November 24 is the 329th day of the year. There are 37 days remaining until the end of the year.
1642 Abel Janszoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), which begs the question, "Who is Van Diemen?" I’m sure Tasman would have preferred discovering Van Dien. . .
1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1871 National Rifle Association is organized in New York City with the conviction that their pronouncements are tantamount to words on stone tablets
1874 Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire but fails to include a warning label
1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas. Of course, they do not say which Christmas.
1950 "Guys and Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1,200 performances
1956 "Pajama Game" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1,063 performances
1963 1st live murder on TV: Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby
1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
1974 Donald 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.
2010 University students in England and Wales protest the government's plan to increase tuition fees and make higher education funding cuts
1787 Franz Xaver Gruber, probably gay Austrian organist, teacher, and Choirmaster at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg/composed 'Stille Nacht' when his organ was broken
1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian/actor/television presenter
1944 Candy Darling [James Lawrence Slattery], transsexual US Andy Warhol superstar actress
1948 Steve Yeager, US baseball player/coach/Playgirl model
1943 Doris Miller, US Navy cook/Hero of Pearl Harbor, is officially still missing in action
1991 Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], bisexual Zimbabwean singer (Queen), succumbs to AIDS
1991 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], drummer (Kiss-Beth), has a crazy night
2009 Squingy [Kevin Bennett], I’m not saying he was gay Jamaican disc jockey (Bass Odyssey), succumbs to AIDS at 37, but in Jamaica it is "an unspecified illness."
March 21 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 275 days remaining until the end of time.
1866 Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever
1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds. . .and, man oh man, was he pissed!
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is closed after Clint escapes
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
1980 SPOILER ALERT!!! On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot. Not fatally as it turns out.
1994 Dudley Moore is arrested for hitting girlfriend
1922 Russ Meyer, breast-fixated heterosexual US director/producer/"King of the Nudies"
1978 Kevin Federline, US dancer/rapper/model/model father/Celeb Fit club contestant
1979 Alex Sibley, English model/UK Big Brother 3 contestant
1916 Cole Younger, US outlaw, won’t get older
1974 Candy Darling [James Slattery], gay US female impersonator, takes a walk on the wild side
1985 Sir Michael Redgrave, bisexual English actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Arkadin), lets the chips fall where they may, especially since yesterday was his birthday.
1987 Dean Paul "Dino" Martin, US singer/actor (Billy-Misfits of Science)/US Air Force pilot, is lost in space
1991 Leo Fender, US inventor (Fender guitar), hits a wrong chord
1994 Dack Rambo, gay US actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), succumbs to AIDS
