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Nov 8: 1519: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes enters Tenochtitlan, welcomed by Aztec ruler Moctezuma, who mistakes him for the god Quetzalcoatl 1861: The Trent Affair; USS San Jacinto stops the British ship Trent and removes two Confederate commissioners, sparking a diplomatic crisis 1923: Adolph Hitler launches the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed coup that puts him in prison where he write Mein Kampf 1942: Operation Torch, US and British landings in North Africa, begin 1950: Lt Russell J Brown, in a F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s, the first jet to jet dogfight in history.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:30:57 +0000

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