Talk:November 24
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:51, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
November 24: Teachers' Day in Turkey
- 1190 - Conrad of Montferrat became de jure King of Jerusalem after marrying Queen Isabella.
- 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman reached Tasmania. He named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.
- 1859 - The Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.
- 1965 - Mobutu (pictured) seized power from Congo President Joseph Kasa-Vubu after a bloodless coup d'état.
- 1971 - After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
Recent days: November 23 – November 22 – November 21
Births addition:
1894: Herbert Sutcliffe. English cricketer, probably the best batsman that country has ever produced. In an era of uncovered pitches he averaged over 50 for a career extending from 1919 to 1939, averaging an astonishing 71.45 between 1928 and 1932.
Removed:
- 1992 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is released for the Sega Genesis in North America.
Trivial. --mav
Moved:
- 1871 - The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
Nope - happened on November 17. --mav 04:33, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Moved:
Nope - happened on September 22, 1960. --mav 05:35, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Edited the (AIDS) out after Freddie Mercury's name in the "Deaths" section, because no one else has their cause of death after their name in the Deaths sections, and their also appears to be no special case for AIDS-related deaths, since other people who have died of it don't have it after their names in their deaths sections.
