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November 26: Feast day of Saint Sylvester Gozzolini (Catholicism); Constitution Day in India Main Building of the University of Notre Dame 1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana .
From the day after tomorrow's featured article SMS Niobe was a light cruiser of the Gazelle class , built for the Imperial German Navy . Launched in 1899, Niobe was armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and had a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph).
In the same day four elements of the State Public Security Forces were killed and two more were wounded after a confrontation with gunmen in the city of Uriangato. Security elements from all levels of government deployed a combined operation to try to found the responsible ot the attacks. (Milenio Noticias) Disasters and accidents
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2008 – A dike ruptured at a waste containment area for a coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 million m 3) of coal fly ash slurry (aftermath pictured) in the largest industrial spill in US history.
News agencies, especially Reuters and the newly important Bloomberg News, convey both news stories for mass audiences and financial information of interest to businesses and investors. [ 186 ] [ 187 ] Bloomberg LP, a private company founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, made rapid advances with computerized stock market reporting updated in ...
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