24 November 976

Hibiscus Rising (pictured), a sculpture commemorating the life of David Oluwale, was unveiled in Leeds.

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course.

The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania.

A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of buildings in the region and causing at least 4,000 casualties.

After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper (depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.

During a live television broadcast, businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, fueling numerous conspiracy theories.

The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone, struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.

World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll, USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175, killing 644.

The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre (pictured) opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical Mayflowers.

Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol.

The Podgorica Assembly convened in Montenegro, with the intention of uniting with the Kingdom of Serbia.

The second of two games between two Ohio football teams took place, after which accusations were made that players conspired to deliberately lose games.

American Civil War: As part of the Chattanooga campaign in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces captured Lookout Mountain, helping them to begin breaking the Confederate siege of the city.

British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day.

Thirty Years' War: Holy Roman Empire, Bavarian and Spanish forces led by Franz von Mercy defeated the French army in Germany led by Marshal Josias von Rantzau at the Battle of Tuttlingen.

Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces captured about 1,200 Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss.

Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds.

Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia.

The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war.

A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.

Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.

The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.