Month: November 2025

NOVEMBER 20 — 1925 Happy Birthday Robert F. Kennedy; 1895 Frederick Blaisdell patents the pencil; 1982 The Play (as in….The Play) NOVEMBER 20 1925 – Happy  birthday Bobby Kennedy! Robert Francis, one of the youngest of seven Kennedy children, was

NOVEMBER 19 — 1834 Happy Anniversary Franklin and Jane Pierce; 1966 HARP shoots 400 lb. projectile 112 miles up; 1863 Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address NOVEMBER 19 1834 – Happy anniversary Franklin and Jane Pierce. Jane Means Appleton was born March

NOVEMBER 18 — 1978 Mass suicide at Jonestown; 1901 Happy Birthday George Gallup (pollster); 1874 Happy Birthday Carrie White, lived up to 116; 2007 New England Pats continue domination with 56-10 victory over Bills NOVEMBER 18 1978 –Mass suicide at

NOVEMBER 17 — 1863 Siege of Knoxville begins; 2015 Niles Village, Illinois, purchases Leaning Tower;990 Gary Erickson invents the Cliff Bar; 2015 Gingerbread Lane goes on display in NYC NOVEMBER 17 1963 – Siege of Knoxville begins at Campbells’ Station.

NOVEMBER 16 — 1821 Becknell opens trade on Santa Fe Trail; 1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th State; 1948 Frederick Gardner Cortrell dies (inventor of electrostatic precipitator); SPORTS: 1984 Houston blocks 20 shots, tying NBA regular season record, 1962 Wilt Chamberlin scores

NOVEMBER 15 — 1957 Khruschev challenges U.S. in nuclear rifle match; 1984 Baby Fay dies of kidney failure; 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted NOVEMBER 15 1957 – Khrushchev challenges the US …to a friendly nuclear rifle match. Why, doesn’t that

NOVEMBER 14 — 1776 Britain announces Ben Franklin’s allegiance to America; 1851 Moby Dick published; 2006 The Pig Stand closes down; SPORTS: Suns beat Portland in quadruple OT, MLB MVP Awards, 1888 USC Methodists/Trojans play 1st football game NOVEMBER 14

NOVEMBER 13 — 1945 Truman announces State of Israel; 1966 Bingham Canyon Mine becomes a historic monument;  2016 Gregory Foster breaks recrord for eating most Carolina Reaper chiles in one minute; 2017 RIP Arcturus the 30 lb. cat NOVEMBER 13

NOVEMBER 12 –1815 Happy birthday Elizabeth Cady Stanton; 1864 Sherman burns Atlanta; 1966 The Mothman Cometh to W. VA NOVEMBER 12 1815 — happy birthday Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  Suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, author, one of the main influences in the

NOVEMBER 11 — 1918 WWI ends; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1930 Edison/Szilard patents refrigerator, 1890 McCree patents roll up fire escape, 1851 Alvan Clarke invents telescope; 1978 Happy Birthday General Lee (Dukes of Hazzard car); 2016 The story of the BlueWhale of Catoosa