On This Day - November 24, A Shot of History

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1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered by Jack Ruby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUNdhc_3S8A

1965 – Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EYDKw4Nm5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMz6e-mRUVY

1974 – The 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy", is discovered in Ethiopia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_%28Australopithecus%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPit_Mca8dM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXWx7f-4vfU

1991 – Freddie Mercury, the lead singer for the rock group Queen, dies aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury#Illness_and_death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsqVIVlCevE

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet