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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008

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  • Published Nov 23, 2008 5:56 pm KST
  • Updated Nov 23, 2008 5:56 pm KST

Today is Monday, November 24, the 329th day of 2008. There are 37 days left in the year.

166 B.C. _ Origin of Era of Maccabees

1639 _ First observation of transit of Venus occurred (only two, record event)

1759 _ Destructive eruption of Vesuvius

1859 _ Charles Darwin publishes ``On the Origin of Species"

1871 _ National Rifle Association organized (NYC)

1874 _ Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire

1949 _ Britain nationalizes its steel and iron industry

1952 _ Agatha Christie's ``The Mousetrap" opens in London

1966 _ 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer NYC smog

1989 _ Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia