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15 Nov 2006
Al Jazeera English was launched.
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15 Nov 2001
Microsoft entered the video game market with the launch of its first game console, the Xbox.
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15 Nov 1988
State of Palestine created.
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15 Nov 1988
The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
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15 Nov 1969
The first Wendy's restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, US.
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15 Nov 1956
Elvis makes movie debut in "Love Me Tender".
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15 Nov 1949
Assassins of MK Gandhi executed in India.
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15 Nov 1920
The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time.
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15 Nov 1904
American businessman King Camp Gillette was granted his patent for the safety razor.
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15 Nov 1849
The US held its first poultry show at Boston's Public Garden.
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15 Nov 1837
Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand system, 'Stenographic Shorthand,' for writing.
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15 Nov 1835
On his second voyage, Charles Darwin arrived at Tahiti and noted rich fertile lands and intelligent natives.
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15 Nov 1806
Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spotted an unnamed mountain peak while exploring the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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15 Nov 1777
The Continental Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation, the first government rule for the newly-formed United States of America.
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15 Nov 1660
The first-ever licensed kosher butcher opened in New York City.
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15 Nov 1620
English military officer Myles Standish lead 16 men to explore Cape Cod.
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15 Nov 1492
Christopher Columbus wrote about tobacco use by the natives of New England.
