2021
Peter Jackson’s documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back” premieres on Disney+.
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2021
India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending, according to new government survey.
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2021
The crew aboard the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving.
On Thanksgiving, the astronauts ran on a treadmill and called it a “turkey trot”! Special food was provided for the occasion; although still in vacuum-sealed packets, they enjoyed candied yams, crab bisque, turkey, and cherry blueberry cobbler to finish it all off.
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2019
The world’s largest luxury goods corporation, Louis Vuitton (LVMH), bought jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion.
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1975
The Netherlands granted Suriname independence, and has since been celebrated as Suriname Independence Day.
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1963
President John F. Kennedy’s funeral was held in Washington, D.C.
Officials from more than ninety countries attended the funeral. JFK was finally put to rest at 3:15 that afternoon in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
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1924
USPTO received a trademark for the Kleenex brand name.
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1905
Telimco made the first-ever advertisement for a civilian radio set.
The ad in “Scientific American” had it priced at $7.50 (about $220 in 2020) and claimed to receive signals for up to one mile.
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1884
John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
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1847
The romantic comedic opera “Marta” premiered in Vienna by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
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1839
A deadly cyclone struck east India killing over 300,000 people and destroying 20,000 ships.
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1817
The US had its first sword-swallowing performance in New York City.
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1715
The UK approved the first American patent.
It was for a machine that processed corn.
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1667
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shemakha, Azerbaijan.
The quake was around 6.9 in magnitude, with an epicenter at a depth of 7.5 miles. Source

1491
The Treaty of Granada was signed, marking the end of the Grenada War, which started in 1482.
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