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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008

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  • Published Nov 24, 2008 5:59 pm KST
  • Updated Nov 24, 2008 5:59 pm KST

Today is Tuesday, November 25, the 330th day of 2008. There are 36 days left in the year.

1867 _ Alfred Nobel invents dynamite

1930 _ 690 earthquake shocks recorded in one day (Ito, Japan)

1933 _ First Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 feet (80m)

1960 _ First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wash.

1963 _ JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,

1980 _ Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship

1983 _ World's greatest robbery _ 5,000,000 pounds sterling of gold, Heathrow, England

1986 _ Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal

1988 _ Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed

1990 _ Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election