Union Soldiers seated on a cliff at Lookout Mountain in Tennessee

On today’s date November 24, 1863 Union forces stormed and captured Lookout Mountain. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On November 24, 1971 a hijacker purchased a one-way ticket from Portland to Seattle using the name ‘Dan Cooper’ and later parachuted from the Boeing 727 with $200,000 in ransom money. The case remains unsolved and most of the ransom was never recovered. Image from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, public domain

U.S.A. basketball Olympic Gold Medalist Oscar Robertson was born on November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee. In 1997 he donated one of his kidneys to his daughter. Image: Oscar Robertson in the 1960s via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Postmark from Terminal Railway Post Office in Texarkana, Arkansas dated November 24, 1924 Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On November 24, 1874, American inventor Joseph Glidden, received his patent for “Wire-Fences” which is more commonly known as barbed wire. While his invention was disputed by some of his contemporaries as being the first, Joseph did become wealthy before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor eighteen years after he received his patent. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784 in Barboursville, Virginia. He was one of eight U.S. Presidents born in Virginia which produced the most U.S. Presidents than any other state. They were: George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe William Henry Harrison John Tyler Zachary Taylor Woodrow Wilson Image: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution c. 1847, no known restrictions

Warning sign posted near German gas and munition dump in Metz, France November 24, 1944 Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Dale Carnegie, signing his concrete slab at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. His book, ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People’ of 1936 is a classic and still relevant self-help book. Dale was born on November 24, 1888 in Maryville, Missouri. Image via Alamy

On November 24, 1905, Alfred Stieglitz opened his gallery of photographic images at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City. 

Established as “Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession” it became known as “291.”

The first non-photography art show at 291 didn’t occur until 1907. 

The gallery remained opened until the beginning of WWI. 

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On November 24, 1726, Pelatiah Webster was born in Lebanon, Connecticut. 

In 1783 he published “A Dissertation on the Political Union of the Thirteen United States of North America.”

According to this biographical correspondence between two people from the 1800’s even James Madison mentioned that Pelatiah started one of the early efforts towards directing the public mind to a more efficient constitution of government.

Pelatiah said “Let every man make the most of his goods in his own way and then he will be satisfied.”

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Born November 24, 1849 in England Frances Hodgson Burnett immigrated to the US as a teen and eventually gained citizenship. She had 35 novels published and is best known for “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” “The Secret Garden,” and “A Little Princess”, all of which became plays or films.

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American architect Cass Gilbert, who designed the New York Life building and the Woolworth building in New York as well as the U.S. Supreme Court building (which was completed by Gilbert’s son) in Washington, D.C. and many others, was born on November 24, 1859 in Zanesville, Ohio. 

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Presidential turkey “Corn” poses for a photo on the South Lawn of the White House on November 24, 2020.

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