Tuesday, November 24, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

NOVEMBER 24 


1963:Millions of stunned Americans watch a live TV broadcast as Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused killer of President Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby.

1859: Charles Darwin publishes his theory of evolution in his book On the Origin of Species, which immediately becomes a bestseller.

1971: Mystery hijacker D.B. Cooper parachutes out of a plane over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom money. He is never seen again.

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