History for November 25

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Augusto Pinochet (Chile) 1915

• 1758 - During the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne at what is now known as Pittsburgh.
• 1850 - Texas relinquished one-third of its territory in exchange for $10 million from the U.S. to pay its public debts and settle border disputes.
• 1867 - Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.
• 1936 - The Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement between Japan and Germany, was signed.
• 1955 - In the U.S., the Interstate Commerce Commission banned racial segregation on interstate trains and buses.
• 1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a stroke.
• 1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.