On This Day for November 15 - Palestinian statehood proclaimed by Yasser Arafat, Georgia O'Keeffe is featured, and more ~ Historian Fact

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November 15

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Georgia O'Keeffe

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1988

Palestinian statehood proclaimed by Yasser Arafat

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