TODAY IN HISTORY

On Nov. 24, 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.”

In 1947, John Steinbeck’s novel “The Pearl” was first published.

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

In 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacific.

In 1991, rock singer Freddie Mercury died in London at age 45 of AIDSrelated pneumonia.

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

In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider George W. Bush’s appeal against the hand recounting of ballots in Florida.

In 2017, Zimbabwe swore in Emmerson Mnangagwa after the resignation of President Robert Mugabe.