November 24
is the 328th day (329th on
leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 37 days remaining in the year.
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380 -
Theodosius I makes his
adventus, or formal entry, into
Constantinople.
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642 -
Theodore succeeds John IV as
Pope.
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1190 -
Isabella of Jerusalem marries
Conrad of Montferrat at
Acre, making him
de jure King.
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1639 -
Jeremiah Horrocks observes the
transit of Venus (November 24 in the
Julian calendar, or
December 4 in the
Gregorian calendar).
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1642 -
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island
Van Diemen's Land (later renamed
Tasmania).
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1859 -
Charles Darwin publishes
The Origin of Species.
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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.
*
1904 - The first successful
caterpillar track is made.
*
1922 - Author and
Irish Republican Army member
Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an
Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
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1932 - In
Washington, DC, the
FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
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1935 - The
Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
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1941 -
World War II: The
United States grants
Lend-Lease to the
Free French.
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1944 - 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.
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1947 -
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 Congress against the so-called
Hollywood 10.
* 1947 -
Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of
France*
1951 - The
Broadway play
Gigi opens with little-known actress
Audrey Hepburn in the title role.
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1962 - The
West Berlin branch of the
Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the
Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
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1963 -
John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by
Jack Ruby in
Dallas, Texas on live national
television.
* 1963 -
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.
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1965 -
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.
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1969 -
Apollo program: The
Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the
Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the
Moon.
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1971 - 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.
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1974 - The
skeleton of "
Lucy", a 3.18 million years old
female hominid, of the
genus Australopithecus, was discovered in the
Afar Triangle of
Ethiopia.
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1976 -
The Band gives its last public performance, documented by
Martin Scorsese in the film
The Last Waltz.
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1992 - In the
People's Republic of China, a
China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
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1993 - In
Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the
murder of 2-year-old
James Bulger.
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1996 -
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).
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1998 -
America Online announces it will acquire
Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
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2000 - The
PlayStation 2 is released in Europe, for around €449/£299.
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2002 -
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on mission
STS-113, the final successful shuttle flight before the ill-fated
STS-107 Columbia mission.
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2005 - The
Licensing Act 2003 comes into force in
England and Wales, introducing flexibility in the hours during which
alcoholic beverages may be sold.
* 2005 - 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 the
38th Canadian Parliament.
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1273 -
Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of
Edward I of England (d.
1284)
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1394 -
Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d.
1465)
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1420 -
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d.
1473)
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1583 -
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d.
1641)
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1615 -
Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d.
1690)
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1630 -
Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d.
1718)
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1632 -
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d.
1677)
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1655 - King
Charles XI of Sweden (d.
1697)
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1690 -
Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d.
1750)
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1713 -
Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d.
1784)
* 1713 -
Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d.
1768)
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1729 -
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d.
1800)
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1784 -
Zachary Taylor, 12th
President of the United States (d.
1850)
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1787 -
Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (d.
1863)
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1801 -
Ludwig Bechstein, German narrator and poet (d.
1860)
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1806 -
William Webb Ellis, often credited with the invention of Rugby (d.
1872)
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1811 -
Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d.
1890)
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1826 -
Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d.
1890)
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1849 -
Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d.
1924)
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1853 -
Bat Masterson, American gunfighter and policeman (d.
1921)
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1859 -
Cass Gilbert, American architect (d.
1934)
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1864 -
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d.
1901)
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1874 -
Charles Miller, 'Father of Brazilian football' (d.
1953)
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1876 -
Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d.
1937)
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1877 -
Alben W. Barkley,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1956)
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1881 -
Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d.
1951)
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1884 -
Itzhak Ben-Zvi,
President of Israel (d.
1963)
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1887 -
Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d.
1973)
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1888 -
Dale Carnegie, American writer (d.
1955)
* 1888 -
Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d.
1972)
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1894 -
Herbert Sutcliffe, England test cricketer (d.
1978)
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1895 -
Ludvík Svoboda,
President of Czechoslovakia (d.
1979)
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1897 -
Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d.
1962)
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1905 -
Irwin Allen, American film producer and director (d.
1991)
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1911 -
Joe Medwick, baseball player (d.
1975)
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1912 -
Garson Kanin, American writer (d.
1999)
* 1912 -
Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d.
1986)
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1913 -
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d.
2005)
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1916 -
Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer and publisher
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1917 -
Howard Duff, American actor
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1921 -
John Lindsay, American politician (d.
2000)
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1924 -
Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d.
2000)
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1925 -
William F. Buckley Jr., American writer and political commentator
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1925 -
Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1926 -
Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1927 -
Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d.
2003)
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1927 -
Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d.
1999)
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1930 -
Bob Friend, baseball player
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1934 -
Alfred Schnittke, German composer (d.
1998)
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1938 -
Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
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1940 -
Paul Tagliabue, commissioner of the
National Football League (
1989-present)
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1941 -
Pete Best, British musician,
Ringo Starr's predecessor in
The Beatles*
1941 -
Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician,
Booker T. and the M.G.'s*
1942 -
Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
*
1942 -
Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
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1943 -
Dave Bing, American basketball player
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1944 -
Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar and diplomat
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1946 -
Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d.
1989)
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1947 -
Dwight Schultz, American actor
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1948 -
Steve Yeager, baseball player
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1951 -
Chet Edwards, American politician
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1955 -
Ian Botham, England test cricketer
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1955 -
Elvis Ramone, American drummer (
The Ramones)
*1955 -
Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
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1957 -
Denise Crosby, American actress
*1957 -
Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
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1960 -
Amanda Wyss, American actress
*1960 -
Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
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1962 -
John Squire, British guitarist (
The Stone Roses)
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1964 -
Brad Sherwood, American comedian
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1966 -
Russell Watson, British singer
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1967 -
Cal Eldred, baseball player
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1968 -
Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
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1969 -
Rob Nicholson, American musician
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1971 -
Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
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1976 -
Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
*1976 -
Dave Aizer, American Television Host
*
1978 -
Katherine Heigl, American actress
*
1980 -
Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
*
654 -
Emperor Kōtoku of Japan
*
1468 -
Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b.
1402)
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1531 -
Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b.
1482)
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1541 -
Margaret Tudor, wife of
James IV of Scotland (b.
1489)
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1572 -
John Knox, Scottish reformer
*
1583 -
René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b.
1506)
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1615 -
Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b.
1556)
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1650 -
Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b.
1566)
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1722 -
Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b.
1623)
*
1741 - Queen
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b.
1688)
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1770 -
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b.
1685)
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1775 -
Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b.
1703)
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1781 -
James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b.
1734)
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1793 -
Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b.
1723)
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1801 -
Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b.
1725)
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1807 - Thayendanegea (
Joseph Brant), Mohawk leader(b.
1742)
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1848 -
Lord Melbourne,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1779)
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1870 -
Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b.
1846)
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1890 -
August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b.
1816)
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1916 - Sir
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b.
1840)
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1922 -
Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (executed) (b.
1870)
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1929 -
Georges Clemenceau,
Premier of France (b.
1841)
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1943 -
Doris Miller, American navy cook (b.
1919)
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1956 -
Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b.
1920)
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1957 -
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b.
1886)
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1958 -
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician,
Nobel laureate (b.
1864)
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1960 -
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
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1965 -
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b.
1895)
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1973 -
John Neihardt, American writer (b.
1881)
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1980 -
George Raft, American actor (b.
1895)
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1985 -
Big Joe Turner, American singer (b.
1911)
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1991 -
Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (
Queen) (AIDS) (b.
1946)
*1991 -
Eric Carr, American drummer (
KISS) (b.
1950)
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1996 -
Sorley MacLean, British poet (b.
1911)
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2002 -
John Rawls, Political philosopher (b.
1921)
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2003 -
Floquet de Neu, Spanish albino gorilla (b.
1964)
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2004 -
Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b.
1940)
*2004 -
Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b.
1920)
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2005 -
Pat Morita, American actor (b.
1932)
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Roman festivals - in the
Byzantine empire the
Brumalia (a wine festival) were celebrated from this day until the winter
solstice*
R.C. Saints - Saint
Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese martyrs
* Also see
November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Feast Day of
St. Colman -
Cobh,
Ireland*
Teacher's Day in
Turkey*
BBC: On This DayNovember 23 -
November 25 -
October 24 -
December 24 --
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