November 24 in History
1642
November 24, 1642:Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch navigator discovers the Australian island of Tasmania.
1700
November 24, 1700:The War of the Spanish Succession begins with the proclamation of Philip as the King of Spain by his grandfather, King Louis XIV of France.
1859
November 24, 1859:Charles Darwin’s book, “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” is published.
1874
November 24, 1874:Joseph F. Glidden receives a patent for the first commercially successful barbed wire.
1877
November 24, 1877:Author Anna Sewell’s only novel, “Black Beauty” is published.
1950
November 24, 1950:The musical, “Guys & Dolls” premieres on Broadway.
1963
November 24, 1963:Lee Harvey Oswald, who was the accused assassinator of President J.F. Kennedy, is shot to death by a nightclub owner called Jack Ruby.
1971
November 24, 1971:D.B. Cooper hijacks a plane, receives ransom money and jumps out of the plane with a parachute, never to be seen or heard of again.
2008
November 24, 2008:“Greatest Hits”, an album by Craig David is released.