1859
Origin published
Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
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1642
Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, later renamed Tasmania.
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1871
The National Rifle Association was incorporated.
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1874
Joseph Farwell Glidden patented barbed wire.
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1963
Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters.
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1971
D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000.
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