On this date... Historic events which occured this week


November 19

1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations.

1921 Roy Campanella born, Bkln Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55).

1933 Larry King born, radio talk show host.

1969 Apollo 12's Conrad & Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon.

1969 Srka Lukesov born, First playmate in Czechoslovakian Playboy (May, 1991).

1985 Pres. Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for First time.


November 20

1918 Dora Ratjen born, German man posing as woman high-jumper (4th Olympics, 1936).

1925 Robert F. Kennedy born, Brookline, MA, (Sen-D-NY).

1929 Dick Clark born, Mt. Vernon, NY.

1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal.


November 21

1738 First human flight in a balloon.

1920 Stan Musial born, 7 times NL batting champ.

1935 First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper).

1977 First flight of the Concorde (London to New York).


November 22

1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts.

1921 Rodney Dangerfield born Babylon, NY, comedian.

1935 First trans-Pacific airmail flight.

1950 Lowest NBA score, Ft. Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18.

1958 Jamie Lee Curtis born, Los Angeles, CA, actress.

1989 Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0.


November 23

1859 Billy the Kid born (William H Bonney).

1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins.

1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs.

1963 JFK's body lay in repose in East Room of White House.

1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal.


November 24

1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species."

1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC).

1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions.

1954 First US Presidental airplane christened.

1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record).

1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot dead by Jack Ruby.

1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog.


November 25

1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.

1947 John Larroquette New Orleans LA, actor.

1948 KING-TV, Seattle, goes on the air with First Pacific NW telecast.

1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal.


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