November 24

Today in History
• 1639 - 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree
• 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
• 1655 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans
• 1703 - 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
• 1835 - Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
• 1869 - American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
• 1874 - American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire
• 1903 - Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Buy Nothing Day
• Day of Listening
• D.B. Cooper Day
• Maize Day
• Native American Heritage Day
• National Sardines Day
• Systems Engineer Day
• You’re Welcomegiving Day

Birthdays
• 1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England
• 1655 - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)
• 1712 - Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer, Ecclesiastical
• 1713 - Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary priest who founded the 1st missions in California
• 1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain
• 1784 - Zachary Taylor, Whig, 12th President, Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850
• 1811 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier
• 1869 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal