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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