Historical Events on November 24

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12 significant historical events occurred on November 24. November 24 has been a day of notable military and political events. In World War II, Germany launched the Case Blue offensive in southern Russia in 1942, and the Soviet Baltic Offensive occurred in 1944. More recently, on this day in 2015, Turkish forces downed a Russian Su-24 bomber. Additionally, in 2017, a terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula resulted in many casualties.

Total Events

12

Time Span

1183–2017

Categories

3

Top Category

war

7 events

16 famous birthdays on November 24

Including Arundhati Roy, Tsung-Dao Lee, Lukas Hradecky

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density

12th C.21st C.

12th Century

1 event

war

1183 naval battle of the Genpei War

19th Century

2 events

politics

1840s treaty between Argentina and Britain on river traffic

war

1855 siege that took place during the Crimean War

20th Century

4 events

war

Military battle in 1925

general

Case Blue — German summer offensive of 1942 in southern Russia

war

Baltic Offensive — 1944 military offensive

politics

1967 Penang Hartal riot

21st Century

5 events

war

2007 operation through Baghdad

general

2011 terrorist incident in Iraq

war

2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown — shootdown of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft by Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets

general

Suicide bombing in Iraq

war

2017 Sinai mosque attack — terrorist bombing in a Sinai mosque, Egypt

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