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November 3, 2009: Election Day, NJ elects a governor.
November 5, 1781: John Hansen was elected "President of the US in Congress Assembled."
November 8, 1837: Mount Holyoke Seminary opened as the first college for women in the US.
November 11, 1918: Armistice Day ends World War I; presently it is Veterans Day in the US.
November 13, 1928: The Holland Tunnel, connecting NJ and NY, opened.
November 15, 1777: The Articles of Confederation were adopted.
November 19, 1493: Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico.
November 19, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
November 21, 1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed by the Pilgrims.
November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
November 26, 1789: Thanksgiving was first celebrated as a national holiday in the US.
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