Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/November 24

November 24:

 * 1639 – Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus, an event he had predicted


 * 1774 – Birth of Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)


 * 1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon