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On Nov. 26, 1872, the Great Diamond Hoax, one of the most notorious mining swindles of the time, is exposed. Two Kentucky cousins had salted a mine with a few diamonds, and bank financiers rushed to invest. Some of the supposed raw diamonds actually had jewelers’ cut marks.- On Nov. 28, 1914, the New York Stock Exchange reopens for bond trading after being closed nearly four months because of the outbreak of World War I. Stock trading didn’t resume until Dec. 12.
- On Dec. 1, 1939, golfing great Lee Trevino is born in Texas. Trevino was known as a prankster. While waiting to start an 18-hole playoff against Jack Nicklaus in the 1971 U.S. Open, Trevino threw a rubber snake at his opponent and then won by three strokes.
- On Nov. 27, 1942, guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle. He grew up playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters. Hendrix died in London in 1970, following a drug overdose. He was 27.
- On Nov. 29, 1963, one week after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade, President Lyndon Johnson establishes a special commission to investigate the assassination. After 10 months, the Warren Commission concluded that alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
- On Nov. 30, 1989, female serial killer Aileen Wuornos shoots her first victim, Richard Mallory, in Florida. Over the next year she killed six more men before being picked up in a seedy biker bar in 1991. Wuornos confessed to the killings but claimed self-defense.
- On Dec. 2, 2001, the Enron Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sparking one of the largest corporate scandals in U.S. history. Its collapse cost investors billions of dollars, wiped out 5,600 jobs and liquidated $2.1 billion in pension plans.
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