On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species”.
On this day in 1962, the influential British satirical television programme “That Was the Week That Was” was first broadcast.
On this day in 1963, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered on TV by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police headquarters.
On this day in 2013, Iran signed an interim agreement, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.