MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2021

1492-Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco

1869-Free postal delivery formally inaugurated

1939-Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews

1969-250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War

1977-President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran

1979-ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

1980-Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany

1982-Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev

1983-75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy

1983-Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed

1990-President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990

1990-Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album

1990-US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit

1999-Next transit of Mercury visible in North America