November 24
1642
Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen’s land, later renamed Tasmania.
1859
Darwin’s Origin of Species was published.
1871
The National Rifle Association was incorporated.
1874
Joseph Farwell Glidden patented barbed wire.
1963
Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters.
1971
D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000.
Birthdays
Scott Joplin
1868–1917, American ragtime pianist and composer.
Baruch Spinoza
philosopher (1632)
Aleksandr Suvorov
field marshal (1729)
Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States (1784)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
author (1849)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
painter and lithographer (1864)
Jun
physical engineer (1925)