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November the 28th
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1994 |
Norway voted not to enter the European Union. |
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1987 |
A South African Airways passenger flight crashed into the Indian Ocean, resulting in the death of all 159 people on-board. |
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1979 |
An Air New Zealand passenger plane crashed while on a sightseeing trip to Mount Erebus, resulting in the death of all 257 people on board. Mount Erebus is in Antarctica is the southernmost (active) volcano on Earth. |
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1975 |
East Timor declared its independence from Portugal. |
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1960 |
Mauritania gained its independence from France. |
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1959 |
American actor, Judd Nelson, was born in Maine. He is best known for his part in the 1980's cult movie, The Breakfast Club. |
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1950 |
American actor, Ed Harris, was born in New Jersey. |
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1942 |
A fire at a nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts killed 491 people. |
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1905 |
The Sinn Fein political party was founded with the single purpose of establishing the independence of Ireland. |
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1821 |
Panama gained it Independence from Spain and joined the Great Colombia. The great Colombia was a republic in South America that consisted of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. It existed between the years 1819 and 183. |
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1520 |
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean. |
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