Here's a quick look at our top stories for Monday, Nov. 24, 2025:
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Butte-Silver Bow addresses accessibility issues in public buildings and sidewalks
Butte-Silver Bow addresses accessibility issues in public buildings and sidewalks
Local equestrian prepares for 1,000-kilometer Mongol Derby race across Mongolia
Local equestrian prepares for 1,000-kilometer Mongol Derby race across Mongolia
Big Sky champ Montana State gets No. 2 seed for FCS playoffs
Big Sky champ Montana State gets No. 2 seed for FCS playoffs
Car chase crash kills woman in house
Car chase crash kills woman in house
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Historical events for November 24
- 1859 — Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species (1st edition released in London), advancing the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 1863 — Battle of Lookout Mountain (the “Battle Above the Clouds”) during the Chattanooga Campaign of the U.S. Civil War; Union forces take Lookout Mountain.
- 1963 — Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas police station (captured live on TV).
- 1971 — A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 after demanding and receiving $200,000; his fate remains unknown.
- 1974 — Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and his team discover the partial Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed “Lucy” at Hadar, Ethiopia.
Notable births
- 1938 — Oscar Robertson, Hall of Fame basketball player (one of the sport’s all-time greats).
- 1941 — Pete Best, original drummer for The Beatles (early 1960s).
- 1946 — Ted Bundy, American serial killer (notorious criminal; born Nov. 24, 1946).
- 1977 — Colin Hanks, actor and filmmaker.
- 1978 — Katherine (Katie) Heigl, actress and producer.
- 1990 — Sarah Hyland, actress (TV: Modern Family).
- 1974 — Stephen Merchant, writer/comedian/actor (noted for work with Ricky Gervais).
Notable deaths
- 1963 — Lee Harvey Oswald (died after being shot by Jack Ruby; Oswald had been accused of assassinating JFK).
- 1991 — Freddie Mercury, Queen’s lead singer, dies of bronchial pneumonia related to AIDS.
- 1991 — Eric Carr (KISS drummer) also died on Nov. 24, 1991.
- 1993 — Albert Collins, influential blues guitarist, dies.
- 2005 — Pat Morita, actor best known for The Karate Kid films, dies of kidney failure.
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