Day Guide for Friday November 24th 2023

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General Information for November 24th 2023

• There are 11 observances on this day.
• This was 414 days ago.
• Day 328 of 2023
• 37 days left in 2023
• Week 47 of the year

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On this Day in History

• 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
• 1965 - Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
• 1906 – A 13-6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
• 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman sights Tasmania.
• 1639 - Jeremiah Horrocks - Father of British Astronomy - Occurrence of the first transition of Venus across the face of the sun, since the invention of the telescope.