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13 Nov 0866
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Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
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13 Nov 0867
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St Nicholas I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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13 Nov 1002
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English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
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13 Nov 1511
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England signs on to the Saint League
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13 Nov 1553
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English Lady Jane Grey / Bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
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13 Nov 1565
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Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
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13 Nov 1642
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Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs. English parliament
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13 Nov 1673
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Prince Willem III / Raimundo Earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
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13 Nov 1715
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Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish Earl of Mar
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13 Nov 1715
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Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders
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13 Nov 1775
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American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
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13 Nov 1781
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English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon
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13 Nov 1789
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Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
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13 Nov 1830
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Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides"
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13 Nov 1839
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1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in New York
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13 Nov 1843
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Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
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13 Nov 1849
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Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California
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13 Nov 1851
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1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange"
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13 Nov 1851
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Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
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13 Nov 1854
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"New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
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13 Nov 1854
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"New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
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13 Nov 1865
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1st US gold certificates issued
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13 Nov 1865
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PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
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13 Nov 1865
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US issues 1st gold certificates
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13 Nov 1868
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American Philological Association organized in New York
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13 Nov 1875
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National Bowling Association organized in New York City
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13 Nov 1875
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Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
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13 Nov 1885
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Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
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13 Nov 1895
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1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
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13 Nov 1900
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Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
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13 Nov 1906
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C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland
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13 Nov 1907
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French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
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13 Nov 1907
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French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter
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13 Nov 1909
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259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois
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13 Nov 1909
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Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
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13 Nov 1913
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1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
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13 Nov 1916
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British offensive at Ancre Belgium
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13 Nov 1918
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Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne
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13 Nov 1918
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Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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13 Nov 1918
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Stahlhelm forms (anti communist / Polish / French) in Magdenburg
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13 Nov 1920
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Hudson River frozen at Albany (1820?)
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13 Nov 1921
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"Sheik, " starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
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13 Nov 1921
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"The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
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13 Nov 1921
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US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
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13 Nov 1922
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Black Renaissance begins Harlem, New York
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13 Nov 1926
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Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
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13 Nov 1927
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NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
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13 Nov 1931
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Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
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13 Nov 1933
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1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minnesota
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13 Nov 1935
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Anti-British riots in Egypt
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13 Nov 1937
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NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
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13 Nov 1940
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Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released
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13 Nov 1941
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British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean
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13 Nov 1941
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German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
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13 Nov 1942
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Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal
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13 Nov 1942
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Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18
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13 Nov 1945
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Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
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13 Nov 1946
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1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, Massachusetts
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13 Nov 1946
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Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI vs. the MCC
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13 Nov 1948
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"As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances
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13 Nov 1950
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US win 1st world championship bridge contest
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13 Nov 1952
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False fingernails 1st sold
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13 Nov 1952
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KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Nov 1955
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Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as President
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13 Nov 1955
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1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
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13 Nov 1956
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Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
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13 Nov 1958
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New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
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13 Nov 1960
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Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
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13 Nov 1960
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Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
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13 Nov 1961
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WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Nov 1964
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Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
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13 Nov 1964
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Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
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13 Nov 1965
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"Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
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13 Nov 1965
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"Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
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13 Nov 1965
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Director Kenneth Tynan says the word "Fuck" on BBC
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13 Nov 1967
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Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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13 Nov 1967
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NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
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13 Nov 1968
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Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
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13 Nov 1969
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VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news departments of bias and distortion
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13 Nov 1970
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Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
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13 Nov 1970
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Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup
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13 Nov 1970
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VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
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13 Nov 1970
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Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
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13 Nov 1970
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Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
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13 Nov 1971
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Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
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13 Nov 1973
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"Gigi" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
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13 Nov 1973
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Oakland Athletics Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
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13 Nov 1974
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Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
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13 Nov 1975
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"Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 92 performances
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13 Nov 1977
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Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
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13 Nov 1977
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25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
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13 Nov 1978
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NASA launches HEAO
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13 Nov 1979
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British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
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13 Nov 1979
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Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for President
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13 Nov 1979
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Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
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13 Nov 1980
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Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
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13 Nov 1980
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US spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
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13 Nov 1981
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Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
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13 Nov 1981
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Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
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13 Nov 1982
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Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini
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13 Nov 1982
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Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
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13 Nov 1983
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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13 Nov 1984
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David Levy finds his 1st comet
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13 Nov 1984
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Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
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13 Nov 1985
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Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
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13 Nov 1985
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Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
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13 Nov 1986
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Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
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13 Nov 1986
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US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
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13 Nov 1986
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US violates Iran arms boycott
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13 Nov 1986
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NASA launches space vehicle S-199
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13 Nov 1987
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1st condom commercial on BBC TV
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13 Nov 1989
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Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and"Ou Est Le Soleil"
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13 Nov 1989
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Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & Ou Est Le Soleil"
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13 Nov 1991
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Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst Secretary of State
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13 Nov 1991
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Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
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13 Nov 1992
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Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
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13 Nov 1993
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7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
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13 Nov 1993
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Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
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13 Nov 1993
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Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Faruk Leghari elected President
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13 Nov 1994
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Sweden agrees to join European Union
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13 Nov 1996
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"Three Sisters, " closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
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13 Nov 1996
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Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
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13 Nov 1997
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"Lion King, " opens at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
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13 Nov 1997
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Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP
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13 Nov 1997
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UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
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