This Day in History

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On November 4th, 1979, militant students supporting Iran's Islamic Revolution stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took scores of hostages. Ultimately, 52 Americans were held for 444 days.

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In 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini installed an anti-Western Islamic theocracy, which replaced the pro-Western monarchy of the Shah of Iran. The Shah of Iran fled his country to Mexico. While in Mexico, doctors discovered he had an aggressive cancer, and recommended he go to the United States for treatment. This outraged Iran, who believed this was a plot by the CIA to return the Shah back in power. The U.S. Embassy in Iran warned Washington that their embassy would be attacked if the Shah was allowed to enter the United States. A few weeks later, when President Jimmy Carter let the Shah enter the United States, our Embassy in Iran was attacked.

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On November 5, 1935, Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly,” and has sold more than 250 million games around the world.

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Before Charles Darrow sold the game to Parker Brothers, Lizzie Magie patented her Landlord’s Game in 1904, which was eerily similar to Monopoly. To play the Landlord’s Game, participants worked their way around a board paying rent and purchasing properties. Sound familiar? Twenty-nine years later, Charles Darrow made a few tweaks to Magie's board game and sold it Parker Brothers in 1935

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its a great game, variety of chances, luck, planning, patience, risk taking. You just never know how things will turn out.

Just like in real life. always good experiences to learn from.
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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.

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You might think that such a tall, imposing man as Lincoln had a deep voice. All reports claim that his voice was high-pitched, and sharp. Those who heard Lincoln speak also described his voice as being close to falsetto and at times “unpleasant.” However, Lincoln's actions and written words, not his voice, went a long way toward establishing his reputation.

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On this day in 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives becoming the first woman in the history of the nation to win a seat in the federal Congress.

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Rankin was elected to Congress in 1916 and sworn-in in 1917 after women were given full voting rights in Montana, but before women could vote nationally. Rankin played a leading role in advocating for women’s suffrage in Montana, delivering groundbreaking testimony before the state legislature and numerous speeches all across Big Sky Country. In 1914, her home state of Montana finally passed a law granting suffrage to women in that state. Two years later, in the very next federal election, Rankin threw her hat into the ring in a race for the U.S. House of Representatives. With the financial backing of her well-connected brother, she advanced out of the Republican primary and then came in second in the general election, good enough to secure one of Montana’s two at-large seats. No other female would serve in Congress until 1921, after the ratification of the 19th amendment enfranchised women nationwide.

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On November 8, 1972, the premium cable TV network HBO made its debut with a showing of the movie Sometimes a Great Notion.

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Charles Dolan, who was the founder of Cablevision, believed there was a market to see live sporting events and movies on a premium station. He intended to call it the Green Channel because people would pay money for it. However, this didn’t entirely resonate with the network’s customer base. After receiving an investment from Time, Inc., Dolan renamed the project Home Box Office to more accurately reflect the services it provided.

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On November 9, 1990, Willie Nelson's assets were seized by the IRS to pay back part of the $16.7 million he owed in taxes.

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/Nelson has been playing his beloved guitar Trigger since 1969. Trigger was named after the palomino horse owned by western television star and singer Roy Rogers. Nelson has played the Martin N-20 guitar for over half a century. When his assets were being seized, Nelson hid Trigger with family and friends, and sometime later, when his home caught fire, he ran back into the house to save Trigger and another guitar case with two pounds of pot inside.

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On November 10, 1903, Mary Anderson patented her invention of the windshield wiper which soon became standard on all motor vehicles.

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In 1903, Mary Anderson was a rancher and real estate developer who invented the first manually operated windshield wipers. Cadillac was the first car manufacturer to include windshield wipers on all of their vehicles, and other companies soon followed. Another female inventor, Charlotte Bridgwood, invented the automatic version of the windshield wiper using an electric roller in 1917.

Like many women in the 1950s, Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. The problem was that she wasn’t a good typist, and kept making mistakes. She began experimenting with ways to cover up her errors. She mixed ingredients such as white tempera water-based paint in her kitchen blender and painted over her mistakes with a thin paintbrush. She began marketing her typewriter correction fluid as "Liquid Paper". In 1979, she sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million. Her son, Michael Nesmith, would also find fame as a member of the rock band The Monkees.

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On November 11, 1921, exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.

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Twenty-four hours a day, rain or shine, soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," stand watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb Guards, also called Sentinels, are chosen for this prestigious and highly selective post only after rigorous training and a demanding series of examinations. The Old Guard has held this distinguished duty since 1948. CH]104172[/ATTACH]

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Thanks to the Vets for their service!