1923-Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
1924-England orders Egyptians out of Sudan
1943-FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1956-16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
1967-U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242-Israel must give back occupied land
1975-Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain
1982-Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
1986-Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
1989-Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn & the Moon
1989-U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
1989-Eastern Airlines pilots & flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired
1990-George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia during Thanksgiving
1990-Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister