Template:Selected anniversaries/November 24
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1632: Philosopher, scholar, and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza born. He will lay the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe.
1639: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus.
1859: On the Origin of Species published.
1962: First broadcast of That Was the Week That Was.