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Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.
Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…
Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….
Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…
Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…
Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

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Mario Cuomo

January 11, 2015

Mario Cuomo: Life and Career Remembered Mario Cuomo, the three term governor of New…

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Julius Caesar

March 22, 2013

Julius Caesar - The Roman Empire This Video is Property of National Geographic Documentary…

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Spanish Inquisition

March 22, 2013

The Spanish Inquisition The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish:…

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Napoleon

March 22, 2013

PBS: Napoleon Bonaparte This Part 1 of a Documentary detailing the life and events…

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Rod Serling

March 22, 2013

PBS American Masters: Rod Serling Known primarily for his role as the host…

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Ansel Adams

March 22, 2013

PBS American Experience Ansel Adams Ansel Adams Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 –…

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Silicon Valley

March 22, 2013

American Experience: Silicon Valley Silicon Valley tells the story of the pioneering scientists…

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The Tuskegee Airmen

February 18, 2013

The Tuskegee Airmen During the Second World War, a special project is begun by…

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The Civil War

September 22, 2012

The Civil War: Southern Women's Views of the North & Abraham Lincoln ARMY.MIL -…

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