Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 24

November 24: Teachers' Day in Turkey

Mobutu

• 1190 - Conrad of Montferrat became de jure King of Jerusalem after marrying Queen Isabella.

• 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman reached Tasmania. He named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.

• 1859 - The Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.

• 1965 - Mobutu (pictured) seized power from Congo President Joseph Kasa-Vubu after a bloodless coup d'état.

• 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 over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.

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• October 31
• November 1
• November 2