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Today is Monday, Nov. 23, the 328th day of 2020. There are 38 days left in the year.

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November 23, 2020 - 9:09 AM

Today is Monday, Nov. 23, the 328th day of 2020. There are 38 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Nov. 23, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.

In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.

Five years ago, Blue Origin, a private space company, landed a rocket called New Shepard upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. 

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