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In 1987, Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the LASER - ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser

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Earlier Event: November 2
In 1959, "Twenty-One" game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance
Later Event: November 4
In 1979, Iran hostage crisis begins and lasts for 444 days - 52 US citizens were held hostage when Iranian college students took over the US Embassy in Tehran