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 Today's highlight in history:
On Nov. 23, 1765, Frederick County, Md., became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.
On this date:
In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, N. H.
In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto."
In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.
In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
In 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, was set to expire by day's end.
In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!," with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, opened on Broadway.
In 1963, President Johnson proclaimed November 25th a day of national mourning following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
In 1971, the People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the waves off Comoros Islands, killing about two-thirds of the 175 people on board.
Ten years ago: Iowa septuplet mom Bobbi McCaughey left the hospital and returned home while her seven babies stayed behind in intensive care. Artillery shells fired by Lebanese guerrillas accidentally struck a village near the Israeli border, killing eight Lebanese.
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 Five years ago: President Bush visited Vilnius, Lithuania, and Bucharest, Romania, where he vowed to defend hard-won freedoms behind the former Iron Curtain. Miss World organizers moved the beauty pageant from Abuja, Nigeria, to London after about 100 people died in violence triggered by a newspaper's suggestion that the Islamic prophet Muhammad would have liked the event.
One year ago: Former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin. Car bombs and mortar rounds struck a Shiite slum in Baghdad, killing 215 people. Death claimed Broadway librettist Betty Comden at age 89; jazz vocalist Anita O'Day at age 87; and French actor Philippe Noiret at age 76.
Today's birthdays: Broadway composer Jerry Bock is 79. Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is 77. Actor Franco Nero is 66. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 63. Actor Steve Landesberg is 62. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is 57. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 53. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 52. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 48. Actor John Henton is 47. TV personality Robin Roberts ("Good Morning America") is 47. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 41. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 41. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is 40. Actor Oded Fehr is 37. Rapper Kurupt (Tha Dogg Pound) is 35. Actor Page Kennedy is 31. Actress Kelly Brook is 28. Actor Lucas Grabeel is 23. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus (TV: "Hannah Montana") is 15. Actor Austin Majors is 12.
Thought for today: "It is better to debate an important matter without settling it than to settle it without debating it."
-- Anonymous.
[Associated Press]
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