In History, Today on November 24

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits western Turkey, causing damage to buildings and minor injuries but no fatalities.

Sweden's parliament elects Magdalena Andersson as the country's first female prime minister, though she resigns hours later due to a budget defeat.

The United States General Services Administration (GSA) formally recognized Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election, allowing the transition process to begin.

A fire in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulted in the deaths of at least 112 workers, highlighting ongoing safety issues in the country's garment industry.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño signed a revised peace agreement to end over 50 years of conflict.

Turkey shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet near the Syria-Turkey border, escalating tensions between the two countries.

Press Secretary designate Robert Gibbs announced by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft, marking ESA's first mission to Venus.

25 people died in a plane crash in Nigeria when an EAS Airlines aircraft went down near the city of Kano.

Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies of bronchopneumonia resulting from AIDS, prompting increased awareness and activism for AIDS research and treatment.

D. B. Cooper hijacks a Boeing 727 aircraft, extorts $200,000 in ransom, and parachutes to an unknown fate.

Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby.

The first bombing raid against Tokyo by American B-29 Superfortress bombers during World War II.

In Germany, the First Congress of the Anti-Fascist Action took place, an organization created to counter the rising threat of fascism and extreme right-wing movements.

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun, considered one of the best-preserved and most intact pharaonic tombs ever found in the Valley of the Kings.

Anna Sewell's novel 'Black Beauty' is published, becoming one of the best-selling books of all time.

Joseph F. Glidden receives a patent for barbed wire, revolutionizing fencing practices in the American West and impacting the development of agriculture.

The Battle of Lookout Mountain during the American Civil War begins. Union forces fight Confederate troops in Tennessee, a prelude to the larger Battle of Chattanooga.

Charles Darwin publishes 'On the Origin of Species', introducing the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian nobleman and statesman, imprisons Samuel Kossuth, initiating a conflict during the Hungarian Revolution.

The Nullification Crisis in the United States escalates as South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within state borders.

The second Battle of Quiberon Bay occurred, a naval engagement during the Seven Years' War in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French fleet, preventing France from a potential invasion of Britain.

Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island of Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).

The poet John Donne, known for his metaphysical poetry, was born in London, England. He later became a prominent English writer and cleric in the Church of England.

Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain were granted a papal dispensation by Pope Julius III to preserve Philip's claims to the English throne as consort. This political union was a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening Catholic influence in England.

The expedition led by Spanish conquistador Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was sighted sailing near the island of San Miguel, part of the Channel Islands off the coast of California.

The Peace of Bretigny was ratified as the Treaty of London in a revised form between England and France, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. However, this was not fully adhered to and the conflict continued.

The death of Abu al-Fadl al-Andalusi Ibn Hazm, a prominent Andalusian Arab polymath, took place in Montijar, Spain. Ibn Hazm was influential in philosophy, theology, and literature, and is best known for his works in Islamic jurisprudence and as a poet.

The Battle of Maserfield takes place, where King Penda of Mercia defeats and kills King Oswald of Northumbria.

Theodosius I makes his entry into Constantinople, marking the beginning of his reign as the sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire.