On This Day November 24th

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Excerpt taken from The Richmond Guardian, 1894

The young ladies attending St. Stephen's Ladies' School have for some time been making preparations for holding a bazaar in aid of the Richmond and East Melbourne Benevolent Society. By their own industry and the assistance of their friends they have provided a number of articles, which it is hoped will meet with a ready sale. The bazaar will take place at St. Stephen's Schoolroom on Friday, 30th November, commencing at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Henty-Wilson will open the proceedings. There will be music at intervals, including banjo-playing by some members of the Banjo Club. Friends in sympathy to the object are invited to attend. Admission sixpence.

Events and birthdays around the world on this day...

In 1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius.
In 1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification.
In 1864 Henre de Toulouse-Lautrec (in France), painter
In 1874 A patent is granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire.
In 1888 Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People)
In 1922 Charles Schultz, Peanuts Creator
In 1938 Oscar "Big O" Robertson, basketball player
In 1952 Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap opens in London. At last report, it is still running.
In 1954 First US Presidential airplane christened.
In 1963 First and only live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald.
In 1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth.

Other sites some world history dates were taken from:
Scope Systems's Any-Day-In-History, also searchable By Year
Michael Maggio's Daily Almanacs
Ron Smith's Oldies Calendar
440 International's Those Were the Days
The History Channel's This Day In History
Famous Birthdays