Page 8: Historical Events In November - 22
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1986 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73 

1987 Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies. 

1988 In the presence of members of Congress and the media, the B-2 "stealth" bomber is shown publicly for the inaugural time at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. 

1988 Stealth Bomber unveiled in public. 

1988 Erich Fried, writer, dies at 67 

1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon. 

1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 

1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit 

1990 George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia during Thanksgiving 

1990 Margaret Thatcher, the inaugural female prime minister in British history, steps down after eleven years in Britain's top office. 

1996 America Online agreed to provide a pop-up screen asking members to select a pricing plan 

2005 In this year, Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 gaming console in North America 

2005 Ted Koppel steps down as host of Nightline after 25 years with the program 

2006 A General Election is held for the House of Keys in the Isle of Man 

2006 In this year, Dutch general election, 2006: The Christian Democratic Appeal claims a plurality of seats in The Netherlands. 

2006 Ten people are trapped and killed in the Kolkata leather factory fire in India. 

2007 Vladimer Gurgenidze is recorded as becoming the 17th Prime Minister of Georgia. 

2010 A stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, results in the deaths of 347. 

2012 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas. 

2014 Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals. 

2017 Ratko Mladic the "Butcher of Bosnia" is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague 

2017 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $10000 to keep quiet 

2017 Vanellope Wilkins, born with her heart outside her body, is inaugural UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart 

2017 The International Court of Justice finds Ratko Mladić guilty of genocide committed in Srebrenica during the 1990s Bosnian War, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. He is sentenced to life in prison. 

2018 Leaning Tower of Pisa's tilt reduced by 4 cm in 20 year project to stabilise it 

2019 Sacha Baron Cohen says if Facebook existed in the 1930s it would have run Hitler's ads on his "solution to the Jewish problem", in speech to Anti-Defamation League summit. 

2020 The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies 

2023 Israel and Hamas agree to a four-day ceasefire, the inaugural pause in fighting since 7 October, during which many Israeli hostages will be released, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. 

2023 In this year, Dutch general election: Far-right Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) claims the most seats 

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