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November 24 in History

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1. Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species” (November 24th 1859).

November 24th is another world changing day cause in 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which became an instant bestseller selling out the 1,250 copies he made in just one day. That might not seem a lot, but for a book without wizards or vampires, that’s a home run. In that book Darwin explained his theory of evolution where He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and gave strong evidence that there is a natural, even observable, way for life to change: a process he called natural selection. To be fair, there was this other guy, Alfred Russel Wallace, that reached the same conclusions and published them at the same time but history is cruel and while Darwin is now a god of science, Wallace contribution is kind of… who cares? Actually Darwin had initially developed his theory while on a 5 year research trip aboard the HMS Beagle that took him around the world. But once back he was afraid of publishing it because of its the radical implications… He did not want to end up burned crisp by the Church so he stalled for years and years… until he saw the work of Wallace, who had reached basically the same conclusions. Now it was publish or be forgotten, so he published.

Luckily nobody ended up on the spike for this although evolution was very unpopular among religious people. Actually even now, when evolution has become a basic pillar of scientific development, and there’s mountains of proof of its validity, some still deny it… And let’s face it, they offer very attractive arguments: Jesus riding a dinosaur… cool!

2. Freddie Mercury passes away (November 24th 1991).

November 24 also marks the sad day in 1991 when Freddie Mercury passed away. Who was he? He was a rock singer legend and lead vocalist, songwriter and soul of rock band Queen. Freddie Mercury had a short but intense life, and left a legacy of amazing songs, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the Champions and We Will Rock you. Mercury was a force of nature on-stage and has been defined as one of rock’s greatest all-time entertainers with a legendary performance at Live Aid in 1985 that’s been described as the greatest live performance in the history of rock music. His talent went beyond music cause did you know that he studied Art & Graphic Design and actually designed himself the Queen crest? What an amazing person. Unfortunately his life was cut short because of a pneumonia brought on by AIDS, just one day after he announced that he was HIV positive.

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