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Hod Stuart (1879–1907) was a Canadian professional ice hockey cover-point (now known as a defenceman) who played nine seasons for several teams in different leagues. He also played briefly for the Ottawa Rough Riders football team. With his brother Bruce, Stuart played in the first professional ice hockey league, the American-based International Professional Hockey League (IPHL), in which he was regarded as one of the best players. Frustrated with the violence associated with the IPHL, he left the league late in 1906 and returned to Canada, where in 1907 he helped the Montreal Wanderers win the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy for hockey. Two months later, he died in a diving accident. To raise money for his widow and children, the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association hosted an all-star game, the first of its kind to be played in any sport. Stuart became known for his ability to score goals while playing a defensive role, and for his ability to remain calm during matches that often turned violent. His efforts were acknowledged when the Hockey Hall of Fame was created in 1945 and he became one of the first twelve players to be inducted. (more...) Recently featured: Nathaniel Parker Willis – Blackbeard – Canoe River train crash Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Tony Stewart The interim government of Egypt resigns amid violent protests in which at least 30 people have been killed and more than 1,500 wounded. Tony Stewart (pictured) wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto racing championship. The People's Party, led by Mariano Rajoy, wins a majority in the Spanish general election. Scientists announce the development of the world's lightest solid material. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, banned in Burma since May 2010, announces that it will re-register as a political party. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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November 24: Feast day of Vietnamese Martyrs (Roman Catholicism); Teachers' Day in Turkey; American Thanksgiving (2011) 1542 – Anglo-Scottish Wars: England captured about 1,200 Scottish prisoners with its victory in the Battle of Solway Moss. 1859 – On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day. 1906 – A local newspaper accused members of two teams of conspiring to deliberately lose games, the first major scandal in American football. 1963 – Businessman Jack Ruby shot and fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, during a live television broadcast, fueling conspiracy theories on the matter. 1974 – A group of paleoanthropologists discovered a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, nicknaming it "Lucy" (reconstruction pictured). More anniversaries: November 23 – November 24 – November 25 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now November 24, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Beachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m (530 ft) above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast from Dungeness to the east, to Selsey Bill in the west.

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