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• November 29, 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the phonograph.
• November 29, 1890 - The Diet of Japan meets for the first time.
• November 29, 1963 - The Warren Commission was established.
• November 28 1905 - Establishment of Sinn Fin party.
• November 28, 1912 - Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 28, 1975 - East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
• November 27, 1895 - Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize in his last will and testament.
• November 27, 1978 - Harvey Milk is assassinated.
• November 27, 1990 - John Major succeeds Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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• November 24 - Floquet de Neu ("Snowflake"), the albino gorilla.
• November 24 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball pitcher.
• November 20 - David Dacko, former president of the Central African Republic.
• November 20 - Eugene Kleiner, capitalist.
• November 18 -Michael Kamen, composer.

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