TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Nov. 24, 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.

ON THIS DATE 1859

British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

1974

The bone fragments of a 3.2 million-yearold hominid were discovered by scientists in Ethiopia; the skeletal remains were nicknamed “Lucy.”

2020

Pennsylvania officials certified Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential vote in the state; the Trump campaign had gone to court trying to prevent the certification. The Nevada Supreme Court made Biden’s win in the state official.