24, 1700 Benjamin Spinoza |
Birthday November 24, 1713 Father Junipero Serra, who had a mission in Cal |
Birthday November 24, 1713 Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist, satirist (Tristram Shandy) |
Birthday November 24, 1784 Zachary Taylor is born |
Birthday November 24, 1784 Zachary Taylor, (Whig), 12th Pres (Mar 5 1849-July 9 1850) |
Birthday November 24, 1849 John Froelich, inventor of the gas-powered tractor, is born |
Birthday November 24, 1864 Henre de Toulouse-Lautrec, in France, painter |
Birthday November 24, 1868 Scott Joplin, American musician, composer |
Birthday November 24, 1877 Alben W. Barkley, (D), 35th U.S. vice-president (1949-53) |
Birthday November 24, 1888 Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People) |
Birthday November 24, 1912 Eric Severide |
Birthday November 24, 1921 John V. Lindsay, (R-NY-mayor) |
Birthday November 24, 1925 William F. Buckley Jr., right-wing curmudgeon |
Birthday November 24, 1930 Dante Lavelli, AAFC, NFL end (Cleveland Browns) |
Birthday November 24, 1938 Oscar Robertson (Big O), basketball player |
History November 24, 1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius |
History November 24, 1807 Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant dies |
History November 24, 1832 SC passes Ordinance of Nullification |
History November 24, 1859 Origin of Species is published |
History November 24, 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain |
History November 24, 1874 Patent granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire |
History November 24, 1918 Yugoslav National Council expresses concerns about post-war boundaries |
History November 24, 1922 Irish author and nationalist executed |
History November 24, 1932 The FBI Crime Lab opens its doors for business |
History November 24, 1944 U.S. B-29s raid Tokyo |
History November 24, 1947 Hollywood 10″ cited for contempt of Congress |
History November 24, 1954 1st US Presial airplane christened |
History November 24, 1960 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA rebounds record |
History November 24, 1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) |
History November 24, 1963 1st live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald |
History November 24, 1963 Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald |
History November 24, 1963 LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam |
History November 24, 1965 U.S. casualty rates hit new high |
History November 24, 1969 U.S. Army announces Calley will be tried |
History November 24, 1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth |
History November 24, 1971 D B Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200 000 |
History November 24, 1971 Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm |
History November 24, 1973 John Neihardt, ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks, dies |
History November 24, 1973 Ringo Starr earns a solo #1 hit with Photograph |
History November 24, 1979 Kings' Charley Simmer failed on 8th penalty shot against Islanders |
History November 24, 1993 Robin Williams stars in Mrs. Doubtfire |
History November 24, 1999 Ferry sinks in Yellow Sea, killing hundreds |