This Day in History
24 Nov 1105
Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
24 Nov 1542
Battle of Solway Moss English beat Scottish King James V
24 Nov 1601
Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
24 Nov 1628
John Fords Lovers Melancholy premieres in London
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Ringo Starr earns a solo #1 hit with “Photographâ€
Ringo Starr becomes the third former Beatle to earn a solo 1 hit when Photograph tops the Billboard Hot 100 on November 24 1973. Ringo Sta...
Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald
At 1220 p.m. in the basement of the Dallas police station Lee Harvey Oswald the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy is shot to death by Jack Ruby...
Irish author and nationalist executed
Robert Erskine Childers a popular Irish author and member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is shot to death by an Irish Free State firing squad after being ...
Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm
A hijacker calling himself D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had 200000 in rans...
John Froelich, inventor of the gas-powered tractor, is born
John Froelich the inventor of the first internal-combustion traction motor or tractor is born on this day in Girard Iowa.At the end of the 19th century Fro...
Origin of Species is published
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin is published in England. Darwin...
U.S. casualty rates hit new high
U.S. casualty statistics reflect the intensified fighting in the Ia Drang Valley and other parts of the Central Highlands. In their first significant contacts...
U.S. Army announces Calley will be tried
U.S. Army officials announce 1st Lt. William Calley will be court-martialed for the premeditated murder of 109 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.In Washington Arm...
LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam
Two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms the U.S. intention to continue military and economic support to South ...
Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA rebounds record
On November 24 1960 Philadelphia Warrior Wilt Chamberlain snags 55 rebounds in a game against the Boston Celtics and sets an NBA record for the most rebounds ...
Zachary Taylor is born
On this day in 1784 future President Zachary Taylor is born in Barboursville Virginia.The American Revolution had been over barely a year when Taylor a d...
John Neihardt, ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks, dies
John Neihardt the ghostwriter of one of the most popular and enduring chronicles of traditional Native American culture Black Elk Speaks dies on this day in ...
Robin Williams stars in Mrs. Doubtfire
On this day in 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams as a divorced father who disguises himself as an elderly British nanny in order to spend time with ...
Ferry sinks in Yellow Sea, killing hundreds
A ferry sinks in the Yellow Sea off the coast of China killing hundreds of people on this day in 1999. The ship had caught fire while in the midst of a storm a...
The FBI Crime Lab opens its doors for business
The crime lab that is now referred to as the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory officially opens in Washington D.C. on this day in 1932.The lab which ...
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