The Detroit Pistons NBA team broke records after losing their 27th consecutive basketball game.
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Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
A devastating tsunami and earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the US.
Jack Johnson became the first African American to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
