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Today in History: Monday, November\u00a0 21, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 21, 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison unveiled the phonograph.
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1789<\/td>\nNorth Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial was born in Donora, Pa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/td>\nRebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nThe Senate voted down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nPresident Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18 1\/2-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nA fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas killed 87 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nFormer U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested, accused of spying for Israel. (He later pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nThe proceedings of Britain’s House of Commons were televised live for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nThe U.N. Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be secretary-general.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe Dow Jones industrial average closed above 5,000 for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nThe Florida Supreme Court granted Democrat Al Gore’s request to keep the presidential election recount going.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nA 94-year-old Connecticut woman died of inhalation anthrax, the last of five people killed in the anthrax attacks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nNATO invited seven former communist countries to join the alliance: Slovenia, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThe NBA suspended Indiana’s Ron Artest for the rest of the season following a brawl in the stands during a game against the Detroit Pistons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon broke away from the hardline Likud with the intention of forming a new party.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nOfficials announced the recall of more than a half-million pieces of Chinese-made children’s jewelry contaminated with lead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nDebt-struck Ireland applied for a massive EU-IMF loan to stem the flight of capital from its banks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Musician Dr. John turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Marlo Thomas<\/td>\nActress (“That Girl”)<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Durbin<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-Ill.<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earl Monroe<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goldie Hawn<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Livingston Taylor<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lorna Luft<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cherry Jones<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicollette Sheridan<\/td>\nActress (“Desperate Housewives”)<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bjork<\/td>\nRock singer, actress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Troy Aikman<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer, sportscaster<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ken Griffey Jr.<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Strahan<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer, talk show host<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jena Malone<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carly Rae Jepsen<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Journalist-editor Tina Brown turns 63 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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