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This Day in History 11/28/20 Nov 28, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 28th. To country music fans, it’s sacred ground--the Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee, on this day in 1925. Originally called Barn Dance, the Saturday-night show featured folk music, fiddling and the relatively new genre of country-western music.

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This Day in History 11/27/20 Nov 27, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 27th. It’s that time of year when it’s easy for anyone to put on a few extra pounds--even, apparently, the president. On this day in 1911, then-White House housekeeper Elizabeth Jaffrey wrote in her diary about a conversation she’d had with President William Howard Taft and his wife about the president’s ever-expanding waistline.

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This Day in History 11/26/20 Nov 26, 2020

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Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 26th. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” That iconic line is from one of the most beloved films in Hollywood history, Casablanca, which premiered in New York City on this day in 1942.

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This Day in History 11/25/20 Nov 25, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 25th. London’s famed The Mousetrap is one of the many live events forced to close by the pandemic. But it’s still the longest-running play in history, and it all started on this day in 1952, when the murder-mystery written by novelist and playwright Agatha Christie opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

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This Day in History 11/24/20 Nov 24, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 24th. It was one of the most groundbreaking scientific works in history: On this day in 1859, “On the Origin of Species” by British naturalist Charles Darwin, was published. In it, Darwin argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called “natural selection.

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This Day in History 11/23/20 Nov 23, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 23rd. It’s no secret that Americans like beer. In fact, we drink more than 6 billion gallons of beer each year. But during Prohibition, beer was outlawed.

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This Day in History 11/22/20 Nov 22, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 22nd. Americans who were alive on this day in 1963 can likely tell you exactly what they were doing when they found out that President John F. Kennedy had been shot while traveling through Dallas in an open convertible. He died 30 minutes later. Vice President Lyndon Johnson, who was three cars behind President Kennedy in the motorcade, was sworn in as the 36th U.S.

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This Day in History 11/21/20 Nov 21, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 21st. Who shot J.R.? Forty years ago today, 350 million people worldwide tuned in to the prime time soap Dallas to find out. J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate, had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous March, in what now stands as one of television’s most famous cliffhangers.

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This Day in History 11/20/20 Nov 20, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 20th. It was a royal wedding to remember, but it wasn’t Charles and Diana’s or even Harry and Megan’s--on this day in 1947, a 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten. Mountbatten, a dashing prince of Greece and Denmark, renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess, who was heir to the British crown.

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This Day in History 11/19/20 Nov 19, 2020

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Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 19th. It was one of the most famous--and inspiring--speeches in American history: On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a cemetery for those killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. In the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why it was so important for the Union to fight--and win--the war.

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