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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023

1492 — Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco

Nov 14, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023

1666 — Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)

Nov 13, 2023

MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023

1789 — Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"

Nov 12, 2023

FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023

1919 — First observance of National Book Week

Nov 9, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023

1799 — Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France1858 — First performance of NY Symphony Orchestra1877 — American Chemical Society chartered in NY1927 — Giant Panda discovered, China1961 — PGA eliminates Caucasians only rule1963 — 450 die in a coal-dust explosion & 160 die in train crash (Japan)1982 — Sugar Ray Leonard retires for the first time1984 — Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed1985 — Gary Kasparov (USSR) becomes World Chess Champion at age of 221988 — MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)1989 — East Berlin opens its borders1990 — President Bush announces DOUBLING of U.S. forces in Gulf

Nov 8, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023

1864 — Abraham Lincoln elected to his second term as President1895 — Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays1950 — First jet-plane battle of Korean War1956 — U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary1960 — JFK (MA-D-Sen) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for president1979 — ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")1984 — Anna Fisher becomes the 1st "mom" to go into orbit1987 — 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service1988 — 900 die as earthquake hits China1990 — 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf1990 — Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian Peninsula1994 — Republicans regain control of U.S. Congress2016 — Donald John Trump (R) beats Hillary Clinton (D) to become the 45th President of the United States.

Nov 7, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023

1874 — First cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T. Nast

Nov 6, 2023

MONDAY, Nov. 06, 2023

1572 — Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia

Nov 5, 2023

FRIDAY, Nov. 03, 2023

1679 — Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet

Nov 2, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 02, 2023

1648 — 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia

Nov 1, 2023
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