Day of the year
November 24
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November 24 Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
Element: Fire
optimisticadventurousindependenthonestenthusiastic
Birthstone
Topaz
Birth Flower
Chrysanthemum
Season
Fall
Numerology 8
A number of ambition, power, and material achievement.
November 24: This Day in History
- 1859— Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, presenting his theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 1963— Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy, was shot and killed by Jack Ruby in Dallas.
- 1971— Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Orient plane with $200,000 in ransom, disappearing without trace in the most famous unsolved air piracy case in history.
- 1974— Anthropologists announced the discovery of 'Lucy,' a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil, one of the earliest known hominid skeletons.
Famous Birthdays on November 24
- Scott Joplin (1868) — composer known as the king of ragtime
- Garson Kanin (1912) — playwright and director
- Ted Bundy (1946) — notorious american serial killer
- Colin Hanks (1977) — actor and son of tom hanks
- Katherine Heigl (1978) — actress known for grey's anatomy
Did You Know? November 24 Fun Facts
- Darwin's On the Origin of Species sold out on its first day of publication, despite initial resistance from the church.
- The discovery of 'Lucy' was named after the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,' which was playing in camp when the fossil was found.
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