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On Nov 9:

1938 - Bands of Nazis destroyed Jewish shops, synagogues, and killed, beat, or arrested thousands of Jews in Germany, Austria, and other Nazi-controlled areas. The attack, became known as Kristallnacht or "Crystal Night" for all the broken glass in the streets.

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1985: America welcomes Charles and Diana

Prince Charles and Princess Diana have ended the first day of their much-vaunted trip to the USA at a gala dinner in the Washington, hosted by President Reagan and his wife Nancy.
They mixed with movie stars, such as Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Tom Selleck and the singer Neil Diamond as well as politicians and businessmen.

[Nov 9, 2007 9:43:33 PM]

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1918 : The war to end wars ends without ending wars.
http://history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=7078

[Nov 11, 2007 10:17:12 PM]

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1944 : Brits sink the battleship Tirpitz
http://history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6378

[Nov 12, 2007 7:29:51 PM]

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On Nov 13:

1970 - Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).

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On Nov 14:

1666 - First blood transfusion took place; it was performed by Dr. Croone in England.

[Nov 14, 2007 4:46:13 PM]

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On Nov 15:

1971 – Intel released the 4004 4-bit central processing unit, the world's first single-chip microprocessor, capable of executing approximately 60,000 instructions per second

[Nov 15, 2007 1:39:49 PM]

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16th November 1940 Germans bomb Coventry

[Nov 16, 2007 3:01:24 PM]

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World War II
1940 : Hitler furious over Italy's debacle in Greece
http://history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6384

[Nov 18, 2007 11:23:49 PM]

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On Nov 19:

1620 - The Mayflower arrived off the coast of Cape Cod. Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower.

(1620–1703) Colonist, Peregrine White, born on the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay, USA. His parents were William and Susanna White, and he was the first English child born in New England (another child, Oceanus Hopkins, had been born at sea). He became a captain of militia and settled in Marshfield, MA.

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