This Day in History - November 24, 2024

In 1582, the Gregorian calendar went into effect. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik. In 1927, Gutzon Borglum began carving the faces of four presidents into the side of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest. In 1970, singer Janis Jopl ...  Show more

In 1995, the eight-month long OJ Simpson trial ended with his acquittal. In 1990, East and West Germany reunified. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln decreed the last Thursday of November would be a holiday called Thanksgiving. In 1955, the Guinness Book of World Records was published for ...  Show more

In 1971, a man boarded flight 305 above the Pacific Northwest, carrying what looked like a bomb. He took full control of the flight, demanding $200,000 in cash and a parachute. Before authorities could diffuse the situation, the mysterious hijacker jumps from the plane into the n ...  Show more

The theoretical physicist vanished after sending a cryptic letter to his employer. Seventy years later, a man came forward with new information that changed everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Two congressmen vanish in Alaska in 1972. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The D.B. Cooper mystery involves the case of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, which was hijacked by a lone man. Learn more about the D.B. Cooper mystery.