November 24

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on November 24, include:

• Brownielocks Day
  
• Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day 
• Crystal Skull World Day - November 24, 2024 (Sunday of the Fourth Week in November)
• D.B. Cooper Day 
• National Sardines Day 
  
• National Use Even if Seal is Broken Day 
• Stir Up Sunday - November 24, 2024 (5 Weeks Before Christmas)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include November 24, are:

• Better Conversation Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Always Thanksgiving Week)
• Church / State Separation Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Always Thanksgiving Week)
• GERD Awareness Week (Gastroesophaseal Reflux Disease) - November 24-30, 2024 (Week of Thanksgiving)
• National Adoption Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Week of U.S. Thanksgiving)
• National Bible Week - November 24 - December 1, 2024 (Week of U.S. Thanksgiving - Sunday to Sunday) 
• National Family Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Thanksgiving Week and also on May 5-11, 2024 - First Full Week of May)
• National Farm-City Week - November 22-28, 2024 (Week that always ends on Thanksgiving Day)
  
• National Game & Puzzle Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Sunday-Saturday of Thanksgiving Week)
• National Global Entrepreneurship Week - November 18-24, 2024
  
• Sherlock Holmes Weekend - November 16-17, 2024; November 23-24, 2024
• World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - November 18-24

2024 Monthly Holidays that include November 24, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our November Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of November.

NOTE: A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Pirates Fest - Cayman Islands National Festival - November 1-24, 2024 (Little Cayman - November 1-3, 2024; Grand Cayman - November 8-17, 2024; Cayman Brac - November 22-24, 2024) This is the Cayman Islands, National Festival and features different events such as street dances, costumes, float parade, heritage days, underwater treasure hunt, games, controlled mayhem with a mock invasion, lots of music and events for kids and teens.
• American Sand Sculpting Competition - November 21-24, 2024

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for November 24 is Sagittarius.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for November are:

• Chrysanthemum - abundance, cheerfulness, compassion, friendship, secret love

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for November is Topaz and Citrine.

Famous Birthdays

• 1784 - Zachary Taylor, American General and politician who became the 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1925 - William F. Buckley, Jr. - American publisher and author who founded the National Review (d. 2008)
• 1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer (Roswell, Grey's Anatomy)

Famous Deaths

• 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, America assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian/English singer, songwriter, producer and lead vocalist of the band Queen (b. 1946)
• 2016 - Florence Henderson, American actress, and singer (The Brady Bunch) (b. 1934)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1976 - Donna Summer, American singer and songwriter divorces actor Helmuth Sommer
• 1980 - Ronald Reagan Jr. marries Doria Palmieri
• 2001 - Actor David Boreanaz (Buffy/Angel/Bones) marries actress Jaime Bergman

Quote of the Day

Make Today Ridiculously Amazing!

Today is the day after Thanksgiving, a day full of gratitude for our many blessings, for our health and our family and friends, a day full of great food and fellowship! Be Kind to each other!!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

We are in the midst of the official Holiday Season - the time between Halloween and New Year's, that includes Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve. Sweets and Treats are plentiful, and many of us eat way too much sugar than is good for us during this time. 

Are sugar substitutes a better healthy diet habit than sugar? 

Sugar Substitutes should be used in moderation. The Healthy Diet Habit would be to cut down your taste for sweet foods in general, rather than trying to eat chemically sweetened foods.

Kerry provides a great list of many of the different Sugar Substitutes on her Healthy Diet Habits website! 

This Day in History

• 1190 - Upo0n his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem, Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem
• 1359 - After his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus abdicates his throne, Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus
• 1642 - Abel Tasman is the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land which was later renamed Tasmania in 1856, and became an Island State of Australia in 1901
• 1835 - The Texas Rangers, a horse-mounted police force were authorized by the Texas Provincial Government
• 1877 - Black Beauty, by English Author Anna Sewell is published. It became an immediate best seller and eventually sold over 50 million copies
• 1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Crime Lab opens (officially known as the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
• 1943 - During World War II, at the battle of Makin, the USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed by the Japanese near Taraw and sinks killing 53 officers and 591 enlisted men
• 1963 - The assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by Jack Ruby
• 1969 - The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, after it completed the second manned mission to land on the Moon
• 1971 - Dan Cooper, aka D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane during a thunderstorm over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom money. He was never found.
• 2016 - Columbia ends the Country's 50 year long civil war when the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia-People's Army sign a revised peace deal

This Day in Music

• 1973 - Photography by Ringo Starr hits #1
• 1979 - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand hits #1 
• 1994 - At the first annual MTV European Music Awards, Oasis is named the Best UK Band 
• 1996 - Crowded House play their farewell concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia to a crowd of 100,000+. They later get back together in 2007.
• 1998 - Garage, Inc., is released as the Metallica compilation of cover songs
• 2009 - Season 9 of Dancing With The Stars is won by Donny Osmond
• 2014 - Shady XV is a two-disc compilation album released by Eminem

Crowded House - Don't Dream it's Over

This Day in Sports

• 1956 - During the Melbourne, Australia Olympics, American Bobby Morrow and Thank Baker both record hand-timed 10.50s in the men's 100m final, but automatic timing gives the gold medal to Morrow and the silver medal to Baker
• 1982 - Cal Ripkin of the Orioles is named the AL Rookie of the Year

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!