November 21
Friday 21, 1980:
1980 -Lake Peigneur drained into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe drilled into the Diamond crystal salt mine; water flowing down into the mine eroded the edges of the hole. The whirlpool created sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet, to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit.
Thursday 21, 1974:
1974 - George W. Bush is discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.
Wednesday 21, 1962:
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
Saturday 21, 1789:
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Friday 21, 1783:
In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 100m, distance: 9 km).
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