This Day in History......

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Nov. 16, 1532

Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor’s honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. Pizarro’s men massacre the Incans and capture Atahualpa, forcing him to convert to Christianity before eventually killing him.

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Nov. 3,
1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit

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Nov. 17,
1869 Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas

 

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Nov. 18,
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon

 

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Nov. 19,
1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast

 

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Nov. 19,
1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast

Nov 20th 1620 first seafood shak/gift shop opens on the cape

 

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Nov. 21, 1980
On this day in 1980, 350 million people around the world tune in to television’s popular primetime drama “Dallas” to find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate. J.R. had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous March 21, which now stands as one of television’s most famous cliffhangers. The plot twist inspired widespread media coverage and left America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight months. The November 21 episode solved the mystery, identifying Kristin Shepard, J.R.’s wife’s sister and his former mistress, as the culprit.

 

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Nov. 22, 1963
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.

 

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Nov. 23. 1936
On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine Life is published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White.

 

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Nov. 25,
1783 Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in United States

 

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Nov. 26,
1983 World's greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England

 

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Nov. 27,
1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize

 

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Nov. 28,
1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee.

 

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Nov. 29,
1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.

 

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Nov. 30,
1940 "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds actor Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut

 

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Dec. 1,
1913 Ford Motor Company institutes world's 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford.

 

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Dec. 3, 1947
On this day in 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of “STELLA!” first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire.

 

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Dec. 4, 1991

On this day in 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity.

 

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Dec. 5,
1848 US President Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming gold discovery in California.

 

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Dec. 6, 1884
On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction of an impressive monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George Washington. As early as 1783, the infant U.S. Congress decided that a statue of George Washington, the great Revolutionary War general, should be placed near the site of the new Congressional building, wherever it might be. After then-President Washington asked him to lay out a new federal capital on the Potomac River in 1791, architect Pierre L’Enfant left a place for the statue at the western end of the sweeping National Mall (near the monument’s present location).