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November 14 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/19/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This continues the “This Day in History” calendar series. Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible! Thank you!

November 14th:

According to Wikipedia and other sources, on November 14th:

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.

1922 – The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.

1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.

1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

World Diabetes Day

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)