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27 November 1924: Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day parade
Features On this day in 1924, New York department store Macy's held its first Thanksgiving Day parade. It would soon become a city institution, kicking off the run-up to Christmas.
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27 November 1967: Charles de Gaulle vetoes Britain's entry to the EEC
Features On this day in 1967, French president Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain's attempt to join the European Economic Community, claiming Britain didn’t agree with the core ideas of integration.
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26 November 1992: The Queen volunteers to pay income tax
Features With Britain in recession and Windsor Castle having recently caught fire, the Queen's request to pay income tax was accepted by Parliament, on this day in 1992.
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25 November 1952: “The Mousetrap” premieres in London
Features On this day in 1952, Agatha Christie’s murder mystery play “The Mousetrap” began a run of over 28,000 performances in the West End, to become the longest-running play in the world.
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25 November 1947: The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted
Features Today in 1947 ten Hollywood luminaries were blacklisted and their careers ruined after refusing to answer the questions of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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24 November 1972: the mysterious “DB Cooper” hijacking
Features Today in 1972, a man calling himself Dan Cooper parachuted from a hijacked Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with $200,000 in cash. He has never been found.
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24 November 1859: Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species”
Features On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species”, the book considered by many to be the cornerstone of evolutionary biology.
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23 November 2006: Alexander Litvinenko dies in hospital
Features Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died in hospital on this day in 2006, after being poisoned with the radioactive isotope polonium-210.
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21 November 1969: The first permanent Arpanet link
Features A milestone in the formation of the internet, the first permanent Arpanet link was established on this day in 1969.
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