It happened today – this day in history – November 24
1434: The River Thames freezes over in London. 1542: The English beat Scottish King James V at the Battle of
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It happened today – this day in history – November 21
1620: The Pilgrim Fathers reach Provincetown Harbour, Massachusetts. 1694: French writer and philosopher Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) is born in Paris.
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It happened today – this day in history – November 15
1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1515: Thomas Wolsey is invested as a cardinal. 1532: Pope
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It happened today – this day in history – November 12
1035: Death of King Canute. 1439: Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by Parliament. 1555: Parliament re-establishes Catholicism. 1661: Scientist
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It happened today – this day in history – November 11
1158: Frederick Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy. 1493: Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean island of Saba. 1640: Thomas
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It happened today – this day in history – November 8
1431: Birth of Vlad III The Impaler in Transylvania. 1519: First meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish conquistador
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It happened today – this day in history – November 7
1492: A meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. 1800: It becomes illegal for
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It happened today – this day in history – November 6
1528: Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas. 1796: Death
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It happened today – this day in history – November 4
1333: The River Arno floods, causing massive damage in Florence. 1429: Joan of Arc and Charles d’Albret liberate the heavily
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It happened today – this day in history – November 2
1470: Edward V is born in Westminster. 1734: Birth of American frontiersman Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania. 1755: Birth of Marie
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