Tuesday, November 24, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
FloraAstrological sign: Sagittarius (November 23 - December 21)
Festivals and international days on November 24:
- Teachers' Day (Turkey)
See also: November 23 - November 25 - All days of 2026
November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration
November 20-29: LA Auto Show, Los Angeles (USA)
November 24-25 (Yi Peng) / November 24 (Loy Krathong): Loy Krathong and Yi Peng, Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
November 24-29: Davis Cup Tennis Finals, Bologna (Italy)
November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life," now considered the founding work of modern evolutionary theory.
November 24, 1922: Benito Mussolini receives full administrative and economic powers in order to restore order in Italy.
November 24, 1974: An international research team discovers the fossil of the species Australopithecus afarensis, better known as Lucy, at the Hadar site in Ethiopia. The bones date back approximately 3.2 million years.