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Nov16

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1969 |
The Clangers first shown on tv |
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| 1960 |
Gilbert Harding collapsed and
died outside Broadcasting House |
| 1932 |
The Prince of Wales opened
Stormont, Northern Ireland's new parliament building |
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Nov17
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1879 |
The Suez Canal opened |
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Nov18
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1928 |
Mickey Mouse made his screen
debut in Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie'
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| 1919 |
The Prince of Wales made his first visit to the USA and was given the
first ever ticker tape welcome |
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Nov19
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1969 |
The Benny Hill Show was
first shown on tv and then ran for nearly
twenty years |
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| 1863
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Abraham Lincoln delivered
the Gettysburg address |
| 1703
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The
Man in the Iron Mask died in the Bastille after 24 years imprisonment |
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Nov20
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1998
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This web site's What's New section started |
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1970
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The Bank of England ten-shilling note went out of circulation
in preparation for decimalisation |
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Nov21
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1913
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Prince Keika Tokugawa, the
fifteenth and last Shogun of Japan, died |
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Nov22
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1946
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The Biro pen first went on sale |
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Nov23
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1852
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The pillar box first came into use |