"Today in history: On Nov. 24,1971, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (but who became popularly known as D.B. Cooper) parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Pacific Northwest after receiving $200,000 in ransom; his fate remains unknown. Also on this date: In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection."
"In 1865, Mississippi became the first Southern state to enact laws that came to be known as Black Codes aimed at limiting the rights of newly freed Blacks; other states of the former Confederacy soon followed. In 1947, a group of writers, producers and directors, who would become known as the Hollywood Ten, was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged communist influence in the movie industry."
"In 1991, Queen singer Freddie Mercury died in London at age 45 of AIDS-related pneumonia. In 2012, fire raced through a garment factory in Bangladesh that supplied major retailers in the West, killing 112 people; an official said many of the victims were trapped because the eight-story building lacked emergency exits. In 2014, it was announced that a grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri, had decided against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown;"
Nov. 24 includes a 1971 hijacking by Dan Cooper (D.B. Cooper), who parachuted from a Northwest Orient 727 with $200,000 and disappeared. In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species explaining evolution by natural selection. In 1865 Mississippi enacted Black Codes to limit the rights of newly freed Black people. In 1947 the Hollywood Ten were cited for contempt for refusing to answer Congress about alleged communist influence. Notable later events include Jack Ruby killing Lee Harvey Oswald, discovery of the hominid nicknamed Lucy, Freddie Mercury's 1991 death, a deadly 2012 Bangladesh factory fire, and 2014 unrest after the Ferguson grand jury decision.
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