Today in History - History - November 24th

1965Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire

1968Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational

1914Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party

2005Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament.

1655English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans

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

1800Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland depart Caracas for Cuba where they met fellow botanist John Fraser

1974Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty

201340th American Music Award: Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win

1859Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"

1938Oscar Robertson [The Big O], NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)

1955Ian Botham, Heswall Cheshire, English cricketer (all time great all-rounder Extrovert)

1784Zachary Taylor, Barboursville Virginia, 12th President (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)

1946Ted Bundy, Burlington Vermont, serial murderer

1978Katherine Heigl, Washington, D.C., actress (Grey's Anatomy)

1868Scott Joplin, Texas, US ragtime entertainer and composer (The Entertainer)

1896Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster, (d. 1962)

1968Todd Beamer, Flint Michigan, passenger and hero on United Airlines Flight 93

1984MLB pitcher Roger Clemens (22) weds Debra Lynn Godfrey

1979Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)

1963Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV

1957Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70