What Happened On November 24

What Happened On Nov 24 Timeline

1643 Nov 24 Battle of Tuttlingen
The Battle of Tuttlingen was fought in Tuttlingen on November 24, 1643. Those involved in the conflict were the French forces led by Marshal Josias Rantzau and the armies of the Holy Roma...
1703 Nov 24
to 1703 Dec 2
 Great Storm of 1703
The Great Storm of 1703 was the most severe storm or natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain. It affected southern England and the English Channel in the King...
1859 Nov 24 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is Published
On the Origin of Species proved unexpectedly popular, with the entire stock of 1,250 copies oversubscribed when it went on sale to booksellers on 22 November 1859. In the book, Darwin set...
1863 Nov 24 Battle of Lookout Mountain - Marks Start of Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
Description: From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg’s army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its...
1864 Nov 24
to 1864 Nov 29
 Battle of Columbia
Description:Conflict near Columbia, during Hood’s 1864 Tennessee invasion, constituted a Confederate diversion as part of a maneuver designed to cross the Duck River upstream and interdic...
1928 Nov 24 Theo Van Doesburg Marries Petronella Johanna van Moorsel
In 1920 Nelly met Van Doesburg through her brother, who had a subscription to the magazine published by Van Doesburg De Stijl. At the opening of the exhibition La Section d'Or in The Hagu...
1936 Nov 24 Chicago Elevated Train Wreck
Twenty persons were killed and more than 60 injured here late this afternoon when a North Shore elevated electric train crashed into a wooden train, 'Shopper's Special'. Officials said t...
1940 Nov 24 Japanese Forces Capture Nanning
The occupation of Nanning cut a Chinese line of supply along the highways from French Indo-China into Kwansi Province. The railway from Indo-China into Yunnan Province, however, lies much...
1940 Nov 24 Luftwaffe Commences Heavy Bombing of Bristol
Hitler's propaganda claimed that Bristol had been completely destroyed in a night raid on November 2, 1940 in which 5,000 incendiary and 10,000 high explosive bombs were dropped on the ol...
1948 Nov 24 "Bicycle Thieves" Is Released
Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette, also known as The Bicycle Thief) is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching ...
1956 Nov 24 "Giant" Is Released
Giant is a 1956 drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from the novel by Edna Ferber. The movie stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson ...
1957 Nov 24 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' is Published
In 1957, at the age of 53, Seuss published The Grinch, and thousands of children first discovered the story of the Whos -- an endlessly cheerful bunch bursting with holiday spirit -- and ...
1960 Nov 24 Edward R. Murrow Presents The Documentary 'Harvest of Shame'
Harvest of Shame was a 1960 television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow on CBS that showed the plight of American migrant agricultural workers. It was Murrow...
1968 Nov 24 "Faces" Is Released
Faces was a 1968 movie, directed by John Cassavetes and starring John Marley, Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel and Lynn Carlin, who both received Academy Award nominations f...
1985 Nov 24 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) is a made-for-TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. A sequel to Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from...
1988 Nov 24 MST3K Ep. K01 - "Invaders from the Deep"
This is the first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever aired. No fan copy is known to exist. Movie Summary: Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppe...
1988 Nov 24 MST3K Ep. K02 - "Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars"
Aired as part of a double-feature on the same Thanksgiving evening as MST3K Ep. K01. No fan copy is known to exist. Movie Summary: Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Superma...
1988 Nov 24
to 1999 Aug 8
 Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000, often shortened to MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. that ran from 1988 to 1999. ...
1990 Nov 24 MST3K Ep. 208 - "Lost Continent"
An American military/science team searches for a downed rocket in a dinosaur-infested jungle at the top of a remote mountain. Stars Cesar Romero as Major Nolan and Hugh Beaumont (Leave It...
1992 Nov 24 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Genesis Released in North America
Sonic the Hedgehog 2, or simply Sonic 2, is a platform game developed by American studio Sega Technical Institute in collaboration with Sonic Team, and published by Sega for the Mega Driv...
1993 Nov 24 Mrs. Doubtfire released
Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy film based on the novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. It was directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It won the Academy A...
1994 Nov 24 MST3K Ep. 604 - "Zombie Nightmare"
A hit and run victim is brought back from the dead by a voodoo doctor, and then seeks revenge. Stars Adam West (Batman) as police captain Churchman. Tia Carrere appears as one of the teen...
1999 Nov 24 South Park Episode 314 - "The Red Badge of Gayness"
South Park's Civil War reenactment, sponsored by "Jagerminz S'More Flavored Schnapps," gets out of hand. Cartman persuades the drunken lot to defeat the northerners so that he can win a b...
1999 Nov 24 Toy Story 2 released
Toy Story 2 is a 1999 CGI film, the third Disney/Pixar feature film, and the sequel to Toy Story, which features the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not ar...
2001 Nov 24 Maria Serrano Serrano Dies
Passion Fruit was a Eurodance/bubblegum dance group consisting of three girls of Dutch, Spanish and German descent: * Maria Serrano Serrano (November 26, 1973 - November 24, 2001) ...
2004 Nov 24 America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 Episode 10
This was the recap episode of the cycle including Cassie's tearful confession when she told her mother that she was a stripper, Yaya going ballistic and Eva & Yaya's catfight.
2007 Nov 24 Boston Celtics defeat Charlotte Bobcats, 96-95
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Bobcats had had only one starting lineup change in their first 12 games. Last night, the team was prepared to make a second change, announced that it wouldn't, then ...
2008 Nov 24 Kanye West releases his fourth studio album "808s & Heartbreak"
808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released November 24, 2008 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the albu...
2009 Nov 24 Gonzaga Bulldogs defeat Wisconsin Badgers, 74-61
Too quick, too deep, too versatile and too tough. Gonzaga, which pushed defending Big Ten Conference champion Michigan State to the wire before falling earlier this season, overwhelmed...
2009 Nov 24 Los Angeles Lakers defeat New York Knicks, 100-90
LOS ANGELES - Only the A-list stars are supposed to show up fashionably late for Lakers games. The Knicks, though, tweaked that concept Tuesday night by arriving 55 minutes before tip-off...
2011 Nov 24 Gabrielle Giffords Serves Thanksgiving Dinner at Military Base
US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords serves Thanksgiving dinner at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base with her husband Mark Kelly in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.
2011 Nov 24 Maggie Daley Dies
Maggie Daley, the wife of longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, died Thursday at the age of 68 after suffering for years from breast cancer. Daley was considered the driving force for ...