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Today's featured article Union artillery in action at Cane Hill The battle of Cane Hill was fought during the American Civil War on November 28, 1862, near the town of Cane Hill, Arkansas. Union troops under James G. Blunt had pursued Confederate troops commanded by Thomas C. Hindman into northwestern Arkansas, and Hindman saw an opportunity to attack Blunt while the latter was isolated. Confederate cavalry under John S. Marmaduke moved to Cane Hill to collect supplies. Blunt moved to attack Marmaduke on November 27. The Union advance made contact with Confederate troopers the next morning. The Confederates fell back to an elevation known as Reed's Mountain. Blunt continued to pursue after the Confederates abandoned Reed's Mountain, but his leading elements ran into an ambush. The Confederates then presented a flag of truce as a ruse to buy time. Hindman's army and Blunt's reinforced command fought the Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, which retained Union control of Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. (Full article...) Recently featured: Susanna Hoffs Heptamegacanthus Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome Selected anniversaries November 28: Thanksgiving in the United States (2024); Bukovina Day in Romania Skanderbeg 1443 – Having deserted the Ottoman army, Skanderbeg (pictured) arrived in the Albanian city of Krujë and, using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city. 1895 – The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago. 1903 – SS Petriana struck a reef near Point Nepean, leading to Australia's first major oil spill and a debate over the White Australia policy. 2016 – LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club. Manuel I Komnenos (b. 1118) Magnus Olsen (b. 1878) Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962) Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982) More anniversaries: November 27 November 28 November 29	In the news Max Verstappen Israel and Hezbollah agree to a 60-day ceasefire to halt the war in Lebanon. In motorsport, Max Verstappen (pictured) wins the Formula One World Championship. Following parliamentary elections, the Seimas elects Gintautas Paluckas as the prime minister of Lithuania. The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif in its investigation of war crimes in Palestine. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Nikki Kaye Breyten Breytenbach Alice Brock Rico Carty Chia-ying Yeh Fred R. Harris Did you know... Francis L. Sampson ... that German soldiers did not believe that Francis L. Sampson (pictured) was a non-combatant after his capture during the D-Day landings, because they had never seen a paratrooper chaplain before? ... that the hips of some 19th-century Fijian young women were tattooed with veiqia when they reached puberty? ... that the myth of Shunten, the legendary first king of Chūzan, was used to justify the 1872 annexation of Okinawa? ... that two best-seller lists initially classified The Children's Book of Virtues as non-fiction, but later moved it to their fiction charts? ... that Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13 after being noticed while walking home from school? ... that the U.S. Air Force considered a bomber version of the F-22 Raptor known as the FB-22? ... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track? ... that geologist Gilbert Wilson was the fifth Wilson at school, so he was known as "Quintus"? ... that a medieval town in Poland disappeared?
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