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OddlyTrue News Stand — November 20
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Weird history on November 20
1789 First everNew Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
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1991 First everFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.
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1985 First everWindows 1.0, the first version of Microsoft Windows available to the public, was released.
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Vintage clipping · 1906
The Spokane press (Spokane, Wash.), November 20, 1906
Page 6 · mentions "hoax" · printed on this very day
“4 FIRE IK SCHOOL ill Tn loss than one minute yester day afternoon tho Franklin school was cleared of its 360 pupils fol lowing an alarm of fire The tin drill was given a practical and sue cussful test following the disco…”
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