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November 11512: Sistine Chapel opens
November 2
1795: James Polk is born
1856: Warren Harding is born
November 3
1957: Sputnik 2 launched
November 4
1922: King Tut's tomb is discovered
November 5
1912: Woodrow Wilson is elected president
November 6
1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected president
November 7
1867: Marie Curie is born
November 8
1731: First public library opens
November 9
1831: James Garfield is born
November 10
1926: Hirohito becomes emperor
November 11
1885: George Patton is born
November 12
1924: Stalin takes power
November 13
1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated
November 14
1758: Jawaharlal Nehru is born
1851: Moby Dick is first published
1982: Lech Walesa is released from jail
November 15
1891: Erwin Rommel is born
November 16
1532: Pizarro conquers the Incas
November 17
1868: Suez Canal opens
November 18
1928: Mickey Mouse debuts in "Steamboat Willie"
November 19
1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address
November 20
1945: Nuremberg Trials begin
November 21
1694: Voltaire is born
November 22
1963: JFK is assassinated
November 23
1804: Franklin Pierce is born
November 24
1784: Zachary Taylor is born
November 25
1783: Last British troops withdraw from U.S.
1963: JFK buried
November 26
1941: Japanese forces leave for Pearl Harbor
November 27
1095: Pope Urban II orders First Crusade
November 28
1520: Magellan reaches Pacific Ocean
1887: Ernst Roehm is born
1943: Tehran conference
November 29
1808: Andrew Johnson is born
November 30
1874: Winston Churchill is born
