11-24-2004, 06:36 AM
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November 24th
1632 ~ Birthday of Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher.
1642 ~ Here’s on for Grumble! Abel Tasman became the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
1853 ~ Birthday of Bat Masterson, Gunslinger, Policeman, Sports Reporter.
1859 ~ British naturalist Charles Darwin published “The Origin of Species”, a book which argues that organisms gradually evolve through natural selection (it immediately sold out its initial print run).
1868 ~ Birthday of Scott Joplin, Musician.
1947 ~ Red Scare: After refusing to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry, the United States House of Representatives voted 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10.
1963 ~ Death of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassination suspect.
1993 ~ In the United Kingdom, 11-year olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool (they were sentenced to "indefinite detention").
1991 ~ Death of Freddie Mercury, musician (Queen).
1998 ~ America Online announced it would acquire Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock transaction worth US$4.2 billion.
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