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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Today is Saturday, November 14, the 318th day of 2009. There are 47 days left in the year. 1666 _ Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs) 1832 _ First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th St. 1851 _ ``Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published 1918 _ Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President 1922 _ BBC begins domestic radio service at Marconi House 1935 _ FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1940 _ During WW II, German planes destroyed most of Coventry, England 1972 _ Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for first time (1003.16) 1975 _ Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara 1991 _ Michael Jackson's ``Black or White" video premiers on Fox TV

Nov 13, 2009

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Today is Friday, November 13, the 317th day of 2009. There are 48 days left in the year. 1789 _ Ben Franklin writes ``Nothing ... certain but death and taxes" 1839 _ First U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in N.Y. 1921 _ ``The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released 1921 _ U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1933 _ First modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn. 1946 _ First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt. Greylock, Mass. 1982 _ Korean boxer Kim Deuk-koo fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini 1982 _ Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C. 1985 _ Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award 1986 _ U.S. violates Iran arms boycott

Nov 12, 2009

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Today is Thursday, November 12, the 316th day of 2009. There are 49 days left in the year. 324 B.C. _ Origin of Era of Alexander 1859 _ Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name 1910 _ First Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1918 _ Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic 1927 _ Trotsky expelled from Soviet Communist Party; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator 1933 _ First known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken 1933 _ Nazis receive 92 percent of vote in Germany 1948 _ Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1984 _ Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage 1989 _ Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years

Nov 11, 2009

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Today is Wednesday, November 11, the 315th day of 2009. There are 50 days left in the year. 1620 _ 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws) 1790 _ Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China 1918 _ Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 a.m. on Western Front) 1925 _ Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings 1942 _ During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France 1965 _ Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by P.M. Ian D Smith 1969 _ Beatles with Billy Preston release ``Get Back" in the U.K. 1975 _ Australian P.M. removed by crown (first elected P.M. removed in 200 years) 1982 _ Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland 1988 _ Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in Science

Nov 10, 2009

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Today is Monday, November 9, the 313th day of 2009. There are 52 days left in the year. 1799 _ Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France 1858 _ First performance of NY Symphony Orchestra 1904 _ First airplane flight to last more than five minutes 1918 _ Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1927 _ Giant Panda discovered, China 1953 _ Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union 1963 _ 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1976 _ U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1984 _ Vietnam Veterans Memorial (``Three Servicemen") completed 1989 _ East Berlin opens its borders

Nov 8, 2009

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Today is Saturday, November 7, the 311th day of 2009. There are 54 days left in the year 680 _ Third Council of Constantinople (Sixth Ecumenical Council) opens 1805 _ Lewis and Clark first sight Pacific Ocean 1865 _ London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded 1917 _ British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks 1917 _ October Revolution in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1918 _ United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed 1944 _ FDR wins fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey (R) 1962 _ Richard Nixon quits politics ― You won't have Nixon to kick around 1982 _ Liz Taylor's seventh divorce (John Warner) 1991 _ Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Lakers

Nov 6, 2009

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Today is Friday, November 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year. 1572 _ Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia 1860 _ Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.) elected 16th President 1861 _ Jefferson Davis elected to six-year term as Confederate President 1913 _ Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1917 _ Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace 1918 _ Republic of Poland proclaimed 1952 _ First hydrogen bomb exploded (by U.S. at Eniwetok Atoll) 1956 _ Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary 1978 _ Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1993 _ Next transit of Mercury

Nov 5, 2009

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Today is Thursday, November 5, the 309th day of 2009. There are 56 days left in the year. 1414 _ Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens 1492 _ Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba 1605 _ Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1875 _ Susan B. Anthony arrested for attempting to vote 1895 _ First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B. Selden) 1940 _ President FDR (D) wins unprecedented third term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1946 _ John F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives 1956 _ Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1987 _ Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1987 _ Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana

Nov 4, 2009

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Today is Wednesday, November 4, the 308th day of 2009. There are 57 days left in the year. 1576 _ Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp, Belgium 1866 _ Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia 1879 _ James and John Ritty patent first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in their Dayton, Ohio saloon 1922 _ Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt 1939 _ First air-conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill. 1946 _ U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization formed 1956 _ 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1979 _ 500 Iranian ``students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1980 _ Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide 1990 _ Iraq says it is preparing for a ``dangerous war"

Nov 3, 2009

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Today is Tuesday, November 3, 307th day of 2009. There are 58 days left in the year. 1679 _ Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet 1839 _ First opium war ― two British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1888 _ Jack the Ripper kills last victim 1918 _ Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves 1918 _ Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1931 _ First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured 1936 _ President FDR wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon (R) 1970 _ Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile 1979 _ 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1992 _ Bill Clinton elected U.S. President

Nov 2, 2009

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