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November 24

November 24 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1221 and 2023. Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia.

♐ZodiacSagittarius ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on November 24?

November 24 is the 328th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1221 and 2023. Famous people born on November 24 include Carmelita Jeter, Maria Höfl-Riesch and Zachary Taylor.

The shape of the day

This year marks the 50th anniversary of 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake — November 24 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Sagittarius is the sign for November 24 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on November 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Constance

2022

  • Game Unsolved Case

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1221

    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia.

  2. 1859

    Charles Darwin

    British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published.

  3. 1863

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

  4. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

  5. 1971

    Washington (state)

    During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.

  6. 1976

    1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake

    The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.

  7. 2009

    Avdhela Project

    The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.

  8. 2013

    Iran

    Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

  9. 2016

    Colombia

    The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war.

  10. 2023

    Hibiscus Rising

    Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 24

Carmelita Jeter

b. 1979

American sprinter "fastest woman alive".

Maria Höfl-Riesch

b. 1984

German skier

Zachary Taylor

b. 1784

American general and politician, 12th President of the United States

Oscar Robertson

b. 1938

American basketball player and sportscaster

Forrest J Ackerman

b. 1916

American soldier and author

Stephen Merchant

b. 1974

English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Baruch Spinoza

b. 1632

Dutch philosopher and scholar

Parveen Shakir

b. 1952

Pakistani Urdu poet

Deaths

  • 1997Barbara (singer)
  • 1991Freddie Mercury
  • 1963Lee Harvey Oswald
  • 1958Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
  • 1741Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
  • 1227Leszek I the White

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast days: Albert of Louvain
  • —Christian feast days: Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, and other Vietnamese Martyrs
  • —Christian feast days: Chrysogonus
  • —Christian feast days: Colmán of Cloyne
  • —Christian feast days: Eanflæd
  • —Christian feast days: Firmina
  • —Christian feast days: Flavian of Ricina
  • —Christian feast days: Flora and Maria

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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