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14 Nov 1380
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King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
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14 Nov 1550
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Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
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14 Nov 1666
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Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
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14 Nov 1675
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Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
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14 Nov 1677
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Prince Willem III Henry marries English Princess Mary Stuart
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14 Nov 1698
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Spanish King Carlos appoints grandson Prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
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14 Nov 1732
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1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
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14 Nov 1755
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Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
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14 Nov 1792
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Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
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14 Nov 1832
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1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12c rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
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14 Nov 1833
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Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
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14 Nov 1834
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William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
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14 Nov 1851
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"Moby Dick, " by Herman Melville, published
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14 Nov 1851
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"Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
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14 Nov 1863
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Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
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14 Nov 1863
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Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
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14 Nov 1881
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Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination
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14 Nov 1888
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St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
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14 Nov 1888
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USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
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14 Nov 1889
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NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
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14 Nov 1893
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Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt, " premieres in Berlin
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14 Nov 1894
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
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14 Nov 1896
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Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
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14 Nov 1906
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Roosevelt becomes 1st US President to visit a foreign country (Panama)
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14 Nov 1908
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Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
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14 Nov 1910
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1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Virginia
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14 Nov 1914
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Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
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14 Nov 1915
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Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
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14 Nov 1918
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Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President
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14 Nov 1919
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Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
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14 Nov 1920
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American Pro Football League's Chicago Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
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14 Nov 1922
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German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends
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14 Nov 1922
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BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
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14 Nov 1927
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Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
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14 Nov 1931
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Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
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14 Nov 1935
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FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
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14 Nov 1936
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Bradman scores 192 for South Africa vs. Victoria before a MCG crowd of 21000
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14 Nov 1938
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Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
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14 Nov 1939
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Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
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14 Nov 1940
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During WW II, German planes destroyed most of Coventry, England
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14 Nov 1941
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Governor-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees
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14 Nov 1942
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Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
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14 Nov 1943
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Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs. New York Giants (56-7)
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14 Nov 1943
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J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
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14 Nov 1945
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Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
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14 Nov 1946
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Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
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14 Nov 1952
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Greek general Papagos wins elections
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14 Nov 1953
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WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Nov 1954
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Egyptian President Naguib fired / state of emergency declared
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14 Nov 1956
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Hungarian revolt put down
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14 Nov 1957
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Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
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14 Nov 1957
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Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
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14 Nov 1959
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"Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
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14 Nov 1959
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Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
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14 Nov 1960
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OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
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14 Nov 1960
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Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
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14 Nov 1960
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2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
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14 Nov 1964
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"Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
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14 Nov 1964
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"Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
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14 Nov 1964
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"Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
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14 Nov 1964
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Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
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14 Nov 1965
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George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
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14 Nov 1965
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KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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14 Nov 1965
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
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14 Nov 1965
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US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
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14 Nov 1966
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
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14 Nov 1968
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"National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
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14 Nov 1968
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1st European lung transplant
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14 Nov 1968
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Yale University announces it is going co-educational
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14 Nov 1969
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2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
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14 Nov 1969
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Apollo 12 (Conrad / Gordon / Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
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14 Nov 1969
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Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
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14 Nov 1970
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DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
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14 Nov 1970
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Marshall University football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova, West Virginia
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14 Nov 1972
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Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
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14 Nov 1973
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"Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
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14 Nov 1973
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Canada begins production of Olympic coins
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14 Nov 1973
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Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
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14 Nov 1973
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Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously
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14 Nov 1973
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Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips
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14 Nov 1975
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Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
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14 Nov 1975
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Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara
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14 Nov 1976
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War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
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14 Nov 1977
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Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
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14 Nov 1980
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Guinee-Bissau Premier Vieira fires President Luis Cabral
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14 Nov 1980
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Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
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14 Nov 1981
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Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
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14 Nov 1981
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2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
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14 Nov 1981
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Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
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14 Nov 1982
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Polish Solidarity Chairman Lech Walesa freed
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14 Nov 1983
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1st cruise missile placed (Greenham Common England)
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14 Nov 1984
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Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
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14 Nov 1984
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NASA launches NATO-3D
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14 Nov 1985
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Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
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14 Nov 1985
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Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
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14 Nov 1985
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Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
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14 Nov 1986
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Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon
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14 Nov 1986
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FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Philadelphia
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14 Nov 1986
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SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
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14 Nov 1987
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"La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 performances
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14 Nov 1989
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Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
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14 Nov 1990
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Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
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14 Nov 1990
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Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
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14 Nov 1990
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Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of the party
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14 Nov 1991
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Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
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14 Nov 1991
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Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV
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14 Nov 1992
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Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls and breaks 3 fingers
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14 Nov 1993
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"Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
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14 Nov 1993
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"Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 performances
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14 Nov 1993
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24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
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14 Nov 1993
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Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history
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14 Nov 1993
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Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
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14 Nov 1994
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1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
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14 Nov 1994
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Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
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14 Nov 1996
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"Chicago, " opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, New York City
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14 Nov 1996
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Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
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14 Nov 1997
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Colorado Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
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