Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 24

November 24: Thanksgiving in the United States (2005)

• 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman reached Tasmania. He named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.
• 1859 - The Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin (pictured) was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.
• 1963 - On live television, Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1971 - After collecting a ransom payout of US$200,000, "D. B. Cooper" leaped out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked and disappeared.

Recent days: November 23 – November 22 – November 21

More anniversaries:

• October 31
• November 1
• November 2