Historical Events of 24th November: 80 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. 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 - River Thames freezes 1542 - Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V 1587 - Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins 1601 - Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 1628 - John Fords Lovers Melancholy, premieres in London 1639 - 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) 1642 - Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) 1643 - Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France 1655 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans 1688 - General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III 1703 - 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila 1715 - River Thames freezes 1759 - Destructive eruption of Vesuvius 1800 - Webers opera Das Waldmadchen premieres in Freiburg 1832 - South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1835 - Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species 1861 - Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens 1862 - M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts Salammbo 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee 1869 - American Womans Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) 1871 - National Rifle Association organized (NYC) 1874 - Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire 1880 - Southern University forms 1887 - Victorien Sardous La Tosca premieres in Paris 1896 - 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1897 - Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston 1898 - The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens. 1903 - Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter 1903 - George Ades County Chairman, premieres in NYC 1905 - Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel 1914 - Benito Mussolini leaves Italys socialist party 1914 - Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms 1915 - Serbian leader flees to Albania 1917 - Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building. 1918 - Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party 1922 - Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers for 1 year 1923 - Radio Belgiums 1st transmission 1924 - 1st Dutch airplane (Fokkers F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) 1925 - 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) 1925 - Eugene ONeill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC 1926 - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions 1930 - 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. 1934 - CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto 1934 - SN Behrmans Rain from Heaven premieres in NYC 1935 - King George II returns to Greece after 12 years 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. 1936 - Noel Cowards Tonight at 8:30 premieres in NYC 1936 - Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize 1938 - Clifford Odets Rocket to the Moon premieres in NYC 1938 - National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1941 - Life Certificates issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated 1941 - Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar 1941 - US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1942 - Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 - French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes African Falanx 1944 - US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1947 - John Steinbecks novel Pearl published 1947 - Un-American Activities Committee finds Hollywood 10 in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists 1948 - Ireland votes for independence from UK 1948 - WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 - Britain nationalizes its steel & iron industry 1949 - Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs 1950 - Guys & Dolls opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances 1950 - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea 1951 - 17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances 1951 - Music in the Air closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs 1951 - 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 1951 - British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge 1953 - Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 1954 - Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened Naturalist Charles Darwin Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini Author John Steinbeck 1954 - France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria 1955 - 1st test flight of Fokkers F-27 Friendship 1956 - Pajama Game closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances 1956 - 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 1957 - Cleveland 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 - 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB) 1964 - Cards 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP 1964 - For 1st time since 1800, residents of Wash DC permitted to vote 1964 - Rebellion ends in Zaire 1965 - Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire 1966 - 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog 1966 - The Beatles began recording sessions for Sgt Pepper 1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia. 1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the citys history. 1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational 1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1969 - West German pres Heinemann visits Netherlands 1969 - Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1970 - 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB) 1971 - Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year 1971 - Dan DB Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000 1971 - Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ 1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1973 - Miss Teenage America Pageant 1974 - 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974) 1974 - 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 1974 - Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1975 - Boccaccio opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances 1976 - NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak 1976 - Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award 1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 - Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14) 1979 - Kings Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1981 - 1st air-launched cruise missile tested 1982 - Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year 1982 - Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan 1983 - PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese 1983 - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay 1985 - 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 1985 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1986 - Smile opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances 1986 - Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year 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 1989 - Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon 1989 - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1991 - 1st intl flight from Long Islands MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 1991 - 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 1991 - After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21 1991 - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 - Rachmon Nabijev elected pres of Tadzjikistan 1991 - US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 launched 1992 - Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 1993 - Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales 1993 - End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood 1993 - In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger. 1995 - Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) 1996 - Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC 1996 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton 1996 - Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship 1996 - Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup 1996 - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore 1996 - Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship 1997 - Street Corner Symphony, opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs 2005 - Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament. 2006 - Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing. 2007 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government. 2012 - Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views 2012 - Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone 2012 - The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
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