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This day in history

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2015. There are 37 days left in the year.

Today's birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson is 77. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue is 75. Rock drummer Pete Best is 74. Former White House news secretary Marlin Fitzwater is 73. Writer-director Stephen Merchant is 41. Actress Katherine Heigl is 37. Actress Sarah Hyland is 25.

In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published ''On the Origin of Species,'' which explained his theory of evolution.

In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

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In 1971, a hijacker calling himself ''Dan Cooper'' (who became popularly known as ''D.B. Cooper") parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom; his fate remains unknown.

In 1974, the bone fragments of a 3.2 million-year-old hominid were discovered by scientists in Ethiopia; the skeletal remains were nicknamed ''Lucy.''

In 1995, voters in Ireland narrowly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing divorce.

Last year, under pressure from President Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel submitted his resignation amid White House concerns about his effectiveness. It was announced that a grand jury in St. Louis County had decided against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown; the decision enraged protesters who looted businesses in the area where Brown had been fatally shot.