OT: On This Day in History - November 24th

1835 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government

1859 Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. The first printing of 1,250 copies sells out in a single day.

1874 Joseph Glidden receives a patent for barbed wire.

1922 Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" **

1947 The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists

1957 Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing

1960 Philadelphia Warrior Wilt Chamberlain snags 55 rebounds in a game against the Boston Celtics and sets an NBA record for the most rebounds in a single game.

1963 1st live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner.

1966 The cult classic "One Million Years B.C.", starring Raquel Welch, is released 1st in West Germany

1969 Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial

1971 A hijacker calling himself D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession.

1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)

1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood **

** To misquote Sarah Palin 'How'd that work out fer ya'