THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024

1794-Honolulu Harbor discovered

1818-Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine

1824-First Jewish Reform congregation established, Charleston, SC

1871-Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter

1877-Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention

1933-First U.S. ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service

1934-Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals

1980-John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum

1981-Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks

1990-Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris