What day of the week was November 24, 1859?

The day of the week November 24th, 1859 fell on was a Thursday.

There were 31 days until Christmas.

Cass Gilbert the American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (d. 1934) was born on 24 November in 1859.

Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species the the anniversary of which is sometimes called "Evolution Day"