Cleveland History
November 24, 1862 – Ohio Governor David Tod visited Camp Cleveland in what is now Tremont. He was greeted by a 15-gun salute from the 20th Ohio Independent Battery as part of his inspection of Civil War training facilities.
November 24, 1950 – A massive blizzard struck the Cleveland area as part of the Great Appalachian Storm of 1950. The city recorded 22.1 inches of snow, closed its airport, and saw over 10,000 cars abandoned in the streets.
World History
November 24, 1863 – Union forces captured Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, weakening the Confederate hold on the Cumberland Gap during the American Civil War.
November 24, 1963 – Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on live television in Dallas, two days after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
November 26, 1942 – The film Casablanca premiered in New York City, launching one of the most enduring classics of world cinema.
November 29, 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, calling for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
November 30, 1782 – The United States and Great Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, setting the stage for the formal Treaty of Paris (1783) that ended the American Revolutionary War.
