On This Date: November 22ndFive (5) years ago today, I returned from a semester of study abroad at the
University of the Western Cape in
South Africa.
November 22nd is a pretty significant day, both in my family and the world at large.
2000 - I returned to St. Louis from South Africa.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigned as British Prime Minister.
1969 - My parents got married, at St. George Catholic Church in Gardenville (Affton).
1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX.
1890 - Legendary French leader Charles de Gaulle was born.
1718 - Blackbeard the pirate was killed in a battle off the Virginia coast.
1497 - Tying back into the Cape Town theme, Vasco da Gama became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, ultimately reaching India.
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