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Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.
Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…
Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….
Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…
Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…
Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

Nagasaki Mayor Warns of Nuclear War 80 years after Atomic Bomb attack by Shaimaa Khalil and Patrick Jackson BBC

August 09, 2025

https://youtu.be/rOZGzV7V_sM?si=cxSW92yDpzGSc1Rm The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in…
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Supreme Court gives Greenlight for Trump to Dismantle Education Department, Layoff 1,400 Employees by Politics

July 14, 2025

https://youtu.be/dedJ-y1z9Ns?si=Q0mi5eK-8OZKNxqg The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to proceed with…
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Israeli Minister Proposes Forced Confinement of all Palestinians in Gaza Amid Global War Crime Warnings by Jordan Atwood

July 09, 2025

Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah | BBC News…
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‘Dream actually came true’: Pawol breaks barrier in 1st MLB game by Justin Morris

August 10, 2025

Meet the MLB’s First Female Umpire for Regular Season Game https://youtu.be/T-Kk0xJsHG4?si=YwrGhb_QYMai5sXT For the first time…
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Poland’s Iga Świątek thrashes American Amanda Anisimova in Wimbledon Women’s Final by Alana Wise

July 13, 2025

FULL Women's Singles Final Trophy Presentation https://youtu.be/dG91Ti-jD_E?si=h8kWpLuuZh5lsW4Z Iga Swiatek needed just 57 minutes to earn…
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett takes apart Judge Judy live on CNN TV

June 20, 2025

https://youtu.be/doBrhW5T3YY?si=VU-VcHtcrs3t6T5s On January 16, 2025, check out Judge Judy as she yells at Congresswoman Jasmine…
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Gloria Tang Sze-Wing G.E.M.

June 15, 2025

https://youtu.be/stGUpMav1sc?si=kh845Ac2_XXEoTCq Gloria Tang Sze-wing (born 16 August 1991), known professionally as G.E.M.(backronym of Get Everybody Moving) or Tang Tsz-kei,…
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