1974 Aurelio Arturo – Muere en (Bogotá) el Poeta Aurelio Arturo. Entre sus obras se destaca el Poema “Morada al Sur”
November 24, 2010
Nacimientos:
| 1815 | Grace Darling, Lighthouse keepers daughter who became famous heroine |
| 1849 | Frances Burnett, Novelist; ‘The Secret Garden’ & ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ |
| 1868 | Scott Joplin, Composer and pianist |
| 1925 | Alun Owen, Writer and ‘Oscar’ nominee for ‘A Hard Days Night’ |
| 1939 | Jim Yester, Of the Pop group ‘The Association’ |
| 1941 | Pete Best, Former member of ‘The Beatles’ |
| 1942 | Billy Connolly, Former Scottish steelworker turned comedian |
| 1955 | Ian Botham, Popular English cricketer |
Acontecimientos:
| 1434 | The river Thames froze over. This happened again in 1715, when the ice was thick enough to hold a ‘Frost Fair’ on the river |
| 1642 | The Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, discovered Van Dieman’s Land (later to be re-named Tasmania) |
| 1939 | Imperial Airways and British Airways merged, to become ‘British Overseas Airways Corporation’ (BOAC) |
| 1951 | The car manufacturers Morris and Austin agreed to merge |
| 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with assassinating John F Kennedy, was shot by Jack Ruby |
| 1965 | The government introduced an experimental speed limit of 70mph on motorways in England |
| 1973 | In Australia, Aborigines were given the vote for the first time |
| 1987 | Free eye tests were abolished by the Conservative government |
