{"id":35323,"date":"2017-11-22T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35323"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:46:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T19:46:57","slug":"this-day-in-history-jfk-is-assassinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35323","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; JFK is assassinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>November 22<\/h3>\n<p>1497<br \/>\nPortuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.<\/p>\n<p>1718<br \/>\nEdward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.<\/p>\n<p>1842<br \/>\nMount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.<\/p>\n<p>1906<br \/>\n&#8220;S-O-S&#8221; was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>1943<br \/>\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.<\/p>\n<p>1963<br \/>\nPresident John F. 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