Today in Music History for Nov. 24: In 1924, Canadian cellist Lorne Munroe was born in Winnipeg. He was principal cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 13 years, beginning in 1951. At the invitation ...

Today in History for Nov. 24: In 1639, astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks first observed the transit of Venus across the Sun. In 1642, Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, a triangular-shaped ...