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On This Day

November 24

1971
D.B. Cooper: The bandit hijacks a 727 jet and asks for $200,000 ransom. The next day he parachuted out of the plane with the money and was never heard from again.

1963
Kennedy Assassination: Pres. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and mortally wounded by Jack Ruby.

1953
Sen. Joseph McCarthy, on a radio and TV broadcast, claims the former Truman administration was crawling with communists.

1874
Joseph Glidden patents his barbed wire.

1865
The Black Codes are established in Mississippi, composed of discriminatory laws against the newly freed blacks.

1859
Darwin's On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection is published.

1831
The principle of electromagnetic induction is demonstrated by English scientist Michael Faraday to a group of scientists.

1642
Tasmania: The island is discovered, by Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman.

1950
Stanley Livingston, American actor. TV: My Three Sons (Chip Douglas).

1946     d. 1989
Ted Bundy, American serial killer. Convicted of two Florida sorority house murders, he was executed in the state prison's electric chair.

1925
William F. Buckley Jr., American journalist. Quote: Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. (source: Fifth 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said)

1912
Garson Kanin, American director, playwright. Broadway: Born Yesterday (1946).

1910     d. 1989
Pegeen Fitzgerald, American radio personality. She and her husband Ed hosted their radio program for 42 years.

1888     d. 1955
Dale Carnegie, American author. Writings: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936).

1877     d. 1956
Alben William Barkley, 35th U.S. Vice-President (1949-53).

1868     d. 1917
Scott Joplin, American musician, composer, rag time piano player. Music: Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer.

1856     d. 1914
Harry Thurston Peck, American educator, magazine editor, coined the word "Bestseller" (1895).

1849     d. 1924
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, English-born American novelist. Writings: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911).

1784     d. 1850
Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. President (1849-50), and father-in-law of Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis. He died in office making Vice-Pres. Millard Fillmore president.

2005     b. 1932
Pat Morita (Noriyuki Morita), American actor. Film: Karate Kid (1984, Sensei Kesuke Miyagi    , for which hew was the first Asian-American nominated for an acting Oscar). TV: Happy Days (Arnold). He was billed as the Hip Nip for his stand-up performances.

2004     b. 1920
Arthur Hailey, British-born author, Hotel (1965) and Airport (1968).

1980     b. 1895
George Raft, American actor. Film: Scarface (1932, Guido Rinaldo). He was reputed to be the world's fastest Charleston dancer.

1890     b. 1816
August Belmont, Sr., Chairman Democratic National Committee (1860-72).  The Belmont Stakes thoroughbred horse race is named in his honor.

1742     b. 1686
Andrew Bradford, English-born American publisher. He published the first magazine in America (1741, American Magazine).

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