1970
When painters attack
Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
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1841
Thirty-five Amistad survivors return to Africa.
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1852
Lord Byron's daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his "analytical engine" and is credited with inventing computer language.
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1895
Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.
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1910
New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.
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1953
Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65.
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1973
Gerald R. Ford was confirmed by the Senate to become vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew.
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2003
President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.
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