Lee Harvey Oswald
Today in History: November 24
Today in History: November 24
In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald.
In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.”
In 2014, A grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri, decided against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown.
Today in History: November 22
Today in History: November 22:
In 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot during a motorcade in Dallas.
In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach — better known as “Blackbeard” — was killed during a battle off North Carolina.
In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win reelection to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced she would resign.
In 2005, Angela Merkel took power as Germany’s first female chancellor.