We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Birthdays
- 1804 Franklin Pierce was born.
- 1859 Billy the Kid was born.
- 1887 Boris Karloff was born.
- 1888 Harpo Marx was born.
- 1932 Shel Silverstein was born.
- Name Days
- 1000 Clem, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 1000 Clemency, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 1000 Clement, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 1000 Clementia, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 1000 Clementina, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 1000 Clementine, from the Latin, 'merciful'
- 2000 Feast Day of Clement, from the Latin, 'merciful'. The Clement from whom all other St Clements take their name was the fourth Pope, coming after Peter, Linus and Cletus. St Irenaeus tells us that '[Clement] had seen and consorted with the blessed apostles'; he may be the Clement mentioned in Philippians 4:3, but we do not know very much about his life. What we do have is his letter to the Corinthians, dealing with the troubled affairs of their Church. Legends abound about him being sent to the marble mines of Russia and eventually martyred by being tied to an anchor and thrown into the sea. It is said that his tomb on the sea bed, made by angels, can be seen once a year at exceptionally low tides.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 24-11-1000 | Fiorella, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Fleur, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Floella, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Flora, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Florai, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Floretta, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Floriane, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Floris, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1000 | Florrie, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring |
| 24-11-1784 | Zachary Taylor was born. |
| 24-11-1853 | Bat Masterson was born. |
| 24-11-1868 | Scott Joplin was born. |
| 24-11-1888 | Dale Carnegie was born. |
| 24-11-1925 | William F. Buckley, Jr. was born. |
| 24-11-1991 | Cyndi Lauper marries David Thornton |
| 24-11-2000 | Feast Day of Flora, from the Roman goddess of flowers or Spring. St Flora along with St Mary are honoured on 24 November for their refusal to give up their faith during the persecution of Christians by the Moors in Spain. They were beheaded in Cordoba in 851. A later Flora (of Beaulieu) was a sister of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, near Rocamadour in France, but the strange accounts of her spiritual life are uncertain. She died in 1347. |
