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This day in history - November 22

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:49 pm
by seamusTX
1718 - The pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Texas Governor John Connally was injured.

1977 - Regular passenger service on the supersonic Concorde began between London, Paris, and New York (separate flights by British Airways and Air France).

- Jim