Assoicated Press On Nov. 13, 2001, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban abandoned the capital Kabul without a fight, allowing U.S.-backed northern alliance fighters to take over the…
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Associated Press On Nov. 12, 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.…
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Associated Press On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and…
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Associated Press On Nov. 10, 1975, the ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. 1483- Martin…
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Associated Press On Nov. 9, 1989, Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop…
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Associated Press On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the president. 1854 John Philip Sousa, the king of…
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Associated Press On Nov. 5, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, beating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie 1605 The…
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Associated Press On Nov. 4, 2008, Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States, defeating Republican John McCain. 1842 Abraham…
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Associated Press On Nov. 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour. 1839- The first Opium War between China…
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Associated Press On Nov. 2, 1948, President Harry S. Truman narrowly won re-election over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. 1783- Gen. George Washington issued his…
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