This Day in "History"

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November 13

1775
U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard
Montgomery, captured Montreal during the
American Revolution .

1927
The world's first long, mechanically ventilated
underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel , opened
between New York and New Jersey .

1940
Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.

1942
The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to
18.

1946
Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a
natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock
in Massachusetts.

1956
The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for
racial segregation on buses.

1982
The Vietnam War Memorial , designed by Maya
Lin , was dedicated in Washington, DC.

2001
The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of
Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the
city.

This Day in History: November 13 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on November 13

Auguste Rodin
sculptor (1840)

Sun Yat-Sen
founder of modern China (1866)

Harry Blackmun
Associate Justice (1908)

Grace Kelly
actress, Princess of Monaco (1929)

Neil Young
singer; songwriter; guitarist (1945)

Nadia Comaneci
gymnast (1961)

Sammy Sosa
baseball outfielder (1968)

Ryan Gosling
actor (1980)

Anne Hathaway
actor (1982)

Omarion
singer (1984)

November 13 Birthdays: Elizabeth Stanton | Infoplease.com

 

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November14

1851
Herman Melville 's novel Moby d*ck was
published.

1889
Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional
Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around
the world. She did it in 72.

1922
The British Broadcasting Corporation began its
domestic radio service.

1969
Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition,
was launched.

1995
The U.S. federal government began a partial shut
down of government services after the U.S.
Congress could not pass a budget.

2002
Nancy Pelosi of California became the first
woman to lead a party in Congress.

2003
The most distant object ever found in our solar
system, named Sedna, was discovered by
astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.
This Day in History: November 14 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on November 14

Robert Fulton
inventor, engineer, and painter (1765)

Claude Monet
painter (1840)

Jawaharlal Nehru
first Prime Minister of India (1889)

Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady (1896)

Aaron Copland
composer (1900)

Astrid Lindgren
writer (1907)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
ex-Secretary General of the U.N. (1922)

McLean Stevenson
actor (1929)

Wendy Carlos
composer and musician (1939)

Charles, Prince of Wales
heir to the British throne (1948)

Condoleezza Rice
government official (1954)

November 14 Birthdays: Hussein I | Infoplease.com

 

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November 15

1763
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began
surveying the Mason-Dixon line.

1777
The Continental Congress approved the Articles
of Confederation , the precursor to the U.S.
Constitution.

1806
Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop
now known as Pikes Peak .

1939
The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was
laid by President Roosevelt.

1969
About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam
War , the largest war protest ever, converged
peacefully on Washington, DC .

2002
Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's
Communist Party leader.

This Day in History: November 15 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on November 15

William Pitt
statesman (1708)

William Herschel
astronomer (1738)

Felix Frankfurter
jurist (1882)

Georgia O'Keeffe
painter (1887)

Marianne Moore
poet (1887)

William Averell Harriman
public official (1891)

Edward Asner
actor (1929)
November 15 Birthdays: Erwin Rommel | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on November 16

W. C. Handy
songwriter (1873)

George S. Kaufman
dramatist and journalist (1889)

Burgess Meredith
actor (1907)

Jose Saramago
novelist (1922)

Chinua Achebe
writer (1930)

Elizabeth Drew
journalist (1935)

Robert Nozick
political philosopher (1938)

Maggie Gyllenhaal
actor (1977)

November 16 Birthdays: Emperor Tiberius | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

November 16

1864
General Sherman and his troops began their
"March to the sea" during the Civil War.

1907
Oklahoma became the 46th state.

1933
The United States and the Soviet Union
established diplomatic relations.

1973
President Nixon signed the bill authorizing the
construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

2004
President George W. Bush nominated
Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as
secretary of state.

This Day in History: November 16 | Infoplease.com

 

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November 17

1558
Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the
throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen
Mary .

1800
Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first
time.

1869
The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

1917
Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France .

1968
Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from
football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42
seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two
touchdowns, defeating the Jets.

1973
President Nixon said "I am not a crook."

1989
The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which
led to the downfall of communism in
Czechoslovakia.

2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as
governor of California .
This Day in History: November 17 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on November 17

Louis XVIII
king of France (1755)

Lee Strasberg
stage director (1901)

Eugene Paul Wigner
physicist (1902)

Isamu Noguchi
sculptor (1904)

Rock Hudson
actor (1925)

Martin Scorsese
film director; (1942)

Danny De Vito
actor, director, producer (1944)

Lorne Michaels
TV producer (1944)

November 17 Birthdays: Augustus Mobius | Infoplease.com