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November 21, 1818 ~ Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine.

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November 22, 1963 - US President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas

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November 22, 1963 ~ U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas.

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November 23, 1945 - The United States stopped rations after World War II.

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November 23, 1248 ~ Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city capitulates.

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November 23, 1965 - A 70-mph speed limit was introduced in Britain.

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November 24, 1639 ~ First observation of Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System.

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November 24, 2012 - Fire breaks out in a clothing factory in Dhaka

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November 26, 1476 ~ Vlad III (aka "Dracula") defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

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November 26, 1778 - British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)

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On November 27, 1924, Macy's Department Store held its first Thanksgiving Day Parade

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November 27, 1826 ~ John Walker invents friction match in England.

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November 27, 1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal

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November 28, 1520 ~ Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean.

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November 28, 1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.