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2008
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)sets sail on her final voyage, bound for Dubai.
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2006
Queen Elizabeth II unveils New Zealand War Memorial in London.
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2004
Palestine Liberation organization confirms the death of its longtime chairman Yasser Arafat; cause of death has never been conclusively determined.
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New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Museum, Wellington.
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2001
Journalists Pierre Billaud (France), Johanne Sutton (France) and Voker Handloik (Germany) killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy in which they were traveling.
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1999
House of Lords Act reforming Britain’s House of Lords, given Royal Assent; the act removed the right to hereditary seats (sitting members were permitted to remain).
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1993
Sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
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1987
An unidentified buyer buys Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Irises” from the estate of Joan Whitney Payson for $53.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York.
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1974
Bettina Goislard, first United Nations worker to be killed in Afghanistan (Nov. 16, 2003) since the fall of the Taliban in December 2001; she was a French employee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, actor; (Titanic, The Great Gatsby) won Golden Globe for Best Actor (The Aviator, 2004).
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1973
The Soviet Union is kicked out of World Cup soccer for refusing to play Chile.
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Israel and Egypt sign a cease-fire.
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1970
U.S. Army Special Forces raid the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam but find no prisoners.
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1966
The United States launches Gemini 12, a two-man orbiter, into orbit.
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1962
Demi Moore, actress (Ghost, A Few Good Men); in 1996 became highest-paid actress in film history when she received $12.5 million to star in Striptease.