Today is Friday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2006. There are 37 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, Jack Ruby shoots and mortally wounds Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President

Today is Friday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2006. There are 37 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, Jack Ruby shoots and mortally wounds Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.
In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species," which explains his theory of evolution. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers based on Saipan attack Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes. In 1950, the musical "Guys and Dolls," based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser, opens on Broadway. In 1971, hijacker "D.B. Cooper" parachutes from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with 200,000 in ransom -- his fate remains unknown. In 1985, the hijacking of an EgyptAir jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ends violently as Egyptian commandos storm the plane. Fifty-eight people die in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers. In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles.
November 24, 1981: Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown announces that all hazardous wastes being stored illegally on the surface at the Deerfield dump will be removed by spring.
An outside audit shows that at least 430,000 has been embezzled from the office of state Treasurer Gertrude Donahey.
November 24, 1966: Youngstown University will hire an inspector to check on off-campus housing, President Albert L. Pugsley announces.
Fire Marshall Michael Melillo and Youngstown police arrest two youths for hurling a Molotov cocktail through the front window of the Hilltop Cafe Aug. 30. The arrests followed months of investigation.
November 24, 1956: Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan rejects the U.S. Air Force's request to move the Youngstown Municipal Airport air traffic control tower to a new location near the AF side of the field.
The mother of a 14-year-old Youngstown boy who allowed him to drive without a license is fined 25 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The boy was involved in a property damage accident at Dunlap and Mahoning Avenues.
November 24, 1931: Construction of a 640,000 S. Main Street bridge in Niles over the Mahoning River and the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks is cleared by the district court of appeals, which rejects a protest by residents who objected to an assessment.
J.H. Sheasley and R.R. Kegarise, both of Youngstown, leave East Liverpool in a 16-foot motorboat on the first leg of an endurance voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. The all-metal boat, Sea Eagle, was built in Salem.