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Survivors recount China mine disaster

When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran...

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Today In History

On Nov. 22, 1963,

President John F. Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

In 1718,

English pirate Edward Teach — better known as "Blackbeard" — was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

In 1890,

French president Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.