Birthdates Which Occur on November 24:
1632 Benedict de "Baruch" Spinoza Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1655 Charles XI King of Sweden (1660-97)
1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel composer
1712 Willem Bachiene theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
1713 Junipero Serra priest had a mission in California
and Laurence Sterne Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
1740 John Bacon English sculptor
1747 Felice Alessandri composer
1766 JJ Friedrich Weinbrenner German architect/archaeologist
1768 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels composer
1784 Zachary Taylor (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
1795 Josif Josifovich Genishta composer
1806 Omar Pasha [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq
1811 Ditler G Monrad Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )
1815 James Hewward Trapier N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1817 Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave Guatemala
1824 Karel M M Verlat Flemish painter/graphic artist
1826 Collodi [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
1829 William Passmore Carlin Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1847 Bram Stoker Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett author of childrens book (My Secret Garden)
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
1868 Scott Joplin US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)
1873 L Martov [Joel˜ O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary
1876 Walter Griffin US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
1877 Alben W Barkley Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53)
1878 Mark N Tod English classical/historian
1884 Michel de Klerk architect (Amsterdam School)
1886 Georges Vandertongerloo Flemish artist (L'art et Son Avenir)
1888 Cathleen Nesbitt Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter)
and Dale Carnegie author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
and Rudolf Klein-Rogge Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies)
1889 Albert J Sylvester England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
and Cissy van Marxfield [Setske Beek-de Han], author
1892 Isidor Achron composer
1893 Fern Andra Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World)
1894 Herbert Sutcliffe British cricket player
1899 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz composer
19-- Carol Mayo Jenkins Knoxville Tenn, actress (Fame)
and Jack Hogan Chapel Hill NC, ator (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra)
and M P Carter actor (George Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
and Roscoe Born Topeka Ks, actor (Mark-Paper Dolls)
and Wortham Krimmer actor (Andrew-One Life to Live)
1900 Cornelius Kee composer
1902 Fernand Braudel French historian
1905 Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady)
1906 Andreina Pagnani Rome Italy, actress (Il Commandante)
and Eduard Ludwig German architect (Luchtbrug monument Berlin)
1908 Harry Kemelman US detective author (rabbi-omnibus)
and Libertad Lamaraque Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada)
and Ray Carter Chicago Ill, orch leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909 Hans Melchior Brugk composer
and Hotze de Rose youth book author (chameleon)
1911 Kirby Grant Butte Mont, actor (Sky King)
1912 Bernard Delfgaauw Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!)
and Garson Kanin American playwright/producer (Double Life)
and Geraldine Fitzgerald Dublin Ire, actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money)
and Theodore "Teddy" Wilson US jazz pianist/arranger
1913 Gisela Mauermeyer Germany, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 Elise Hoomans director/actress (Jane Eyre)
and Forrest J Ackerman sci-fi author
1917 Howard Duff Bremerton Wash, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
and Richard Bilderback Hervig composer
and Rita Corita [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer
1918 Tom "Stubby" Fouts Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round)
1921 Joe "Ducky" Medwick baseball player
and John V Lindsay (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
1925 William F Buckley Jr right-wing curmudgeon (Firing Line)
1926 Alan Owen English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
and Alfred "Fred" Benavente director/actor (Farce Majeur)
1927 Alfred Kraus Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
and Emma Lou Diemer composer
1929 Eileen Barton Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
1930 Dante Lavelli AAFC/NFL end (Cleveland Browns)
1932 Katalin Juh sz-Nagy Hungary, foils (Olympic-gold-1964)
1934 Alfred Schnittke Russia, composer (St Florian)
and Claudio Prieto composer
and Martin Charnin Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story)
1935 Ronald V Dellums Oakland Calif, (Rep-D-Calif, 1971- )
1939 Jim Northrup baseball player
and Jim Yester Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
and Yoshinobu Miyake Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1940 Paul Tagliabue commissioner (NFL)
and Wendell Morris Logan composer
1941 Donald "Duck" Dunn TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin' the Dog)
and Gary Boyle rocker (Isotope)
and John de Andrea US sculptor
1942 Bayani Mendoza de Leon composer
and Billy Connolly Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money)
and Marlin Fitzwater press secretary (George Bush)
1943 Jo‰l Robert Belgian motorcyclist
and Lee Michaels rocker
and Richard Tee US pianist (Stuff, Strokin')
and Robin Williamson rocker (Incredible String Band)
1944 Bev Bevan rocker (ELO)
and Claudia Dreifus^
and Dan Glickman (Rep-D-KS, 1977- )
and Jules Deelder poet (Schone Welt)
1946 Bev[erley] Bevan Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO)
and Ted Bundy Burlington VT, serial murderer
1947 Dwight Schultz Balt Md, actor (A-Team)
1948 Spider Robinson Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret)
and Steve Yeager catcher (LA Dodger)
1949 Anita Louis US singer (Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman)
and Martin Duiser pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
1950 Damon Evans Balt Md, actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons)
1951 Chet Edwards (Rep-D-Texas)
and Gaby Landhage Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear)
and Graham Price British rugby player
1953 Tod Machover composer
1955 Clement Burke rock drummer (Blondie)
1956 Doug Davidson actor (Young & Restless)
1957 Chris Hayes Calif, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News)
and Denise Crosby Hollywood Calif, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen)
1958 Alain Chabat
and Carmel [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm, More More More)
196- Dana Tyler newscaster (WCBS-TV NYC)
1962 John Squire English pop guitarist (Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums)
and Lesa Ann Pedriana Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984)
and Randy Velarde baseball infielder (NY Yankees)
1963 Lisa Howard actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance)
1967 Ben McDonald baseball player
and Cal Eldred baseball player
1968 Dave Hansen
1976 Chen Lu China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94)
Deaths Which Occured November 24:
1115 Mathilde markgravin of Toscane, dies
1192 Albert I van Leuven/Luik Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
1555 French Vervoort Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1571 Jan Blahoslav Czech bishop, dies at 48
1572 John Knox Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1615 Sethus Calvisius composer, dies at 59
1650 Manuel Cardoso composer, dies at 83
1674 Franciscus van Enden Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1722 Johann Adam Reincken composer, dies at 99
1822 Karl Jacob Wagner composer, dies at 50
1827 Harman W Muntinghe lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
1838 Karl Ludwig Hellwig composer, dies at 65
1840 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1842 Pehr Frigel composer, dies at 92
1848 William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
1863 Claudius Charles Wilson Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32
1880 Hanri Reber composer, dies at 73
1885 Alfonso XII king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
1899 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
1903 Charles Dupee Blake composer, dies at 56
1914 Louis de Raet Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1916 John Francis Barnett composer, dies at 79
1923 Michel de Klerk architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
1929 Georges Clemenceau [Tiger], PM of France (1906-09, 17-20), dies at 88
1943 Martin Raschke German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
Reina Prince Geerligs [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
1944 EMHCH Houtappel resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
Vaclav Stepan composer, dies at 54
1946 Alfonso Broqua composer, dies at 70
1948 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski composer, dies at 64
1953 George Alexander Russell composer, dies at 73
Robert H Lightfoot English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1957 Norma Talmadge US actress (Within the Law), dies
1958 Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
1959 Lyman Bryson educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
Yuri N Libedinski Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1960 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
1961 Ruth Chatterton actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 James J Kilroy tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald JFK's assassinator shot dead by Jack Ruby
1964 John Fabricius playwright, dies at 55
1967 Arnold J d'ailly mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
1970 Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky composer, dies at 76
1972 Hall Overton composer, dies at 52
1974 Charles Quinlivan actor (Frank-Mr Garland), dies at 50
1977 Richard Carlson actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1980 George Raft actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
1985 Cees Buddingh' poet/writer/interpreter, dies at 67
1989 Guus Weitzel Dutch radio host, dies
1990 Bulent Arel composer, dies at 72
Nistani Keiji philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1991 Eric Carr drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
Freddie Mercury British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1992 Henri J de Koster Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies
Mary Smithuysen dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
Theo Edison son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
1993 Albert Collins blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
Imad Aqal Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
John Schrauwen sculptor, dies at 36
Madame GrŠs French couturiŠre, dies at 89
Wu Yi Shen mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 Ivo Perilli Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
Jo Vis resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
Holidays Which Occur November 24:
Cura‡ao Anti-drugs day
Zaire Anniversary of Regime (2nd Republic) (1965)
Religious Observances on November 24:
RC Prosper, bishop/patron of Reggio (Emilia)
1591 ORC Commemoration of St John of the Cross, confessor/doctor
Things to Remember for November 24:
Flower-chrysanthemum Gem-topaz
International Creative Child & Adult Month
National Raisin Bread & Television Sweeps Month
[NY] Puerto Rican Heritage Month
27 Days Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Highlights in History Which Occur November 24:
166 -BC- Origin of Era of Maccabees
496 Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
642 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
1434 Thames River freezes
1542 Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James
1587 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
1601 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
1628 John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London
1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1642 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1643 Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
1655 English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans
1688 General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III
1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila
1715 Thames River freezes
1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
1800 Weber's opera "Das Waldm„dchen," premieres in Freiburg
1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1861 Luik-Vis‚-Maastricht railway opens
1862 M L‚vy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"
1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms
1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
1874 Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
1880 Southern University forms
1887 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris
1896 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
1903 Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
and George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in NYC
1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
and Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania
1918 B‚la Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #968 Petunia
1922 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #3641
and Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year"
1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #1038 Tuckia & #1039 Sonneberga
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1930 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1177 Gonnessia
1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth
and Nichols (Mineola, NY to Calif), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
1934 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in NYC
1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1936 No‰l Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in NYC
and Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to
concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1460 Haltia
1938 Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in NYC
and National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
and US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1942 Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
and French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx"
1944 US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
1947 John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published
and Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt
because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry
1950 Frank Loessers musical "Guys & Dolls," premieres in NYC
and US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
1951 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
and British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge
1952 Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London
1954 1st US Presidental airplane christened
and France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1955 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship
1956 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
1957 Cleve Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire
1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes pres of Zaire
1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Za‹re)
and 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth
and West German pres Heinemann visits Netherlands
1970 L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1861 Komensky
and Stanford's QB Jim Plunkett wins Heisman Trophy
1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
and Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ
1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 P Wild discovers asteroids #1936 Lugano, #1962 Dunant & #2038 Bistro
1974 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
and 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
and Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
and Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1980 Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2633 Bishop, #2708 Burns, #2813 Zappala,
#3172 Hirst, #3173 McNaught & #3454 Lieske
1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
1985 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
and Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1986 Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
1987 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1989 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
and Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
1991 1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
and 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
and After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
and Rachmon Nab˜ev elected pres of Tadzjikistan
and US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in
killer New York City smog.
Your Special Reminders for November 24:
1880 14øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1979 73øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 328th day of year with 37 days left (Numerology = 8)
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