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Old 11-25-2013, 08:16 PM
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November 26th
1939 ~ Birthday of Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock & Roll.

1942 ~ President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning in December.

1950 ~ Birthday of Honey Wilder, Porn Actress.

1968 ~ Cream played their farewell concert.

1977 ~ A hijacker named 'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', commandeered Britain's Southern Television for six minutes.

1981 ~ Death of Max Euwe, World Chess Master.

1983 ~ £25m in gold was stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow airport.

1985 ~ Death of Vivien Thomas, an interesting Surgeon.

2003 ~ Last ever flight by Concorde.

2008 ~ Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists killed 164 and injured more than 250 people in Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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