November 24

November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year. There are 37 days remaining.

Events:

• 1976: The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.
• 1971: D.B. Cooper hijacks and airplane.

Births:

• 1632: Baruch Spinoza (philosopher)
• 1713: Laurence Sterne (novelist)
• 1864: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (painter)
• 1868: Scott Joplin (musician)
• 1925: William F. Buckley Jr. (writer, commentator)
• 1941: Pete Best (drummer for The Beatles before Ringo Starr)
• 1948: Steve Yeager (catcher: L. A. Dodgers)

Deaths:

• 1848: Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister.
• 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald (assassin [or patsy, depending on your political leanings])
• 1991: Freddie Mercury (musician -- Queen)
• 2001: Melanie Thornton, aged 34, singer, (plane crash near Zurich)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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