Atlantic Ave Magazine November 2023
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NOVEMBER 15, 1969<br />
• The largest antiwar rally in U.S. History occurred as 250,000<br />
persons gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War.<br />
NOVEMBER 17, 1869<br />
• The Suez Canal was formally opened after more than 10 years<br />
of construction.<br />
NOVEMBER 19, 1978<br />
• More than 900 Americans died in the biggest mass<br />
suicide in history in Jonestown, Guyana. Members<br />
of the religious cult “Peoples Temple” was led by<br />
Reverend Jim Jones. He ordered the followers<br />
to drink a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Those<br />
who refused were forcibly injected. Only a<br />
few cult members managed to escape.<br />
NOVEMBER 20, 1947<br />
• Princess Elizabeth married Philip<br />
Mountbatten. She became Queen Elizabeth<br />
II upon the death of her father in 1952.<br />
NOVEMBER 21, 1920<br />
• The IRA (Irish Republican Army) shot and killed 14 British<br />
soldiers in Dublin in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”<br />
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NOVEMBER 22, 1718<br />
• Edward Teach was an English pirate<br />
known as Blackbeard who roamed around the<br />
Caribbean and <strong>Atlantic</strong> waters. He was killed off<br />
the coast of North Carolina after a short 2 years<br />
as a pirate by Lt. Robert Maynard.<br />
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