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November 24

Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, later renamed Tasmania.

Darwin's Origin of Species was published.

The National Rifle Association was incorporated.

Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters.

D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000.

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