November 24

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Chitty Chitty Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is an American neo-noir fantasy crime film directed by Ken Hughes and Shane Black, and starring Dick Van Dyke, Robert Downey Jr., Sally Ann Howes, Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, and Benny Hill.

    Chitty Chitty Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is an American neo-noir fantasy crime film directed by Ken Hughes and Shane Black, and starring Dick Van Dyke, Robert Downey Jr., Sally Ann Howes, Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, and Benny Hill.

  • Mr. Bean Saves Westeros is a fantasy spy action comedy-drama television series starring Sean Bean and Rowan Atkinson.

    Mr. Bean Saves Westeros is a fantasy spy action comedy-drama television series starring Sean Bean and Rowan Atkinson.

  • Gods of Westeros is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gerard Butler. It is loosely based on A Song of Sun and Sand, a series of high fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin.

    Gods of Westeros is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gerard Butler. It is loosely based on A Song of Sun and Sand, a series of high fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin.

  • Marooned 2: Blind Date is an American science fiction romantic thriller film about the perils of dating in low Earth orbit.

    Marooned 2: Blind Date is an American science fiction romantic thriller film about the perils of dating in low Earth orbit.

  • As Lolita Lay Dying is a psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and James Franco based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner and Vladimir Nabokov, starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, and James Franco.

    As Lolita Lay Dying is a psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and James Franco based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner and Vladimir Nabokov, starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, and James Franco.

  • As I Lay Dying is a Southern Gothic slapstick comedy film written by William Faulkner and starring the Three Stooges.

    As I Lay Dying is a Southern Gothic slapstick comedy film written by William Faulkner and starring the Three Stooges.

  • Turkey Clear is a brand of translucent turkey meat.

    Turkey Clear is a brand of translucent turkey meat.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that the Battle of the Indus was fought on this day on the banks of the Indus river between the armies commanded by Jalal al-Din of the Khwarazmian Empire, and Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire; and that the battle, which resulted in an overwhelming Mongol victory, was the concluding engagement in the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire?

• ... that philosopher, scholar, and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza was a pioneer of Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, notably his modern conceptions of the self and the universe?

• ... that astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks observed the transit of Venus in 1639?

• ... that That Was the Week That Was was first broadcast on 24 November 1962?

• ... that Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was urdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby, a nightclub operator, in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters, as Oswald was being led by two detectives to an armored car to take him to the nearby county jail?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1632: Philosopher, scholar, and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza born. He will lay the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe.

    1632: Philosopher, scholar, and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza born. He will lay the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe.

  • 1639: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks observes the

    1639: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks observes the

  • 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.

    1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.

  • 1961: Baby Tooth Survey: Preliminary results published by the team in the November 24, 1961, edition of the journal Science showed that levels of strontium 90 in children had risen steadily in children born in the 1950s, with those born later showing the most increased levels. The results of a more comprehensive study of the elements found in the teeth collected showed that children born after 1963 had levels of strontium 90 in their baby teeth that were 50 times higher than those found in children born before the advent of large-scale atomic testing. The findings helped convince U.S. President John F. Kennedy to sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the United Kingdom and Soviet Union, which ended the above-ground nuclear weapons testing that placed the greatest amounts of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere.

    1961: Baby Tooth Survey: Preliminary results published by the team in the November 24, 1961, edition of the journal Science showed that levels of strontium 90 in children had risen steadily in children born in the 1950s, with those born later showing the most increased levels. The results of a more comprehensive study of the elements found in the teeth collected showed that children born after 1963 had levels of strontium 90 in their baby teeth that were 50 times higher than those found in children born before the advent of large-scale atomic testing. The findings helped convince U.S. President John F. Kennedy to sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the United Kingdom and Soviet Union, which ended the above-ground nuclear weapons testing that placed the greatest amounts of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere.

  • 1962: First broadcast of That Was the Week That Was.

    1962: First broadcast of That Was the Week That Was.

  • 1963: In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby, a nightclub operator, in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. Oswald was being led by two detectives to an armored car to take him to the nearby county jail.

    1963: In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby, a nightclub operator, in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. Oswald was being led by two detectives to an armored car to take him to the nearby county jail.

  • 1966: "Fantasy Ceti Alpha 5", one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, is voted "Television Show of the Day" by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1966: "Fantasy Ceti Alpha 5", one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, is voted "Television Show of the Day" by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Topic of the Day

Star Wars

  • Star Wars: Home Alone is a 1977 science fiction drama film about moisture farmer Owen Lars (Macaulay Culkin) and his wife Beru (Catherine O'Hara) who are murdered by Imperial stormtroopers.

    Star Wars: Home Alone is a 1977 science fiction drama film about moisture farmer Owen Lars (Macaulay Culkin) and his wife Beru (Catherine O'Hara) who are murdered by Imperial stormtroopers.

  • "Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."

    "Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."

  • Luke Warmsouper is a character from the Soup Wars franchise.

    Luke Warmsouper is a character from the Soup Wars franchise.

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