1554
Politics
Arrival of Cardinal Pole as papal legate
Cardinal Pole arrived in England as the papal legate, welcomed by Mary with intentions of religious reform.
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24November
25 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1815
Exploration
Birth of Grace Darling
Grace Darling was born on November 24, 1815, in Bamburgh, England.
View details1858
Arts
Birth of Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff was born near Poltava, in what is now Ukraine, into an aristocratic Russian family.
View details1878
Arts
Birth of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
Born Wilhelmina Weber Furlong in St. Louis, Missouri.
View details1890
Arts
Jennie Smith letter describing Harriet Powers
Jennie Smith wrote about acquiring Harriet Powers's Bible Quilt on November 24, 1890.
View details1914
Medicine
The Birth of Bessie Blount Griffin
Bessie Blount Griffin was born on November 24, 1914, in Hickory, Virginia.
View details1933
Activism
Birth of Marie Desma Wilcox
Marie Desma Wilcox was born on November 24, 1933; she was a member of the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts and would become the last native speaker of the Wukchumni dialect in California.
View details1937
Arts
First Caldecott Medal Awarded to Dorothy P. Lathrop
Lathrop was the first recipient of the prestigious Caldecott Medal for 'Animals of the Bible.'
View details1942
Activism
First woman commissioned officer in U.S. Coast Guard history; first Director of SPARS
Stratton was sworn in as the first woman commissioned officer in U.S. Coast Guard history and first director of the Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS).
View details1943
Science
Killed in action aboard USS Liscome Bay
Miller died at age 24 when the escort carrier USS Liscome Bay was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine near Butaritari during the Battle of Tarawa.
View details1948
Activism
Death of Anna Jarvis in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Anna Jarvis died on November 24, 1948, in a sanitarium in West Chester, Pennsylvania, impoverished and disillusioned by Mother's Day commercialization.
View details1951
1954
Arts
Signing with Columbia Records
Jackson signed a recording contract with Columbia Records, expanding her national reach.
View details1954
Arts
First appearance on "The Tonight Show"
First appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Steve Allen, reaching a national TV audience.
View details1956
Sports
First Olympic medal – bronze in 4×100 m relay, Melbourne 1956
At age 16, Rudolph wins Olympic bronze in the 4×100 m relay at the Melbourne 1956 Games.
View details1961
Literature
Birth of Arundhati Roy
Suzanna Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Assam (now Meghalaya), India, later becoming a globally influential novelist and activist.
View details1990
Science
Death in Santa Barbara, California
Marion Post Wolcott died on November 24, 1990, in Santa Barbara, California, leaving behind a legacy as one of America's foremost documentary photographers.
View details1990
1991
Sports
Second WTA Tour Championships title
Seles defended her WTA Tour Championships crown, defeating Navratilova.
View details2004
Science
Patent filed: 'Wearable input device'
Jeri Ellsworth co-filed U.S. patent application US20050146885A1 for a wearable input device, contributing to early human-computer interaction hardware.
View details2004
Science
Patent filed: 'System and method for synchronizing fiducial markers'
Jeri Ellsworth co-filed U.S. patent application US20050146883A1 on synchronizing fiducial markers, foundational to later AR/VR tracking technology.
View details2004
Science
Patent filed: 'Virtual reality attachment for a head mounted display'
Jeri Ellsworth is named inventor on US20050146882A1, a patent for a virtual reality attachment enhancing head-mounted display systems, filed in 2004.
View details2004
Science
Patent filed: 'System and method to identify and track objects on a surface'
Jeri Ellsworth co-filed U.S. patent application US20050146884A1 for identifying and tracking objects on a surface, an early contribution to interactive surface computing.
View details2017
Arts
Honorary Fellowship at Newnham College, Cambridge
Armatrading is made an honorary fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge, honoring her pioneering career.
View details2018
Sports
First woman to win six World Boxing Championship titles
Mary Kom became the first woman to win six world boxing titles in 2018.
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