Monday, November 14, 2011

Today in History - November 14

On this day in 1889, Nellie Bly began her successful attempt to travel around the world in less than eighty day.

On this day in 1922, the BBC started its radio service in the UK.

On this day in 1941, 9000 Jews were murdered by German forces in Slonim.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1895, typhoid fever and scarlet fever are present in the neighborhood. A child of George Nicol is now ill.

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