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.