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This Day in History for 19th November


Famous Divorces

2004 - Singer Jermaine Jackson (49) divorces Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (35) after 9 years of
           marriage

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This Day in History for 19th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
King of England                                          US President                                Fashion Designer Calvin Klein (1942)
King Charles I (1600)                                 James Garfield (1831)


Actress Meg Ryan (1961)


1464 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526)
1563 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626)
1597 - Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1660)
1600 - Charles I, King of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament
1600 - Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian (Matters of State & War)
1607 - Erasmus Quellinus II, [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher
1616 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter
1700 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d. 1770)
1709 - Pierre Leclair, composer
1711 - Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet
1722 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
1722 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810)
1752 - George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War
1753 - Stanislas Champein, composer
1761 - Joseph Supries, composer
1770 - Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion)
1770 - Bertel Thowwaldsen, Danish sculptor
1796 - Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer
1802 - Solomon Foot, American politician (d. 1866)
1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat (built Suez Canal)
1810 - August Willich, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1811 - John Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873
1812 - Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885)
1827 - Isaac Munroe St John, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1831 - James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)
1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans)
1834 - Georg H Quincke, German physicist (test of Quincke)
1835 - Fitzhugh Lee, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
1835 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858)
1843 - Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
1846 - Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery)
1855 - Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883)
1859 - Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)
1862 - Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)
1864 - George Barbier, Phila, actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary)
1870 - Vicente Lleo, composer
1874 - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer
1875 - Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state
1876 - Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (d. 1964)
1879 - Karel van den Oever, Flemish author/poet (Geuzenstad)
1883 - Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (d. 1957)
1885 - Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor (Angel on My Shoulder)
1886 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Le Cocu Magnificent)
1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1955)
1888 - Jose RaulCapablanca, Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)
1889 - Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], Indianapolis, Indiana, American actor (Laura)
1892 - Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (d. 1970)
1893 - René Voisin, French classical trumpet player (d. 1952)
1894 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
1895 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974)
1897 - Quentin Roosevelt, son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1918)
1898 - Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d. 2003)
1899 - Allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)
1899 - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei, influential Shia Islamic scholar (d. 1992)
1900 - Anna Seghers, [Netty Radvanyi-Reiling], German author (7th Cross)
1900 - Anton Walbrook, [Adolf Wohlbrook], Vienna Austria, actor (Laura)
1900 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d. 1980)
1900 - Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985)
1902 - Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor (Refugee, None Shall Escape)
1903 - Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer
1904 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter
1904 - Nancy Carroll, [Ann V LaHiff], NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
1905 - Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
1906 - Henri Temianka, composer
1906 - Jacques Leguerney, composer
1907 - Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Curacaos painter/composer
1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author (d. 1991)
1908 - Alan Baxter, East Cleveland OH, actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches)
1908 - Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer
1909 - Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams
1909 - Peter Drucker, American management theorist (d. 2005)
1910 - Adrian Conan Doyle, son of Arthur Conan Doyle (d. 1970)
1912 - George E Palade, Romanian/US cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974)
1917 - Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)
1918 - Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant
1919 - Alan Young, England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed)
1919 - George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life)
1920 - Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner
1921 - Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55) (d. 1993)
1921 - Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister
1922 - Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist (Doctor of Utrecht)
1922 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian epigrapher (d. 1999)
1924 - William Russell, British actor
1925 - Zygmunt Bauman, Polish Sociologist
1926 - Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Oklahoma, US ambassador to UN (R)
1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
1930 - Bob Mathias, Tulare California, decathelete (Olympics-gold-48)
1933 - Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN)
1933 - Jerry Sheindlin, American jurist; husband of Judith Sheindlin
1934 - Dave Guard, rocker
1934 - David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
1935 - John F Welch Jr, Salem Mass, CEO (GE)
1935 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian imam (d. 1990)
1935 - Jack Welch, American businessman
1936 - Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
1936 - Emin Aristakesian, composer
1936 - Michel Decoust, composer
1936 - Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 - Ray Collins, rocker (Mothers of Invention)
1938 - Frank Misson, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1960-61)
1938 - Hank Medress, Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1938 - Richard Dumbrill, cricketer (South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67)
1938 - Ted Turner, American broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1939 - Garrick Utley, Chicago Illinois, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)
1939 - Pete Moore, Detroit MI, rocker (Miracles)
1939 - Thomas Harkin, (Sen-D-Iowa, 1985- )
1939 - Warren "Pete" Moore, US singer (Miracles-Tears of a Clown)
1940 - Alberto Villalpando, composer
1941 - Dan Haggerty, Hollywood California, actor (Grizzly Adams)
1941 - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
1941 - Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Governor of Wisconsin
1942 - Calvin Klein, Bronx, NY, fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans, CK)
1942 - Gary L Ackerman, (Rep-D-NY, 1983- )
1942 - Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox KY, PGA golfer (1994 Dallas Reunion)
1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet
1943 - Fred Lipsius, NYC, rock pianist/sax (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1943 - Sharon Wilder, LPGA golfer
1944 - Charlie Coe, rock bassist (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
1944 - Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 - Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
1947 - Bob Boone, San Diego, baseball player and manager (Phillies, Angels)
1947 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Jabberwocky)
1947 - Lamar Smith, (Rep-R-Texas)
1949 - Ahmad Rashad, [Bobby Moore], NFL receiver (Minnesota Vikings)/sportscaster
1949 - Dennis Taylor, British snooker champion
1949 - Mickey Lee Davis Jr, Tenn, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1951 - Timothy J Penny, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
1951 - Zeenat Aman, Indian actress
1951 - Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
1953 - Robert Beltran, American actor
1953 - Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994)
1954 - Annette Guest, US singer (First Choice)
1954 - Gail Stanton Memphis TN, playmate (Jun, 1978)
1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
1954 - Tom Scheckel, Chicago IL, rock drummer (Buckinghams)
1955 - Bill Buttner, Plymouth MA, Nike golfer (1989 Centel Classic-4th)
1955 - Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy (1974)
1955 - Sam Hamm, American screenwriter
1956 - Eileen Marie Collins, Elmira NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 63, 84)
1956 - Glynnis O'Connor, NYC, actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe)
1956 - Scott Jacoby, Chicago Ill, actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High)
1956 - Ann Curry, American journalist
1957 - George Leary, Newmarket Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics-16-92, 96)
1957 - Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1957 - Otis J Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP)
1957 - Robert Beltran, actor (Star Trek Voyager)
1957 - Sharon Farrah, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1957 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
1958 - Michael Wilbon, sports analyst
1958 - Terrence "T.C." Carson, American actor
1959 - Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut (STS 66, 84)
1959 - Allison Janney, American actress
1960 - "Lovely" Elizabeth, Frankfurt Ky, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling
1960 - Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n' Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2]
1961 - Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1961 - Meg Ryan, Bethel Ct, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
1962 - Jodie Foster, Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)
1962 - Salim Jaffer, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91)
1962 - Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Philippine boxer
1963 - Justine Greiner, Boston Mass, playmate (February, 1984)
1963 - Terry Farrell, Cedar Rapids, actress (Paper Dolls, Jadzia Dax-STDS9)
1963 - Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Hungarian fencer
1964 - Jeni Lidgett, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
1965 - Erik Wilhelm, NFL quarterback (NY Jets)
1965 - Laurent Blanc, French footballer
1965 - Sean Hughes, Irish comedian
1966 - Brian Wilsterman, soccer player (Dordreecht '90)
1966 - Gail Devers, Seattle Wash, 60m/100m hurdler (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1966 - Rocco DiSpirito, American chef
1967 - Gary Disarcina, Maiden MA, infielder (California Angels)
1968 - Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
1968 - Matt Darby, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Steven Penn, Brevard NC, team handball center back (Olympics-1996)
1969 - Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper (Olympics-96)
1970 - Berthil de Avest, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Twente)
1970 - Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman)
1970 - Jenni Meno, Pompton Plains NJ, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Larry Tharpe, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
1970 - Rickey Brady, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 - Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool)
1971 - Adrian Griffith, cricketer (West Indian Test opening batsman 1997)
1971 - Andy Sheets, Baton Rouge LA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1971 - Dimitri Yushkevich, Yaroslavl Russia, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leaf)
1971 - Michelle Andrews, Newcastle NSW Aust, field hockey striker (Oly-96)
1971 - Rickey Brady, WLAF TE (Scotland Claymores)
1971 - Alice Peacock, American folk singer
1971 - Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer
1972 - David Palmer, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 - Daniel Meech, Hastings NZ, equestrian showjumper (Olympics-96)
1973 - Jamir Miller, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - Savion Glover, dancer/choreographer (Bring in 'da Noise)
1973 - Ryukishi07, Japanese mystery writer
1973 - Takashi Matsumoto, Japanese photographer and business person
1974 - Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB SD, half-lightweight judoka (Oly-96)
1975 - Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star (1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II)
1976 - Petr Sykora, Pizen CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, NJ Devils)
1976 - Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
1976 - Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (d. 2007)
1976 - Stylianos Venetidis, Greek soccer player
1977 - Kerri Strug, Tucson Ariz, gymnast (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 - Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard
1978 - Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete
1978 - Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
1979 - Ryan Howard, American baseball player
1979 - Larry Johnson, American football player
1979 - Leam Richardson, English soccer player
1979 - John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player
1979 - Keith Buckley - American singer (Every Time I Die)
1980 - Courtney Anderson, American football player
1980 - Adele Silva, English actress
1983 - Daria Werbowy, Ukranian-Canadian Supermodel
1983 - Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier
1985 - Chris Eagles, English footballer
1988 - Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player
1997 - Alexis May McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (2)
1997 - Brandon James McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (5)
1997 - Joel Steven McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (7)
1997 - Kelsey Ann McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (4)
1997 - Kenneth Robert McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (1)
1997 - Natalie Sue McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (3)
1997 - Nathaniel Roy McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (6)
2009 - Prince Gaston d'Orléans

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This Day in History for 19th November


Famous Deaths

                     
Composer Franz Schubert (1828)               Poet Emma Lazarus (1887)


498 - Anastasius II, Pope (496-8) dies. Referred to by Dante in his Inferno XI, 8-9
1272 - David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies
1316 - Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies
1389 - Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
1472 - Joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies
1478 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
1492 - Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
1495 - Alfonso II, king of Naples (1494-95), dies
1557 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1494)
1577 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1630 - Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
1649 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b. 1576)
1665 - Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies
1672 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
1682 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (b. 1619)
1692 - Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies
1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
1703 - Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies
1719 - Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
1723 - Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1772 - William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
1773 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722)
1785 - Bernard de Bury, composer, dies at 65
1795 - Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 62
1798 - Theobald W Tone, Irish nationalist, dies
1804 - Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
1822 - Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
1825 - Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34
1828 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever
1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician (b. 1780)
1854 - Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46
1868 - Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1880 - Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74
1887 - Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in New York at 38
1897 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b. 1810).
1899 - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55
1908 - Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79
1911 - Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered
1915 - Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1915 - Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64
1917 - Basil Grieve, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests England v South Africa 1889), dies
1923 - French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
1924 - Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
1924 - Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
1928 - Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71
1929 - Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies
1931 - Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74
1931 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (b. 1897)
1932 - Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies
1933 - Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84
1935 - F S Gough-Calthorpe, cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies
1936 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
1938 - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
1942 - Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76
1942 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (shot) (b. 1892)
1943 - Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85
1949 - James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
1950 - Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57
1954 - Walter Bartley Wilson, founding member of Cardiff City F.C. (b. 1870)
1956 - Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53
1959 - Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism), dies
1959 - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
1959 - Joseph Charbonneau, archbishop of Montreal (b. 1892)
1960 - Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
1963 - Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
1967 - Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1971 - Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1973 - Cyril Allcott, cricketer (6 Tests for NZ, 113 runs & 6 wickets), dies
1974 - George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
1975 - Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
1976 - Sir Basil Spence, British architect (b. 1907)
1981 - Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered
1982 - Erving Goffman, US, sociologist (Asylums), dies at 60
1983 - Peter Coffield, Ill, actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
1983 - Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
1984 - George D Aiken, (Sen-R-Vt, 1941-75), dies at 92
1985 - Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies
1985 - Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83
1987 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1988 - Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37
1990 - Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (b. 1900)
1991 - Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
1992 - Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52
1992 - Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
1992 - Dorothy Walker Bush, mother of President George Bush, dies at 91
1993 - Dorothy Revier, actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
1994 - Dedrick Gobert, US actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22
1994 - Julian Gustave Symons, writer, dies at 82
1994 - Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82
1994 - Li Yuan Artist-chia, , dies at 65
1995 - Bruce Trent, singer, dies at 83
1995 - Gwen Swire, socila worker, dies at 61
1995 - Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
1995 - Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
1996 - Denis Jenkinson, journalist, dies at 74
1996 - Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
1996 - Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant, dies at 73
1996 - Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat, dies at 90
1997 - Christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13
1997 - Durlyn Eddmonds, murderer, executed at 45
1997 - Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer, dies at 62
1997 - Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42
1998 - Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920)
2001 - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
2003 - Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
2004 - Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
2004 - Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
2004 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2004 - John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)
2005 - Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
2007 - Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
2007 - Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer (b. 1964)
2007 - Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916)
2010 - Pat Burns, Canadian hockey coach (b. 1952)
2011 - Michael Hastings, British playwright, dies at 74

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This Day in History for 20th November


Historical Events

                                   
British Prime Minister                              Naturalist Charles Darwin                  Playwright George Bernard Shaw
(The Great Commoner)
William Pitt the Elder

                                   
Painter Salvador Dali                           Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin           Brazilian Football Legend Pele

                                   
NFL Running Back Walter Payton               Actress Drew Barrymore                        Islamic Militant & Terrorist
                                                                                                                                  Osama bin Laden


284 - Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east
762 - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire.
1168 - Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
1272 - Edward I proclaimed King of England
1342 - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
1347 - Coke di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during people's
           revolt in Rome
1407 - A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is
           agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days
           later by Burgundy.
1431 - 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies
1520 - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
1521 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1583 - Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst
1616 - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
1637 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is
           executed.
1719 - Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
1755 - English minister William Pitt Sr resigns
1759 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1789 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1795 - Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
1805 - Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna
1815 - 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1815 - Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe"
           same day as Treaty of Paris
1817 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida
1829 - Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
1833 - Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
1852 - Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London
1861 - Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
1862 - Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General
           Braxton Bragg
1866 - 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
1866 - Howard University founded (Washington DC)
1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1873 - Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
1888 - William Bundy patents timecard clock
1889 - Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony
1890 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions"
1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1901 - Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris)
1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
1906 - George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London
1909 - Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1911 - Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres
           in Munich
1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1915 - 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7
1917 - 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
1917 - Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
1920 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson
1922 - Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC
1923 - Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
1923 - Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate
           of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1928 - WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1929 - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
1929 - Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show
1931 - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
1932 - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0
1934 - Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in NYC
1934 - New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
1934 - Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period
1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution
           squad.
1938 - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1940 - German air raid on Birmingham fails
1940 - Hungary joins 3 Power pact
1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1941 - Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1941 - German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
1942 - 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
1942 - British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
1942 - NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1942 - Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines
1943 - U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 - US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
1944 - 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
1944 - Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda
1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1945 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres
1945 - Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague
1946 - Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in NYC
1947 - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 - 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
1947 - UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1948 - US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
1949 - Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1951 - Snowdonia becomes a National Park
1952 - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1952 - George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in NYC
1952 - Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
1953 - Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1954 - KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1955 - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
1957 - Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in NYC
1959 - UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
1959 - WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1961 - WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1962 - USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade
1964 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow
1965 - "Pickwick" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
1965 - UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
1965 - WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open
1966 - Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1966 - Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
1967 - At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1967 - Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1969 - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
1969 - Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
1970 - UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
1974 - The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
1975 - Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President
1976 - George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1979 - Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
1979 - US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital
1980 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)
1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 - UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1981 - Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
1981 - Burundia adopts its constitution
1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
1981 - Ringo releases "Stop & Smell Roses" album
1982 - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs
1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war
1983 - Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 - NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1984 - McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger
1984 - Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
1984 - SETI is founded.
1985 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
1986 - Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1988 - "Les Miserables," opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
1990 - Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
1990 - US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1992 - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1993 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
1993 - Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg
1993 - Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure
           of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles
           Keating.
1994 - "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
1994 - "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
1994 - Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches
1994 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19
           years of civil war (localized fighting resumed the next year).
1995 - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released
1995 - "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1995 - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
1995 - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands
1997 - "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
1997 - Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley
1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
1997 - Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
1997 - NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak
1998 - A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man
           without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
2001 - In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department
           of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late
           Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
2003 - After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in
           Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British
           consulate.
2008 - After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the
           Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.
2012 - Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters

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This Day in History for 20th November


Famous Weddings

1947 - Future British Queen, Princess Elizabeth marries Lt Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey
           London
1986 - Comedian and actor Steve Martin (41) weds actress Victoria Tennant (36)
1994 - Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland
2001 - ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth
           (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
2005 - Bollywood actor Zayed Khan (25) weds Malaika Parekh at the Grand Maratha Sheraton in
           Mumbai, India

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 20th November


Famous Weddings

2007 - Linda Bollea (46) divorces professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (53) after 23 years of marriage

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 20th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Author/Nobel Laureate                        Astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889)              Actress Gene Tierney (1920)
Selma Lagerlof (1858)


US Attorney General
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925)


270 - Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)
1327 - Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)
1602 - Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)
1606 - Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian
1620 - Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
1625 - Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised
1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
1652 - Romanus Weichlein, composer
1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
1726 - Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]
1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1752 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel)
1757 - Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer
1759 - Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer
1761 - Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30)
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
1765 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer
1765 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
1766 - John Wall Calcott, composer
1781 - Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian
1802 - James Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1881
1830 - Patrick Henry Jones, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1834 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer
1836 - John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1839 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
1841 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
1850 - Arthor Goring Thomas, composer
1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Mårbacka, Värmland, author and Nobel laureate (The Wonderful Adventures
           of Nils), (d. 1940)
1862 - Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
1863 - Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)
1864 - Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)
1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1867 - Vicente Ripolles, composer
1869 - Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1871 - William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator
1873 - Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)
1874 - James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1879 - Franz Pfemfert, writer
1880 - George McBride, baseball player (d. 1973)
1882 - Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. 1963)
1884 - Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
1886 - Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1890 - Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter
1890 - Robert Armstrong, Saginaw MI, actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong)
1891 - Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
1891 - Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman)
1892 - James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin)
1894 - Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise)
1896 - Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer
1896 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1897 - Lores Bonney, aviator
1897 - Margaret Sutherland, composer
1899 - Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer
1900 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)
1902 - Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian
1903 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)
1904 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1907 - Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director (Le salaire de la peur)
1908 - Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre)
1909 - Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74)
1910 - Pauli Murray, famous African
1910 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
1911 - Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
1912 - Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house
1913 - Judy Canova, American actress (d. 1983)
1914 - Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
1915 - Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
1916 - Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter
1916 - Judy Canova, Jacksonville Fla, comedienne/actress (Cannonball)
1916 - Robert A Bruce, MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1916 - William John Elwyn Davies, painter
1916 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress
1917 - Max Georg Baumann, composer
1917 - Pam Henningen, [Cornelia CP Ingenegeren], Indonesian/Dutch dancer
1917 - Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain)
1917 - Robert C Byrd, (Sen-D-WV, 1959- )/majority leader
1917 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1918 - Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
1919 - Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)
1919 - Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur TX, actress (Adventure of Martin Eden)
1919 - Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician
1919 - John McCarthy, composer
1920 - Armin Schibler, composer
1920 - Douglas Dick, Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
1920 - Gene Tierney, Brooklyn, New York, American actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Fort Worth), (d. 2012)
1921 - Jim Garrison, American district attorney and judge (d. 1992)
1923 - Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African author (July's people, Nobel 1991)
1924 - Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
1925 - Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator
1925 - June [Shirley L] Christy, US, jazz singer (Tampico)
1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet)
1925 - Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), (d. 1968)
1926 - Kaye Ballard, Cleve Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
1926 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
1926 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
1927 - Estelle Parsons, Lynn Mass, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
1928 - Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
1928 - Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
1928 - Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
1928 - John Disley, Welsh athlete
1929 - Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand), (d. 2012)
1929 - Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
1929 - Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady NY, conductor (Amer Ballet)
1932 - John Barnes Chance, composer
1932 - Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), (d. 2012)
1934 - Valentine J Peter, Omaha Neb, priest (Boy's Town 1985- )
1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
1937 - Jack Linkletter, SF California, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
1937 - René Kollo, German tenor
1937 - Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
1938 - Tony White, cricketer (2 Tests WI v Australia 1965)
1939 - Dick Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
1940 - Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director (Apple Trees, Manoever)
1941 - Gary Karr, Los Angeles California, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
1941 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
1942 - Bob Einstein, Los Angeles, California, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
1942 - Joseph R Biden Jr, (Sen-D-DE, 1973- )
1942 - Meredith Monk, Lima, Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
1942 - Norman Greenbaum, Mass, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1942 - Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic bishop (d. 2008)
1943 - Lindsay Thomas, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1943 - Veronica Hamel, Phila, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave)
1944 - Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
1945 - Dan McBride, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1945 - Rachid Mimouni, author
1945 - Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
1946 - Duane Allman, Nashville Tn, rock guitarist (Allman Brothers)
1946 - John "Blackfoot" Colbert, US singer (Soul Children, Taxi)
1946 - Judy Woodruff, newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1946 - Ray Stiles, rocker
1946 - Greg Cook, American football player
1947 - George Grantham, OK, rock drummer/vocalist (Poco)
1947 - Joe Walsh, Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1947 - Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer
1948 - Richard Masur, NYC, actor (David-One Day at a Time)
1948 - Samuel E Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)
1948 - John R. Bolton, American ambassador
1949 - Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1949 - Ray Vitte, NYC, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest)
1949 - Thelma Drake, American politician
1950 - Gary Green, rocker (Gentle Giant)
1951 - David Walters, American politician
1952 - John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
1953 - Greg Gibson, Stafford Va, Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic-silver-1984)
1954 - Frank Marino, Montreal Canada, rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush)
1954 - Steve Dahl, California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1954 - Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
1955 - Thea Vidale, actress (Family Matters)
1955 - Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut
1956 - Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], Long Beach Caliaforia, actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
1956 - Dan Powers, rock guitarist (Michael Stanley Band)
1956 - Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1956 - Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut
1957 - James Brown, British reggae singer/drummer (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1957 - Mike Craven, former English professional footballer
1958 - Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1959 - Sean Young, Louisville Ky, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1959 - James P. McGovern, American politician
1960 - Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
1961 - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
1961 - Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
1961 - Dave Watson, English footballer
1962 - Steve Alexander, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1963 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
1963 - Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress
1964 - John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
1964 - Ned Vaughn, actor (The Rescuer)
1965 - Andrew Stewart, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 - Mike D[iamond], NYC, rap vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
1965 - Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
1965 - Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
1966 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)
1966 - Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
1967 - Alex Arias, NYC, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1967 - Chris Childs, NBA guard (NJ Nets, NY Knicks)
1967 - Chris Patton, Fountain Inn SC, Nike golfer (1993 NM Charity Classic)
1967 - Jeff Cotler, Long Beach California, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning)
1967 - Teoman, Turkish rock singer
1968 - Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star (defaulted 1995 Wimbledon)
1968 - Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
1968 - Ming Na-Wen, actress (ER, One Night Stand, Lien-As the World Turns)
1968 - Richard Clarke, Toronto Ontario, Yachter Finn (Olympics-96)
1969 - Chris Harris, cricketer (son of Zin NZ all-rounder in ODI's)
1969 - Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter (Oly-11th-1996)
1969 - Malvin Hunter, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Richard Dickson Reid, NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner
1969 - Callie Thorne, American actor
1970 - Sabrina Lloyd, actress (Sliders)
1970 - Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Matt Blunt, American politician
1970 - Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
1970 - Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist
1970 - Joe Zaso, American actor
1971 - Dion Nash, cricketer (NZ right-arm medium-pacer 1992- )
1971 - Joey Galloway, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 - Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
1972 - Riddick Parker, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Trent Pollard, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Yanick Dupre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1972 - Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet
1973 - Brad Keeney, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1973 - Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1974 - Brad Williams, cricketer (Victoria & Young Australia fast bowler)
1974 - Drew Ginn, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jerald Moore, running back (St Louis Rams)
1974 - Kirk Reynolds, Outlook Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
1974 - Marissa Ryan, actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad)
1975 - Dierks Bentley, American singer
1975 - J. D. Drew, American baseball player
1975 - Davey Havok, singer (AFI)
1976 - Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring Md, gymnast (Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96)
1976 - Elisa Blair, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 - Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
1976 - Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
1977 - Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
1977 - Josh Turner, American singer
1978 - Ryan Leslie, American singer/songwriter
1978 - Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer
1978 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
1979 - Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
1979 - Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (Silver Ferns)
1980 - James Chambers, English footballer
1981 - Jilen Siroky, 200m breaststroke (Olympics-96)
1981 - Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
1981 - Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1982 - Margo Stilley, American actress
1984 - Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver
1985 - Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentine racing driver
1985 - Dan Byrd, American actor
1986 - Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor
1986 - Oli Sykes, English musician
1989 - Tyga, American rapper
1989 - Cody Linley, American actor
1990 - Sam Burton, English footballer
1992 - Ishimura Maiha, graduated Berryz Kobo member
1999 - Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1999 - Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
2000 - Connie Talbot, English singer

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 20th November


Famous Deaths

Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco (1975)


869 - King Edmund of East Anglia
967 - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of Liederen), dies
1348 - Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle against Roman revolutionaries by Porta
           Tiburtina
1437 - Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)
1480 - Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
1518 - Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
1527 - Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
1669 - Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1675 - Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68)
1678 - Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
1704 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
1713 - Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies
1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1741 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
1750 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
1764 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
1827 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
1851 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
1856 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1863 - James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
1882 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1887 - Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
1898 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1899 - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
1908 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)
1910 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]
1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS]
1925 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1927 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
1934 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
1936 - Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
1938 - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
1939 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1944 - Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
1950 - Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84
1951 - Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (b. 1881)
1952 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1957 - Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
1957 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. 1875)
1960 - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
1962 - Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies
1964 - John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
1968 - Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
1968 - Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
1973 - Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48
1975 - Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1976 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. 1898)
1977 - Maxie Wander, writer, dies
1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
1983 - Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 - Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1984 - Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
1985 - Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1989 - Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
1991 - Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
1992 - John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1993 - Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
1993 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
1994 - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68
1994 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64
1995 - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
1995 - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
1996 - Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67
1997 - Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
1997 - Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52
1997 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
1999 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. 1908)
2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2004 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2005 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
2005 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2005 - James King, American singer (b. 1925)
2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
2006 - Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950)
2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2007 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
2008 - Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
2009 - Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2009 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author (b.
           1915)
2010 - Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
2010 - Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (b. 1958)
2010 - Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2010 - Chalmers Johnson, American political scholar and author (b. 1931)
2012 - William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98

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This Day in History for 21st November


Historical Events

                                   
French Emperor                                             Marxist Revolutionary                      Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio
Napoleon Bonaparte                               Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin

                                   
Dictator of Nazi Germany                       US President John F. Kennedy                  Singer Olivia Newton-John
Adolf Hitler

 
US President George H. W. Bush


164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in
              Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
235 - St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
695 - Pope Sergius names Willibrord as Archbishop Clemens of Friezen
1272 - Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King
           of England.
1317 - Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
1620 - Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass
1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11]
1654 - Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1696 - J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London
1729 - Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville
1759 - Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
1783 - Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to bar
1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1791 - Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of
           the Armies of the French Republic.
1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered
1806 - Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England
1813 - Stettin surrenders to allied armies
1818 - Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1824 - 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC
1834 - HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile
1837 - Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
1847 - Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1848 - Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris
1848 - Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
1849 - Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna
1852 - Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
1864 - -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1865 - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
1871 - Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
1871 - The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot
1876 - Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition & natives
1877 - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
1880 - Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
1895 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
1901 - Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden
1902 - 1st night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1902 - Baseball's Phila Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt
           at a National Football League
1905 - 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open
1906 - China prohibits opium trade
1914 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1914 - British army conquerors Bazra
1916 - HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people.
1917 - M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
1918 - 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
1918 - Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
1920 - Karel Capék's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague
1920 - Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy
1922 - Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as 1st female US Senator
1924 - British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR
1925 - Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1934 - "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
1934 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
1935 - 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1935 - Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris
1937 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad
1938 - -24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands
1938 - Nazi forces occupy western Czech & declared them German citizens
1940 - Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
1942 - Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group
           Don (Heeresgruppe Don)
1942 - Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
1943 - 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III
1944 - Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
1945 - Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres
1945 - General Motors workers go on strike
1946 - Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
1946 - Harry Truman becomes 1st US president to travel in a submerged sub
1947 - Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1949 - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
1952 - 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1952 - Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
1953 - "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1953 - WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the "Piltdown Man" skull, held
           to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, was a hoax.
1955 - Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1955 - KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1960 - Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
1962 - The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
1963 - JFK flies to Texas
1964 - "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 perfs
1964 - "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1964 - Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
1964 - World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
1965 - 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1966 - Dutch government of Zijlstra forms
1967 - Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1967 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely
           certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
1968 - Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 - Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1969 - KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
1971 - NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1971 - Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
1971 - Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army in the
           Battle of Garibpur.
1972 - Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1973 - Pete Rose wins NL MVP
1973 - Pres Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House
           tape recording related to Watergate
1974 - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over Pres Ford's veto
1975 - Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
1977 - 1st flight of Concorde (London to New York)
1977 - Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
1978 - Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1979 - Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
1980 - Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill)
1980 - Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 - Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
1980 - It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas"
1980 - John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1980 - MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
1981 - 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
1981 - Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1983 - "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
1986 - Central African Republic adopts constitution
1986 - Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1987 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success
           Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush
1989 - TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
1990 - Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1991 - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
1992 - Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
1992 - Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
1992 - Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
1992 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1993 - "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 perfs
1993 - "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs
1993 - Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome
1994 - 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
1995 - Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
1995 - Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
1995 - New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
1996 - "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1996 - A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto
           Rico kills 33.
2002 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become
           members.
2004 - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests
           and controversy over the election's integrity.
2004 - The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern
           half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt
           in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed as a result.
2004 - The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
2006 - Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
2012 - An Israel and Hamas ceasefire is negotiated
2012 - Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Ben

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This Day in History for 21st November


Famous Weddings

1983 - NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
1987 - Actress Demi Moore weds actor Bruce Willis at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas

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This Day in History for 21st November


Famous Birthdays

                 
Surgeon William Beaumont (1785)          The Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green (1834)


1495 - John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
1561 - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author
1567 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
1637 - Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
1645 - Johann Lohner, composer
1683 - Johann Michael Muller, composer
1692 - Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet
1694 - Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright
           (Candide) (d. 1778)
1724 - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
1729 - Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)
1742 - Alessandro Felici, composer
1761 - Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)
1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher
1785 - William Beaumont, Lebanon, Connecticut, surgeon (Father of gastric physiology), (d. 1853)
1787 - Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1811 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872)
1817 - Richard Brooke Garnett, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1828 - William McComb, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1918
1829 - Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet
1831 - John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1834 - Henrietta (Hetty) Green,New Bedford, Massachusetts, financier (Witch of Wall Street), (d.
           1916)
1834 - Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1840 - Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia
1851 - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal
1852 - Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer
1853 - Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)
1854 - Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)
1860 - Tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903)
1861 - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)
1863 - Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)
1867 - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist
1870 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
1870 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
1870 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964)
1871 - Panayot Pipkov, composer
1877 - Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer
1877 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer
1878 - Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice
1880 - Franz Hessel, writer
1886 - Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)
1894 - Corinne Griffith, Texarkana TX, actress (3 Hours, Lilies of Field)
1897 - Mollie Steimer anarchist agitator (d. 1980)
1898 - René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
1900 - Alice Calhoun, Cleveland OH, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold)
1900 - Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh TN, actress (For Heaven's Sake)
1902 - Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]
1902 - Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (d. 1985)
1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
1905 - David Moule-Evans, composer
1907 - Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
1907 - Jim Bishop, author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
1907 - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor
1908 - Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
1912 - Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist
1912 - Eleanor Powell, Springfield Mass, actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody)
1913 - Roy Boulting, British film director (d. 2001)
1916 - Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)
1916 - Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
1916 - Sid Luckman, NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
1917 - Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer
1919 - Steve Brodie, El Dorado Kansas, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
1920 - Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
1920 - Stan Musial, outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ), (d. 2013)
1921 - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)
1921 - Vivian Blaine, Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
1922 - Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)
1922 - Abe Lemons, American basketball coach
1924 - Christopher Tolkien, British author
1925 - Johan "Poncke" Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Djakarta
1927 - Joseph Campanella, NYC, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix)
1927 - Georgia Frontiere, co-owner of the St. Louis Rams (d. 2008)
1929 - Marilyn French, US author (The Women's Room)
1929 - Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator
1931 - Malcolm Williamson, composer
1931 - Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (d. 1985)
1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
1932 - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer
1933 - Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
1933 - Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
1933 - Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1933 - Joseph Campanella, American actor
1934 - Laurence Luckinbill, Ft Smith Ark, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike)
1934 - Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
1935 - Fairuz, Lebanese singer
1936 - James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor (Mitropolos 1964)
1936 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
1937 - Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich (That Girl!, Jenny)
1938 - Robert Drivas, [Choromokos], Chicago, actor (Our Private World)
1939 - Rick Lenz, Springfield Ill, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
1939 - Budd Dwyer, American politician (d. 1987)
1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940 - Dr. John [Rebennack], New Orleans, Louisiana, American vocalist (I Was in Right Place)
1940 - Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
1940 - Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina (Kirov)/defected 1970
1940 - Richard Marcinko, American author
1941 - David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
1941 - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
1941 - Juliet Mills, London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
1941 - İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
1942 - Tweety Bird, cartoon character
1942 - Afa Anoa'i, Samoan/American wrestler
1942 - Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician
1943 - Larry Mahan, Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
1943 - Phil Bredesen, American politician
1943 - Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
1943 - Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver
1944 - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
1944 - Harold Ramis, Chicago IL, actor/director (SCTV, Stripes)
1944 - Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
1944 - Richard J Durbin, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
1945 - Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park Md, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1946 - Jonas Tomasson, composer
1946 - Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
1947 - Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1948 - Alphonse Mouson, rocker
1948 - Lonnie Jordan, San Diego Ca, rock keyboardist/vocalist (War)
1948 - George Zimmer, American entrepreneur
1948 - Alphonse Mouzon, American jazzist
1949 - Basil Williams, cricketer (century on debut for West Indies 1978)
1949 - Nickolas Grace, Cheshire England, actor (Diamond's Edge)
1950 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 - Bruce Laird, cricketer (tough Australian opener 1979-82)
1950 - Livingston Taylor, Boston, rocker (I Will be in Love With You)
1950 - Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
1952 - Deborah Shelton, Wash DC, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double)
1952 - Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner (Oly-4th-76)
1952 - Lorna Luft, Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
1953 - Tina Brown, journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler)
1954 - Thomas Rothman, American film executive
1955 - Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
1956 - Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg
1956 - Terri Welles, [Knepper], California, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980)
1957 - Jim Brown, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1958 - Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
1958 - Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta)
1958 - Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
1959 - Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter (Olympics-96)
1959 - Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986)
1962 - Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician
1962 - Sabine Busch, German athlete
1963 - Nicollette Sheridan, Worthing England, actress (Paige-Knots Landing)
1963 - Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
1964 - Marjorie Judith Vincent, Oak Park Ill, Miss America (1991)
1964 - Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
1964 - Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1964 - Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer
1965 - Bjork, Iceland, singer (Like Someone in Love)
1965 - Alexander Siddig, British actor
1966 - Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chic Bears, New Orleans Saints)
1966 - Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys - Superbowl 1992)
1967 - Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1967 - Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach SC, playmate (Sep, 1994)
1967 - Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
1967 - Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka
1968 - Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993)
1968 - Antonio Tarver, Orlando Fla, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96)
1968 - Alex James, English bassist
1968 - Christopher Noxon, American journalist
1969 - Dahlia Salem, Boston Mass, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World)
1969 - Ken Griffey, Jr., Donora, Pennsylvania, American baseball center fielder (Seattle Mariners, MVP
           1997)
1970 - Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World) [approx 1970]
1970 - Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Justin Langer, cricketer (gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- )
1970 - Keith Crawford, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1971 - Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
1971 - Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1972 - Rain Phoenix, American singer/actress
1972 - David Tua, Samoan boxer
1973 - Brent Smith, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1973 - Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
1973 - Brook Kerr, American actress
1973 - Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
1974 - Casey Patton, London Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
1974 - Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
1975 - Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
1975 - Cherie Johnson, Pitts Pa, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)
1975 - Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
1976 - Saleem Elahi, cricketer (bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener v Aust 1995)
1976 - Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
1976 - Daniel Whiston, British ice skater
1977 - Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
1977 - Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1977 - Jonas Jennings, American football player
1977 - Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
1977 - Yolande James, Quebec politician
1978 - Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
1978 - Sara Tanaka, American actress
1979 - Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
1979 - Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1979 - Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 - Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1980 - Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell)
1980 - Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
1980 - Hank Blalock, American baseball player
1980 - Alec Brownstein, American author, director
1980 - Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong Actress
1981 - Wesley Britt, American football player
1981 - Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 - Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
1982 - Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
1982 - Ryan Starr, American singer
1983 - Jamie Langley, English rugby player
1984 - Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
1984 - Jena Malone, American Actress
1985 - Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
1987 - Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist

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This Day in History for 21st November


Famous Deaths

South African Premier J. B. M. Hertzog (1942)


496 - Pope Gelasius I, Catholic Pope, of Berber extraction
1361 - Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
1481 - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87
1555 - Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)
1579 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
1580 - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
1610 - Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies
1652 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
1710 - Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72
1728 - Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57
1730 - François de Troy, French portrait artist
1775 - John Hill, British writer
1811 - Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34
1813 - William Russell, composer, dies at 36
1817 - Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
1844 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
1863 - Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74
1870 - Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
1875 - Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
1881 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
1882 - Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35
1899 - Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
1900 - J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies
1907 - Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
1907 - Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
1916 - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies
1920 - Caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77
1920 - William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77
1922 - Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1924 - Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
1928 - Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
1932 - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1938 - Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
1940 - Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1941 - Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
1941 - Henrietta Vinton Davis American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (b.
           1860)
1942 - J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African Premier (1914-39), dies at 76
1945 - Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
1952 - Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1952 - William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
1953 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1893)
1954 - Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
1954 - Prof Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69
1957 - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1958 - Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
1959 - Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1959 - Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)
1963 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
1963 - Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71
1963 - Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies
1967 - Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1967 - C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
1969 - Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1970 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1970 - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1973 - Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
1974 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
1975 - G Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86
1976 - Niles Welch, actor (Cornered), dies at 88
1980 - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1981 - Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75
1982 - Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75
1982 - John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
1985 - Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
1986 - Jerry Colonna, actor (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 82
1986 - Marcelino Sanchez, American actor (b. 1957)
1986 - Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
1987 - James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1988 - Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1990 - Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
1991 - Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
1991 - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
1991 - Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1991 - Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
1992 - Kaysone Phomvihane, PM of Laos (1975-91), dies
1992 - Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies
1993 - Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
1993 - Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
1994 - Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
1995 - Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
1995 - George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80
1995 - Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
1995 - Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
1995 - Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
1996 - Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80
1996 - Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82
1996 - Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8 ), dies at 92
1997 - Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
1999 - Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
2001 - Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
2002 - Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
2005 - Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
2005 - Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
2006 - Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
2006 - Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist (b. 1915)
2007 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (b. 1921)
2007 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
2007 - Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
2009 - Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
2010 - Norris Church Mailer, American model and widow of Norman Mailer (b. 1949)
2010 - Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer (b. 1917)
2010 - David Nolan, American politicial activist (b. 1943)

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This Day in History for 22nd November


Historical Events

                                   
Explorer of the New World                                30th US President                         German WWII Field Marshal
Christopher Columbus                                        Calvin Coolidge                                          Erwin Rommel   

                                   
Singer & Cultural Icon                             US President John F. Kennedy              Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Elvis Presley                                                                                                              Muhammad Ali

                 
TV Host Fred Rogers                               British Prime Minister
                                                               Margaret Thatcher


498 - St Symmachus begins his reign as Pope replacing Anastasius II
845 - 845 : the first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the
         Battle of Ballon near Redon.
1221 - Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor
1346 - Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
1492 - Pinta under Martín Alonso Pinzón separates from Columbus's fleet
1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope
1542 - Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America
1573 - The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
1574 - Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
1675 - English king Charles II adjourns parliament
1683 - Purcell's "Welcome to All the Pleasures" premieres in London
1699 - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
1707 - Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland
1714 - King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden
1718 - Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach ("Blackbeard") is killed in battle
           with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
1794 - Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine, prohibits circumcision & wearing of beards
1809 - Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen
1830 - Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1831 - Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)
1842 - Mount St Helens in Washington erupts
1851 - Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)
1861 - Battle of Ft McRee, FL
1864 - American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
1864 - Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death
1872 - Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo" premieres in Prague
1884 - T Thomas Fortune starts NY Freeman (NY Age) newspaper
1886 - Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1898 - Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome)
1899 - -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)
1905 - British, Italian, Russian, French & Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
1906 - International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help
1908 - 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0
1910 - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
1914 - Ypres, Belgium, burned by German bombing
1917 - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators &
           Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1918 - Grand Duke Frederik II, the last Grand Duke of Baden, resigns
1918 - King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels
1918 - Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland
1918 - Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov)
1919 - 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam
1919 - Labor conference committee in US urges 8-hour work day & 48-hour week
1922 - British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader
1922 - Library Ave in Bronx named
1922 - Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government
1923 - Calvin Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
1924 - Britain orders Egyptians out of Sudan
1925 - Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college
1926 - Imperial Conference ends, giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth
1927 - 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)
1927 - George Gershwin's "Funny Face," premieres in NYC
1927 - Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St NYC
1928 - "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris)
1929 - Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG
1930 - 1st Irish Sweepstake run
1930 - 1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)
1930 - Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit
1931 - Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres
1932 - Pump patented that computes quantity & price delivered
1934 - "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show
1935 - China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail
           on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1936 - 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC
1940 - 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis
1941 - British cruiser Devonshire sinks German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
1941 - NZ troops conquer Ft Capuzzo Libya
1942 - Gen-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov
1942 - Hitler orders Rommel's Africa Korps to fight to last man
1943 - FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1943 - Lebanon declares independence from French administration
1943 - RAF begins air bombing of Berlin
1943 - US troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island
1944 - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
1945 - "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater NYC for 167 performances
1945 - Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record)
1950 - 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
1950 - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY
1952 - As' Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year
1954 - Humane Society forms
1955 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1955 - RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records & Sam Philips for rights to Elvis
           Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1956 - 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
1956 - Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1957 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1957 - Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY
1957 - Simon & Garfunkel appear on "American Bandstand" as "Tom & Jerry"
1959 - AFL's 1st draft - NY Titans choice George Izo, QB, Notre Dame
1959 - Boston Patriots enters AFL
1960 - French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
1961 - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
1961 - St Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws
1961 - Producers Albert Broccoli & Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make
           Sean Connery (James Bond) a star
1963 - The Beatles release their second album "With the Beatles" in UK
1963 - Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as the 36th US president after assassination of President
           Kennedy
1963 - American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1964 - WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC for 2329 perfs
1965 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 - 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)
1967 - BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles
1967 - Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York
1967 - UN Sec council passes resolut 242-Israel must give back occupied land
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - 1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek-Kirk & Uhura)
1968 - Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard University
1971 - "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
1972 - Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1972 - Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak
1972 - Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07)
1972 - US ends 22 year travel ban to China
1973 - The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
1974 - Lake Buena Vista Club opens
1974 - Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge & Viv Richards, at Bangalore
1974 - UN General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty
1975 - Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain
1976 - Algeria Constitution goes into effect
1976 - Comic strip "Cathy" by Cathy Guisewhite debuts
1977 - Regular Concorde passenger service between NY & Europe begins
1977 - First three nodes of the ARPAnet are connected, in what would eventually become the
           Internet.
1980 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a
           ship to leak
1981 - "Marlowe" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
1981 - 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23
1981 - Browns' QB Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times
1981 - SD Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21)
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
1984 - Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
1985 - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
1985 - Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become US citizens
1985 - PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election
1986 - Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title
1986 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
1987 - Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0
1987 - Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
1989 - Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World
1989 - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn & Moon
1989 - Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract
1989 - US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
1989 - Eastern Airlines pilots & flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired
1990 - George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia
1990 - Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister
1990 - Prof Amos Sawyer installed as interim pres of Liberia
1991 - NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension
1992 - Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
1992 - Wash Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women
1993 - "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" opens at Richard Rodgers NYC for 320 perf
1995 - Rosemary West found guilty in England of killing 10 women
1995 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-
           generated imagery.
1996 - OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him,
           saying it is "absolutely not true"
2002 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss
           World contest.
2003 - In Tbilisi, Georgia, opponents of President Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building
           and demand the president's resignation.
2004 - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2008 - YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live.
2012 - 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas
2012 - 6 attacks across Pakistan kill 37 people and injure 92

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 22nd November


Famous Weddings

1965 - Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes
1997 - "The Lord of The Rings" actor Sean Bean (38) weds actress Abigail Cruttenden (29)
1998 - "Titanic" actress Kate Winslet (23) weds assistant film director Jim Threapleton (25) at All
           Saints Church in Reading, England
2003 - Actress Carmen Electra (31) weds rocker Dave Navarro (36) at the St. Regis Hotel in Los
           Angeles, California
2003 - Singer Wynonna Judd (39) weds D. R. Roach (39) in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
2010 - Radio and TV personality Danny Bonaduce (51) weds his manager Amy Railsback (28) at the
           Four Seasons on Maui, Hawaii

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This Day in History for 22nd November


Famous Divorces

2011 - Singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (27) divorces rock band Fall Out Boy bassist
           Pete Wentz (33) due to irreconcilable differences after two and a half year of marriage