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1981: Irish Nationalist in Maze Prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland called off their hunger strike. The strike had lasted 7 months and ten people had died. |
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1988: Mithileshwar Singh, an Indian educator, was released by kidnappers in Lebanon. He had been held captive for almost two years with three Americans. |
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Britain became the third nuclear power in the world when they successfully detonated their first atomic bomb. The U.S. and Russia were the only other nuclear powers. |
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1962: The Sigma VII blasted off from Cape Canaveral for a nine-hour flight. |
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1946: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day" began airing on NBC-TV. |
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1951: CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago. |
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1954: "Father Knows Best" began airing on CBS-TV. |
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1955: "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV. |
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1955: "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC-TV. |
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1961: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" debuted on CBS-TV. |
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1986: "Tough Guys" was released. It was the first comedy to feature Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. It was, however, their seventh movie together. |
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W.T. Grant opened a 25-cent department store. |
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1863: U.S. President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday of November would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day. |
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1955: Rock Hudson was featured on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. |
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1922: Rebecca L. Felton became the first female to hold office of U.S. Senator. She was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia to fill a vacancy. |
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1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. |
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1932: Iraq was admitted into the League of Nations leading Britain to terminate their mandate over the nation. Britain had ruled Iraq since taking it from Turkey during World War I. |
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1981: Irish Nationalist in Maze Prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland called off their hunger strike. The strike had lasted 7 months and ten people had died. |
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1989: An unsuccessful coup was attempted against Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. |
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1989: East Germany suspended unrestricted travel to Czechoslovakia in an effort to slow the flow of refugees to the West.
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1902: Harvey Kurtzman, founder of "Mad" magazine, was born. |
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1226: St. Francis of Assisi died. He was the founder of the Franciscan order. |
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1988: The space shuttle Discovery landed safely after its four-day mission. It was the first American shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster. |
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1951: CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago. |
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1974: Frank Robinson took over the management position of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. He was the first black manager in major league baseball. |
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1893: The motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented by J.S. Thurman. |
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1901: The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After a merger with Radio Corporation of America the company became RCA-Victor. |
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1888: "The Yeomen of the Guard" was performed for the first time. It was the first of 423 shows. |
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1962: The play, "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!" opened on Broadway. |
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1942: The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries and farm prices. |
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1935: Italian forces invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). |
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1941: Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and they "would never rise again." |
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1944: During World War 2, U.S. troops broke through the Siegfried Line. |
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