Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) 1893- Chinese statesman
- 1620 - The Pilgrim Fathers landed at New Plymouth, MA, to found Plymouth Colony, with John Carver as Governor.
- 1865 - The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.
- 1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed a resolution that set the a fixed-date, the fourth Thursday of November, for the Federal Thanksgiving Day holiday.
- 1982 - The Man of the Year in "TIME" magazine was a computer. It was the first time a non-human received the honors.
- 1991 - The Soviet Union's parliament formally voted the country out of existence.
- 1995 - Israel turned dozens of West Bank villages over to the Palestinian Authority.
- 2004 - Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a dozen countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand and India.
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