| 2012 | Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes |
| 2011 | Essam Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt resigns after protests; Kamal Ganzouri takes is appointed as the new Prime Minister |
| 2011 | The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election |
| 2010 | An area in Alaska, twice the size of the United Kingdom, is protected by the U.S. Government; the area is considered a critical habitat for polar bears |
| 2010 | A new species of ancient crocodile, Khoratosuchus jintasakuli, is identified by a fossil in Thailand |
| 2009 | A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai |
| 1997 | U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia |
| 1996 | After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends |
| 1995 | "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances |
| 1993 | Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls |
| 1993 | Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead |
| 1990 | 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11 |
| 1990 | Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election |
| 1990 | NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both |
| 1990 | Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17 |
| 1989 | David Boon scores 200 vs. New Zealand at cricket WACA |
| 1988 | Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges |
| 1988 | Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed |
| 1988 | U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed |
| 1988 | Widespread earthquake hits NE U.S., Canada; no damage reported |
| 1987 | Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore |
| 1987 | India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24 |
| 1986 | A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 1986 | Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal |
| 1986 | Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office |
| 1985 | White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year |
| 1984 | Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election |
| 1984 | William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart |
| 1983 | Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1983 | Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off |
| 1983 | Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli |
| 1983 | World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England |
| 1981 | Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles |
| 1981 | Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP |
| 1980 | Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution |
| 1980 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1980 | Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 vs. WI Lahore |
| 1980 | Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship |
| 1980 | Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees |
| 1979 | "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 53 performances |
| 1979 | 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9 |
| 1979 | American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 |
| 1979 | Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30 |
| 1977 | David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes |
| 1977 | Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 1977 | Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight |
| 1976 | O. J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit |
| 1976 | The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom |
| 1976 | Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity |
| 1975 | Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) |
| 1975 | Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases |
| 1974 | Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 |
| 1974 | Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 1973 | 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai |
| 1973 | 61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18 |
| 1973 | Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos |
| 1973 | Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure |
| 1972 | "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 9 performances |
| 1971 | "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington |
| 1971 | 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (quarterback) |
| 1970 | Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 1969 | John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War |
| 1969 | KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year |
| 1967 | "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 463 performances |
| 1967 | Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time |
| 1966 | Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year |
| 1966 | Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club |
| 1965 | Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery |
| 1962 | WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| 1961 | NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points |
| 1960 | "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio |
| 1960 | 1st atomic reactor for research and development, Richland Wa |
| 1960 | CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series |
| 1959 | "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 460 performances |
| 1958 | Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community |
| 1957 | President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech |
| 1955 | Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states |
| 1955 | Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres |
| 1953 | "Guys and Dolls" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1200 performances |
| 1953 | Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan |
| 1953 | Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3 |
| 1952 | Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London |
| 1952 | George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL |
| 1952 | Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23 |
| 1951 | 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala |
| 1951 | Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears |
| 1951 | Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden |
| 1950 | "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 245 performances |
| 1950 | 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0 |
| 1950 | U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia |
| 1949 | "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts |
| 1949 | Ted Williams, wins AL MVP |
| 1948 | Ft. Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed |
| 1948 | KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1947 | Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey |
| 1947 | New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion |
| 1944 | 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 |
| 1943 | U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean |
| 1942 | National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms |
| 1941 | German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality) |
| 1941 | Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager |
| 1940 | Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die |
| 1940 | University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98 |
| 1940 | Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock" |
| 1937 | World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) |
| 1936 | Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact |
| 1935 | Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam |
| 1933 | 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m) |
| 1930 | 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan) |
| 1930 | Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP |
| 1929 | Belgium government Jaspar falls |
| 1925 | KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy |
| 1922 | Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent |
| 1920 | 1st Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia |
| 1920 | WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play |
| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House |
| 1912 | American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill |
| 1912 | Socialist International rejects that world war is coming |
| 1911 | 3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7 |
| 1908 | Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (U.S.) in MSG marathon by 60 yards |
| 1902 | Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna |
| 1899 | Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers |
| 1897 | Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy |
| 1894 | Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis |
| 1884 | John B Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk |
| 1867 | Alfred Nobel patents dynamite |
| 1867 | U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson |
| 1864 | Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails |
| 1864 | Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia |
| 1863 | Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1847 | Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) |
| 1841 | 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa |
| 1834 | Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents |
| 1817 | 1st sword swallower in U.S. performs (New York City) |
| 1805 | Opera "Thais" 1st American performance |
| 1792 | Farmer's Almanac 1st published |
| 1783 | Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US |
| 1766 | Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings |
| 1758 | Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French |
| 1744 | Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague |
| 1715 | 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn |
| 1688 | Princess Anne flies from London to Nottingham |
| 1659 | Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg |
| 1500 | Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus |
| 1357 | Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace |
| 1277 | Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III |
| 1185 | Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III |
| 1165 | RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht |
| 1120 | English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm |
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