Summary of the Day ✨ 24 November (24/11)
Colombia ended its 50-year civil war with a revised peace deal while Egypt mourned 311 victims of a deadly mosque terrorist attack. Malaysia’s political crisis resolved as Anwar Ibrahim became prime minister after a hung parliament, and tensions escalated between Russia and Turkey when a Russian fighter jet was shot down near the Syrian border.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.
- 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.
- 2017: A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128.
- 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.
- 2015: A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others.
- 2015: An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia’s capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead.
- 2013: Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.
- 2012: A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
- 2009: The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.
- 2001: Crossair Flight 3597 crashes in Bassersdorf near Zurich Airport, killing 24 people, including singer Melanie Thornton and two members of the German band Passion Fruit.
- 1992: China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board.
- 1991: Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-44.
- 1989: After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the Velvet Revolution, Miloš Jakeš and the entire Politburo of the Czechoslovak Communist Party resign from office. This brings an effective end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia.
- 1976: The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
Famous Births 👶
- 1998: Jeremy Swayman, American ice hockey player
- 1995: Marcus Bontempelli, Australian footballer
- 1994: Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer
- 1993: Ivi Adamou, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter
- 1993: Joe Pigott, English footballer
- 1992: Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023)
- 1990: Mario Gaspar, Spanish footballer
- 1990: Sarah Hyland, American actress
- 1990: Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter
- 1990: Michael Oldfield, Australian rugby league player
- 1988: Jarrod Parker, American baseball player
- 1986: Asim Chaudhry, British comedian and actor
- 1986: Jimmy Graham, American football player
- 1986: Pedro León, Spanish footballer
- 1985: Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter (born 1944)
- 2025: Dharmendra, Indian actor (born 1935)
- 2024: Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (born 1933)
- 2024: Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (born 1939)
- 2024: Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926)
- 2022: Börje Salming, Swedish hockey player (born 1951)
- 2019: Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
- 2016: Paul Futcher, English footballer (born 1956)
- 2016: Florence Henderson, American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934)
- 2015: Robert Ford, English general (born 1923)
- 2015: John Forrester, English historian and philosopher (born 1949)
- 2015: Quincy Monk, American football player (born 1979)
- 2015: Heinz Oberhummer, Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941)
- 2015: Douglas W. Shorenstein, American businessman (born 1955)
- 2014: Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961)
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 - Christian feast days:
Jehu Jones (Lutheran) - Christian feast days:
Justus Falckner (Lutheran) - Christian feast days:
Kenan (Cianán) - Christian feast days:
Pierre Dumoulin-Borie - Christian feast days:
Protasius of Milan - Christian feast days:
Romanus of Blaye - Christian feast days:
November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)