November 24 Holidays

D.B. Cooper Day marks November 24, 1971, when a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane somewhere over the Pacific Northwest — the only unsolved case of air piracy in American aviation history, with the hijacker never identified or found. Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day was established to encourage people to identify and share a skill or ability that is distinctly their own — the creative output, physical capability, or cognitive approach that makes them genuinely different from everyone else. Dev Diwali is a Hindu festival observed on Kartik Purnima — the full moon of the month of Kartika — when devotees light thousands of diyas along the ghats of the Ganges river in Varanasi, celebrating the return of the gods from their cosmic sojourn. National Sardines Day celebrates the sardine — a collective name for small, oily fish including pilchards, herrings, and sprats — whose omega-3 fatty acid content, calcium, and vitamin B12 make it one of the most nutrient-dense foods available.