Sunday, November 21, 2010

November 21, 2010

On November 21 2010 in history ..

  1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Providencetown MA harbor
  1624 - Jakob B
  1783 - Pil
  1789 - NC becomes 12th state
  1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered
  1847 - Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan
  1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR - WC Bullitt
  1934 - Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals
  1952 - 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
  1959 - Jack Benny (Violin) & Richard Nixon (Piano) play their famed duet
  1964 - World's longest suspension bridge Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened
  1980 - Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
  1980 - Who Shot JR episode of Dallas
  2002 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia-and Slovenia-to become members.
  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.

Famous birthdays On November 21 2010 ..

  1694 - Voltaire of France, thinker
  1785 - William Beaumont, surgeon studied digestion
  1787 - Sir Samuel Cunard, founded 1st regular Atlantic steamship line
  1854 - Benedict XV, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)
  1898 - Rene Magritte, painter (This is Not a Pipe)
  1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
  1907 - Jim Bishop, author
  1912 - Eleanor Powell, in Springfield Mass
  1916 - Sid Luckman, NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears)
  1920 - Ralph Meeker, actor (Anderson Tapes Night Stalker)
  1920 - Stan Musial, baseball player
  1923 - Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls)
  1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay Philadelphia)
  1933 - Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield, U.S. astronaut (STS-4 41D 61A)
  1937 - Marlo Thomas, in Detroit Michigan aka Mrs Phil Donahue
  1940 - Natalia Maskarova, in Lenningrad ballerina
  1941 - Juliet Mills, in London England
  1943 - Marlo Thomas, actress (That Girl! Jenny)
  1943 - Larry Mahan, rodeo champ
  1945 - Goldie Hawn, Wash DC (Butterflies Are Free Foul Play)
  
 Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions 
Just the Facts - Declaration of Independence 
2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes A Hero's Journey #HJ7 Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States of America (Historical Fact on Back of Card)(Baseball Cards) 
A Celebration Of George Washington - Historical Songs & Facts (Washington The Great & Father Of The Land We Love!) 

 

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