Day in a hestory (24 Nov. 2018)
1963 – U.S.A. — Lee Harvey Oswald
1963: Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner.
1925 U.S.A. — Prohibition
1925: Goldie Adkins, a former prohibition officer, pleaded guilty of selling moonshine (illegal booze). Mr. Adkin’s brother also pleaded guilty. Further consideration was to be made regarding sentencing and further arrests were scheduled to be made.
1944 – World War II — Advance to the Rhine
It was another busy battle day for Word War II troops. French and American forces had advanced to the Rhine River east of Strasbourg, France. Shortly after, 40,000 German troops were captured. It was also that a fleet of B-29s had blasted Tokyo the same day. A large area, excluding the imperial palace as well as certain shrines and temples, were hit hard.
1944 – World War II — Tokyo Bombed
Following on from a bombing campaign on Japanese military targets in Iwo Jima, 111 U.S. B-29 Super fortress bombers raid Tokyo for the first time .
1950 : The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 begins on the 24th and lasted until November 30th and was a cyclone which moved through the Eastern United States, causing strong winds, Blizzard conditions and heavy rain east of the Appalachians. Power was out to more than 1,000,000 customers during this storm which affected 22 US states, killing 353.
1953 – U.S.A. — Russia
The United States did not think very highly of Russia’s peace plan proposals. In fact, the U.S. was pleading with the United Nations at this time to have every bit of it “scratched” and thrown away. Moreover, Chief Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said current resolutions on the books are adequate. Chief Lodge, Jr. wanted Russia to just stop disregarding them immediately.
1969 : The Apollo 12 spacecraft returns to Earth , splashing down in the Pacific Ocean
1971 – U.S.A. — Hijack and Fly
1971: A man hijacked a 727 plane , threatening to blow up the jet unless he received $200,000 and four parachutes. It is believed the hijacker, known as D.B. Cooper, jumped from the plane somewhere over the state of Washington and he nor the money was ever seen again .
1973 – Middle East — Oil Companies
A massive move was planned on the part of international oil companies. They planned to reward Pro-Arab countries and punish Pro-Israeli countries, using oil as an incentive. This decision was being considered during a time of great conflict between Egypt and Syria. Plans for Arab-Israeli cease-fire were currently in the works, but not yet carried out. It was suspected at this time that it would be quite awhile before fighting would stop.
Top 5 restaurants in dammam and khobar
5- helile (هليل)
this restaurant is one of east coast best places to eat in, it only has 3 items in the menu the regular shawarma the mufatah and the plater and unlike most shawarma places it only serves lamb shawarma.
4-Lusin
This restaurant specializes in Armenian / Lebanese food its really expensive compared to the food you can get in a local restaurant.
3-parkers
parkers is a fancy place to eat with really good food and great design its only flaw is its limited menu.
2. salt
its basically like parkers its actually behind parkers and it specialized in craft bergers
1-fushi
fushi is a Japanese restaurant its located in the Cornish of khobar it specializes in sushi and ramen its expensive but its worth it to pay for the quality food its mostly crowded but it worths the wait its good for meetings