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Remembering the American Airlines Flight 587 crash in Queens on the 25th anniversary nydailynews.com/2021/10/25/r…
Remembering the American Airlines Flight 587 crash in Queens on the 25th anniversary

Remembering the American Airlines Flight 587 crash in Queens on the 25th anniversary

In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, disaster rocked New York City again when American Airlines Flight 587 broke apart and crashed in Rockaway, Queens, killing all 260 people...

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Remembering Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly, on what would have been her 97th birthday nydailynews.com/2022/09/13/r…
Remembering Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly, on what would have been her 97th...

Remembering Princess Grace of Monaco, the former Grace Kelly, on what would have been her 97th...

Grace Kelly, born on Nov. 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pa., quickly rose to prominence in her career as a leading Hollywood actress, with a starring role in her second film ‘High Noon’ (1952). Kelly...

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Look back at Ellis Island 72 years after closing its doors nydailynews.com/2014/11/12/a…
Look back at Ellis Island 72 years after closing its doors

Look back at Ellis Island 72 years after closing its doors

The historic Ellis Island station closed its doors on Nov. 12, 1954, after 62 years with millions of immigrants passing through. Here’s a look back at the remarkable images of people coming to...

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Today in History: November 12, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic nydailynews.com/2026/11/12/t…
Today in History: November 12, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic

Today in History: November 12, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., and gave the green light to traffic.

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Today in History: November 11, first federal highway system launches, later known as Route 66 nydailynews.com/2026/11/11/t…
Today in History: November 11, first federal highway system launches, later known as Route 66

Today in History: November 11, first federal highway system launches, later known as Route 66

The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads launched the nation’s first federal highway system, marking the official start of famed Route 66, which first stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles but later spanned...

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🗓️ Today in History: November 10, white supremacists stage coup in Wilmington, North Carolina nydailynews.com/2026/11/10/t…
Today in History: November 10, white supremacists stage coup in Wilmington, North Carolina

Today in History: November 10, white supremacists stage coup in Wilmington, North Carolina

A mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and aldermen to resign at...

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Remembering the late Hedy Lamarr on the Austrian-American actress' birthday nydailynews.com/2023/01/18/r…
Remembering the late Hedy Lamarr on the Austrian-American actress' birthday

Remembering the late Hedy Lamarr on the Austrian-American actress' birthday

Austrian-born actress and scientist Hedy Lamarr left her mark during MGM’s ‘Golden Age’ and on the world of communications technology. Born on Nov. 9, 1914, in Vienna, Austria, Lamarr gained fame on...

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Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 37 years later nydailynews.com/2022/11/08/r…
Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 37 years later

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 37 years later

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, is known as the monumental event that marked the end of the Cold War. The following year Germany...

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Remembering Kristallnacht: Witness says night of terror risks being a lesson not learned nydailynews.com/2026/11/09/k…
Remembering Kristallnacht: Witness says night of terror risks being a lesson not learned

Remembering Kristallnacht: Witness says night of terror risks being a lesson not learned

At least 91 people died and 7,500 Jewish businesses were vandalized.

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Finally': Remembering Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield in 1996 in Las Vegas nydailynews.com/2022/11/08/f…
'Finally': Remembering Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield in 1996 in Las Vegas

'Finally': Remembering Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield in 1996 in Las Vegas

Evander Holyfield and defending World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Mike Tyson finally met on Nov. 9, 1996, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, after a five-year and one-day delay...

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Remembering the 1965 Northeast blackout that left NYC in the dark on its anniversary nydailynews.com/2022/11/08/t…
Remembering the 1965 Northeast blackout that left NYC in the dark on its anniversary

Remembering the 1965 Northeast blackout that left NYC in the dark on its anniversary

On Nov. 9, 1965, 30 million people in the entire Northeast and parts of Canada lost power in one of the most massive blackouts of the time. Take a look back at photos from the dark night more than 60...

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🗓️ Today in History: November 9, Theodore Roosevelt becomes first president to travel abroad nydailynews.com/2026/11/09/t…
Today in History: November 9, Theodore Roosevelt becomes first president to travel abroad

Today in History: November 9, Theodore Roosevelt becomes first president to travel abroad

Theodore Roosevelt made the first trip abroad of any sitting U.S. president in order to observe construction of the Panama Canal.

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Six years later: Look back at the life and career of ‘Jeopardy’ host and TV icon Alex Trebek nydailynews.com/2022/11/07/t…
Six years later: Look back at the life and career of ‘Jeopardy’ host and TV icon Alex Trebek

Six years later: Look back at the life and career of ‘Jeopardy’ host and TV icon Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek, born July 22, 1940, has spent decades in front of the camera as the iconic host of ‘Jeopardy!’ and many other game shows. In March 2019, Trebek announced he had stage 4 pancreatic...

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Today in History: November 8, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés enters Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán nydailynews.com/2026/11/08/t…
Today in History: November 8, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés enters Aztec capital of Tenochti...

Today in History: November 8, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés enters Aztec capital of Tenochti...

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his soldiers entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, site of present-day Mexico City, welcomed by its ruler Moctezuma II.

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Today in History: November 6, Georgia dam bursts, killing Toccoa Falls College students nydailynews.com/2026/11/06/t…
Today in History: November 6, Georgia dam bursts, killing Toccoa Falls College students

Today in History: November 6, Georgia dam bursts, killing Toccoa Falls College students

39 people, mostly students, were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College.

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Today in History: November 5, Sinclair Lewis the first American to win Nobel for literature nydailynews.com/2026/11/05/t…
Today in History: November 5, Sinclair Lewis the first American to win Nobel for literature

Today in History: November 5, Sinclair Lewis the first American to win Nobel for literature

Novelist Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Today in History: November 4, Ronald Reagan’s presidential library opens nydailynews.com/2026/11/04/t…
Today in History: November 4, Ronald Reagan’s presidential library opens

Today in History: November 4, Ronald Reagan’s presidential library opens

Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending were President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon — the first-...

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Happy birthday Kendall Jenner! Look back at the model's hottest moments as she turns 31 nydailynews.com/2022/11/02/k…
Happy birthday Kendall Jenner! Look back at the model's hottest moments as she turns 31

Happy birthday Kendall Jenner! Look back at the model's hottest moments as she turns 31

From reality TV star to high fashion model, Kendall Jenner, born on Nov. 3, 1995, has certainly come a long way. Dominating the catwalk and gracing the highly-coveted September issue of Vogue are...

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Historic voting in New York: See famous politicians cast their ballots nydailynews.com/2022/11/08/h…
Historic voting in New York: See famous politicians cast their ballots

Historic voting in New York: See famous politicians cast their ballots

Take a look back at New York politicians casting their votes in elections throughout the state over the years.

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Today in History: November 3, One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9/11 nydailynews.com/2026/11/03/t…
Today in History: November 3, One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9/11

Today in History: November 3, One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9/11

13 years after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers, a new 104-story, 1,776-foot-high skyscraper called the One World Trade Center opened for business at the site.

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