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Historical Events

1808 - Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam
1935 - Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta
1993 - Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2018 - English pop singers Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years

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Famous Birthdays

1821 - Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1915)
1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
1904 - Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
1928 - Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
1949 - Joe English, American musician and drummer (Wings; Sea Level), born in Rochester, New York

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Famous Deaths

1656 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French army commander (Thirty Years' War), dies at 44
1743 - Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Whig: 1742-43) statesman who served in government from 1715 until his death, dies at about 70
1917 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64
1993 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1994 - Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist, Greenbriar Boys, founded Smithsonian Folklife Festival, dies at 59

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Today's Featured Historical Event

President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House.

The post President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act appeared first on HISTORY.

Cite: History.com, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
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