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What happened in history on this day: November 24?
On November 24 in ...
- 1832 - South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification.
- 1863 - Civil War battle for Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee.
- 1871 - National Rifle Association organizes (New York City).
- 1896 - First US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont.
- 1944 - US bombers based on Saipan first attack Tokyo, Japan.
- 1946 - Last day of Office of Price Administration in the USA.
- 1947 - Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists.
- 1954 - First US Presidential airplane christened.
- 1963 - Jack Ruby fatally shoots suspected President John Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at Dallas police headquarters in Dallas, Texas. First live murder on TV.
- 1963 - US President Lyndon Johnson issues National Security Action Memo Number 273, discarding John Kennedy's peace plans for America in Vietnam.
- 1966 - 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth.
- 1971 - Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Airlines 727 jet aircraft over Washington State, USA with US$200,000 ransom money, never to be seen again.
- 1971 - Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison in New Jersey.
- 1987 - In Southern California, magnitude 6.5 and 6.7 earthquakes occur, about 12 hours apart. Felt throughout much of southern California from San Diego and Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Nevada and Tempe, Arizona. Also felt at Tijuana and Ensenada, Mexico.
- 1991 - First international flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico).
- 1991 - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched.
- 1998 - America Online announces an agreement to acquire Netscape Communications for US$4.2 billion in stock.
- 2021 - NASA launches the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first attempt to deflect an asteroid for the purpose of learning how to protect Earth.
Births on November 24
- 1784 - Birth of Zachary Taylor near Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia, USA; 12th US President (1849-50).
- 1877 - Birth of Alben W Barkley in Graves County, Kentucky, USA; 35th US Vice President-Democrat (1949-53).
- 1908 - Birth of Ray Carter in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party).
- 1911 - Birth of Kirby Grant in Butte, Montana, USA; actor (Sky King).
- 1918 - Birth of Tom C Fouts AKA Captain Stubby in Carroll County, Indiana, USA; actor (Polka-go-round).
- 1929 - Birth of Eileen Barton in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer (Broadway Open House).
- 1935 - Birth of Ron Dellums in Oakland, California, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California).
- 1947 - Birth of Dwight Schultz in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (The A-Team).
- 1950 - Birth of Damon Evans in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Lionel - The Jeffersons).
- 1950 - Birth of Roscoe Born in Topeka, Kansas, USA; actor (Mark - Paper Dolls).
- 1957 - Birth of Denise Crosby in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Tasha Yar - Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Deaths on November 24
- 1958 - Comedian Harry Einstein dies while performing at a Friars Club roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
- 1991 - Death of Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) at age 41 (born 1950).
- 2002 - Death of John Rawls, American political theorist (born 1921).
- 2005 - Death of Pat Morita at age 73; comedian, American actor (Arnold - Happy Days, Karate Kid movies).
- 2007 - Death of Casey Calvert, American musician (Hawthorne Heights) (born 1981).
- 2016 - Death of Pauline Oliveros, American composer (born 1932).
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