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November 1 79 |
Pompei buried by Mt Vesuvius
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November 2 1755 |
Birth of Marie-Antoinette Queen of France
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November 3 1954 |
Birth of Godzilla
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November 4 1922 |
Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
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November 5 1605 |
Guy Fawkes day
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November 6 1917 |
Under the command of Sir Arthur Currie, the Canadians Corps defeated the Germans in the Battle of Passchendale
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November 7 1943 |
Birth of Singer Joni Mitchell
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November 8 1873 |
Winnipeg was incorporated as a city
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November 9 1989 |
The Berlin Wall is opened
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November 10 1975 |
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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November 11 1918 |
Fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany
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November 12 1939 |
Canadian Dr. Norman Bethune died of blood poisoning in northern China
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November 13 1956 |
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent announced the creation of the Canada Council
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November 14 1851 |
"Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published in America
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November 15 1948 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada
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November 16 1885 |
Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason
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November 17 1888 |
Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary
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November 18 1865
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Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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November 19 1863 |
President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
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November 20 1945 |
The Nuremberg Trials begin
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November 21 1877 |
Inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph
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November 22 1718 |
English pirate Edward Teach -- better known as "Blackbeard" -- was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast
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November 23 1963 |
Dr. Who debuts on television |
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November 24 1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
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November 25 1963 |
JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
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November 26 1942 |
"Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York
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November 27 1960 |
Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
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November 28 1520 |
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name
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November 29 1898 |
Birth of author CS Lewis
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November 30 1874 |
British statesman Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace
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