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NOVEMBER 12, 2026
This Day in History
Trotsky gets the boot
Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet
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Word of the Day
debridement
debridement
Which of the following people would most likely be in need of debridement?
Birthday of the Day
Elizabeth Stanton
A leader of the woman suffrage movement, born in Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the…
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News of the World
Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 31
A mound of rubbish at a major waste site buried several homes in the capital, the…
Weather of the Day
106 degrees in California
On this date in 1906, Craftonville, Calif., sweated out a high of 106 degrees, a U.S.…
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