24 November 1971 Posted on November 23, 2012 by Staff A hijacker parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires." Francois de La Rochefoucauld — Click here for more from Francois de La Rochefoucauld Related posts: 30 July 1971 9 August 1971 2 January 1971 5 February 1971 13 June 1971 6 November 1935 16 July 1999 24 November 1542