November 24
Today in America's Present Past
1703 | Civil Rights: The first Lutheran pastor was ordained in America, Justus Falckner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1713 | Spanish missionary priest Junipero Serra who explored California was born.
1781 | Revolutionary War hero James Caldwell died.
1784 | POTUS: President Zachary Taylor was born.
1801 | Poet Philip Hamilton died.
1807 | Mohawk leader Joseph Brant died.
1832 | South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.
1835 | The Texas Rangers were created.
1849 | Author Frances Hodgson Burnett was born.
1859 | Architect Cass Gilbert was born.
1868 | Entertainer Scott Joplin was born.
1869 | Civil Rights: The American Woman’s Suffrage Association formed.
1874 | Joseph Glidden patented barbed wire.
1876 | Architect Walter Burley Griffin was born.
1877 | Vice President Alben W. Barkley was born.
1888 | Author Dale Carnegie was born.
1896 | Vermont enacted the first U.S. absentee voting law
1896 | Outlaw Charles “Lucky” Luciano was born.
1901 | Vintner Andre Victor Tchelistcheff was born.
1917 | Ten people are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters.
1921 | Politician John Lindsay was born.
1922 | Inventor Stanford Robert Ovshinsky was born.
1925 | Author and activist William F. Buckley Jr. was born.
1938 | Author Spencer Johnson was born.
1942 | Journalist and public relations professional Marlin Fitzwater was born.
1943 | WWII: Navy Cross recipient Doris Miller died.
1944 | WWII: B-29 bombers based on Saipan begin the first direct attacks on Tokyo, Japan.
1946 | Outlaw Ted Bundy was born.
1947 | John Steinbeck’s novella “The Pearl” was published.
1950 | Korean War: U.S. liberates Chonju, Korea.
1954 | POTUS: First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christens the first plane designated Air Force One.
1962 | Army tank inspector James J Kilroy died.
1963 | Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was shot.
1966 | In New York City, New York, up to 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attacks due to smog.
1968 | United flight 9/11 passenger Todd Beamer was born in Flint, Michigan.
1969 | Vietnam War: An army officer was charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968.
1971 | Outlaw “Dan Cooper” hijacks a plane, jumps out of the plane over Washington State and is never seen after.
1980 | Journalist Herbert Agar died.
2002 | Philosopher John Rawls died.
2005 | Actor Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita died.
2006 | Author George W. S. Trow died.