A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachutes from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his
possession.

Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant what looked like a bomb and informing the crew
that he wanted $200,000, four parachutes, and “no funny stuff.”

The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where authorities met Cooper’s demands and evacuated most of the passengers. Cooper then demanded that the plane fly toward
Mexico at a low altitude and ordered the remaining crew into
the cockpit.

At 8:13 p.m., as the plane flew over the Lewis River in southwest Washington, the plane’s pressure gauge recorded Cooper’s jump
from the aircraft.

A storm prevented an immediate capture, and most authorities
assumed he was killed during his apparently suicidal jump. No
trace of Cooper was found during a massive search.

On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine
Life was published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck
Dam’s spillway by Margaret Bourke-White.

Life actually had its start earlier in the 20th century as a different
kind of magazine: a weekly humor publication, not unlike today’s
The New Yorker in its use of tart cartoons, humorous pieces and
cultural reporting.

When the original Life folded during the Great Depression, the
influential American publisher Henry Luce bought the name 
and re-launched the magazine as a picture-based periodical.

A look inside that first issue of LIFE.

On November 21, 1980, 350 million people around the world
tuned in to television’s popular primetime drama “Dallas” to
find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate.
J.R. had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous
March 21, which now stands as one of television’s most famous cliffhangers.

The plot twist inspired widespread media coverage and left
America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight
months.

The November 21 episode solved the mystery, identifying Kristin Shepard, J.R.’s wife’s sister-in-law and his former mistress, as
the culprit.

On November 21, 1976, Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone as
the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuted in New York
City. The movie, which opened in theaters across the United
States on December 3, 1976, was a huge box-office hit and
received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best
Actor and Best Original Screenplay for the then-little known
Stallone. Rocky ultimately took home three Oscars, including
one for Best Picture, and made Stallone one of the biggest
stars in Hollywood.

Sylvester Stallone and Burgess Meredith

Stallone and Carl Weathers