Today’s Date: Monday, Nov. 24, 2025
Welcome to Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, the 328th day of the year with 37 days left to go.
Historical Events on This Day:
On this day in 1971, a hijacker known as “Dan Cooper” (later dubbed “D.B. Cooper”) parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 with $200,000 in ransom over the Pacific Northwest, his fate remains a mystery.
In 1859, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” explaining his theory of evolution through natural selection.
In 1865, Mississippi enacted the first “Black Codes” aimed at limiting the rights of newly freed Black individuals, followed by other Southern states.
In 1947, the “Hollywood Ten” were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged communist influence in the movie industry.
In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, on live television.
In 1974, scientists discovered the bone fragments of a 3.2 million-year-old hominid in Ethiopia, nicknamed “Lucy.”
In 1991, Queen singer Freddie Mercury passed away in London at age 45 due to AIDS-related pneumonia.
In 2012, a tragic fire in a Bangladeshi garment factory supplying Western retailers claimed 112 lives due to a lack of emergency exits.
In 2014, a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, sparking protests and unrest.
In 2017, a terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula resulted in the loss of at least 235 lives, attributed to a local Islamic State affiliate.
In 2021, three white men were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot while running through a Georgia subdivision in 2020.
In 2023, Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of George Floyd’s murder, was stabbed and seriously injured in an Arizona federal prison.
Celebrity Birthdays Today:
- Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson turns 87 today.
- Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is 85.
- Rock drummer Pete Best celebrates his 84th birthday.
- Actor-comedian Billy Connolly is 83 years old.
- Basketball Hall of Famer and former Detroit mayor Dave Bing turns 82 today.
- Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rudy Tomjanovich is 77.
- Filmmaker Emir Kusturica celebrates his 71st birthday today.
- Actor Conleth Hill is 61.
- Actor Danielle Nicolet turns 52 today.
- Author Arundhati Roy is 64.
- Actor Colin Hanks celebrates his 48th birthday.
- Actor Katherine Heigl is 47 years old today.
- Actor Sarah Hyland turns 35 today.
