{"id":23986,"date":"2015-11-24T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=23986"},"modified":"2015-11-24T08:24:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:24:25","slug":"today-in-history-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=23986","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Tuesday, November\u00a0 24, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Nov. 24, 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
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1784<\/td>\nZachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, was born in Orange County, Va.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1871<\/td>\nThe National Rifle Association was incorporated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nA group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the “Hollywood 10” was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nThe musical “Guys and Dolls” opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nDallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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1969<\/td>\nApollo 12 returned to Earth after the second manned mission to the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nHijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. His fate remains unknown.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nThe United States and the Soviet Union agreed to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles in the first superpower treaty to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nCzechoslovakia’s hard-line party leadership resigned after more than a week of protests against its policies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nRock singer Freddie Mercury of Queen died at age 45 of pneumonia brought on by AIDS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nA jury in Austin convicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on charges he’d illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay is appealing a three-year prison sentence.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Highlights of This Day in History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”) turns 37 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ron Dellums<\/td>\nFormer U.S. Rep., D-Calif.<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oscar Robertson<\/td>\nBsaketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pete Best<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billy Connolly<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marlin Fitzwater<\/td>\nFormer White House press secretary<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanley Livingston<\/td>\nActor (“My Three Sons”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Merchant<\/td>\nActor, writer<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colin Hanks<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Sarah Hyland (“Modern Family”) turns 25 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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