11-24-2006, 07:04 AM
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November 24th
1642 ~ Abel Tasman became the first European to discover the island of 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.
1868 ~ Birthday of Scott Joplin, Musician.
1941 ~ Birthday of Pete Best, original drummer of The Beatles.
1947 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after they refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1963 ~ Death of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassination suspect.
1991 ~ Death of Freddie Mercury, musician (Queen).
1993 ~ In the UK, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
1998 ~ America Online announced it would acquire Netscape Communications.
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