On This Day: 24 November

24 November in world history

• 2022Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia.
• 2016The 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.
• 2015A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.
• 2013Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.
• 2009The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania.
• 1974Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
• 1962Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
• 1943World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644.
• 1941The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.
• 1940World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• 1929The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland.
• 1918The Podgorica Assembly convened in Montenegro, with the intention of uniting with the Kingdom of Serbia.
• 1917In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
• 1906The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games.
• 1863American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city.
• 1832South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state, beginning the Nullification Crisis.
• 1643Thirty Years' War: Holy Roman Empire, Bavarian and Spanish forces led by Franz von Mercy defeated the French army in Germany led by Marshal Josias von Rantzau at the Battle of Tuttlingen.
• 1221Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: Genghis Khan defeated the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus.

Born on 24 November

• 1961Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activistIndia
• 1941Pete Best, Indian-English drummer and songwriterIndia
• 1910Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (died 2009)
• 1895Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972)
• 1877Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (died 1941)India
• 1859Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (died 1934)

Died on 24 November

• 2025Dharmendra, Indian actor (born 1935)India
• 1990Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
• 1675Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian guru (born 1621)India
• 1583René de Birague, French cardinal (born 1506)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 24 November in history?

2022: Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia. 2016: 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. 2015: A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. 2013: Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

Which famous people were born on 24 November?

Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist (1961); Pete Best, Indian-English drummer and songwriter (1941); Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (died 2009) (1910); Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972) (1895).

Which day is observed on 24 November?

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India); Evolution Day (International observance); Lachit Divas (Assam); Teachers' Day (Turkey).