24TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS FLORA & MARY; ST
CHRYSOGONUS; & ST COLMAN OF CLOYNE." |
| 24TH |
496 |
"ANASTASIUS II" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 24TH |
642 |
"THEODORE I" BEGINS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 24TH |
1642 |
DUTCH NAVIGATOR "ABEL JANZOON TASMAN" SIGHTS
TASMANIA; NAMING IT VAN DIEMANS LAND. |
| 24TH |
1839 |
HMS PELORUS IS WRECKED IN A
CYCLONE AT PORT ESSINGTON WITH THE LOSS OF 12 LIVES. |
| 24TH |
1852 |
TRANSPORTATION TO THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA ENDS WITH THE
LAST CONVICT SHIP ST VINCENT DISPATCHED TO TASMANIA. |
| 24TH |
1874 |
"JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN" PATENTS
BARB WIRE. |
| 24TH |
1903 |
"CLYDE COLEMAN" OF NEW YORK PATENTS THE ELECTRIC
STARTER FOR MOTOR CARS. |
| 24TH |
1963 |
"LEE HARVEY OSWALD" THE
ASSASSIN OF "PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY" IS SHOT DEAD BY STRIPCLUB OWNER,
"JACK RUBY." |
| 24TH |
1964 |
"GLEN SABRE VALLANCE" IS HANGED AT ADELAIDE GAOL AT
THE SECOND ATTEMPT WHEN THE ROPE BROKE AT THE FIRST. |
| 24TH |
1966 |
400 DIE OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE &
HEART ATTACK IN KILLER NEW YORK SMOG. |
| 24TH |
1968 |
98 CARS LEFT CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON, ON THE FIRST STAGE OF A
10,000 LONDON TO SYDNEY CAR MARATHON. |
| 24TH |
1969 |
APOLLO 12 SPLASHES DOWN IN THE PACIFIC,
ENDING THE SECOND MANNED MISSION TO THE MOON. |
| 24TH |
1980 |
"RONALD REAGAN jr." MARRIES "DORIA
PALMIERI." |
| 24TH |
1986 |
"POPE JOHN PAUL II" ARRIVES
IN CANBERRA AS A TOUR OF AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES & ALICE SPRINGS BEGINS. |
| 24TH |
1989 |
"KYLIE MINOGUE" WAS PRESENTED WITH A "STAR OF
FAME" AWARD AT THE HARD ROCK CAFE IN SYDNEY. |
| 24TH |
1991 |
THE LEAD SINGER OF ‘QUEEN’
"FREDDIE MERCURY" DIED OF AIDS RELATED PNEUMONIA, AGE 45. |
| 24TH |
1993 |
THE LAST 14 BOTTLES OF SCOTCH WHISKY SALVAGED FROM THE SS POLITICIAN
WHICH WAS WRECKED IN 1941, WERE SOLD AT AUCTION FOR 11,462 POUNDS BY CHRISTIES. |
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