Page 7: Historical Events In November - 22
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1963 Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69. 

1964 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational 

1965 "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC for 2329 perfs. 

1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB) 

1966 Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies 

1967 BBC unofficially bans "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles 

1967 Boris Becker (tennis youngest Wimbledon Men's Champ. [17 years old]). 

1967 Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York. 

1967 UN Sec council passes resolution 242-Israel must give back occupied land. 

1967 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles. 

1967 Edvin Kallstenius, composer, dies at 86 

1967 Boris Becker (tennis: youngest Wimbledon Men's Champ. [17 years old]). 

1968 Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album)in UK, their only double album. 

1969 Acario Cotapos, composer, dies at 80. 

1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65. 

1972 Chuck Thacker, a computer scientist at Xerox PARC, started designing the Alto computer, designed to improve the quality of machine-human interactions. 

1972 The United States loses its inaugural B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day when B-52s flew their heaviest raids of the war over North Vietnam. 

1975 Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain. 

1975 King Juan Carlos II sworn in as head of state, two days after the death of Spanish dictator General Franco. 

1976 Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59. 

1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between NY and Europe begins 

1977 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies. 

1979 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63. 

1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak. 

1980 Herbert Wade, cricketer (S African batsman and captain 1935-36), dies 

1981 Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74. 

1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas 

1982 Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80. 

1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58. 

1985 Columbia moves to the Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C 

1985 Lee Iacocca, the CEO of the Chrysler Corporation, presided over the largest swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. citizens in American history 

1985 Microsoft signed an agreement with Apple, allowing Microsoft to copy visual characteristics of Apple's Macintosh in its Microsoft Windows software 

1986 Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick to win WBC heavyweight title 

1986 Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals 

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