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Saturday, 14 November 2026

2007

The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.

2003

Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.

2002

Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.

The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.

2001

War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.

1995

A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

1991

American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.

1990

After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

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