This week in History
Monday: on November 20, 284
Diocletian was named Emperor of the Roman Empire. BItH Unit 6, Peoples VI: Roman Empire
Tuesday: on November 21, 164 BCE
Judas Maccabeus rededicated the Second Temple of Jerusalem. BItH Unit 4, Peoples IV: Hebrews and Israelites
Wednesday: on November 22, 1497
Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope on his first voyage to India. BItH Unit 17, Section 49: Sailing Around Africa
Thursday: on November 23, 2023
American Thanksgiving Day BItH Unit 27, Peoples XXVII: Americans
Friday: on November 24, 1974
Lucy, the famous Australopithecus skeleton, discovered in Ethiopia. BItH Unit 1, Section 3: Evolution of Man
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