This is our day guide for Saturday November 24th 2018 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Go to Today | November 25th 2018
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| General Information for November 24th 2018 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 328 of 2018 | |
| 37 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 47 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found. | |
| 1940 - World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. | |
| 1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety). |