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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

NOVEMBER 10 — 1775 Sempre Fi!;1891Woods patents electric railway; 1973 Slaughterhouse 5 burned in N. Dakota; 1996 Dolphin Dan Marino throws for 50,000 yards NOVEMBER 10 1775 – Sempre Fi! To quote Maj Samuel Nicholas, the first Marine commandant, On

NOVEMBER 9 — 191 Teddy Roosevilt sets up Navy Yard in Philippines; INVENT/PATENT: 1903 Pincus (The Pill), 1801 Happy Birthday Gail Bordon (condensed milk); 2013 Sophie Smith wins record for longest cat fur NOVEMBER 9 1901 – Teddy Roosevelt establishes

NOVEMBER 8 — 1994 Sonny Bono elected to Congress; 1972 HBO is founded; 1789 Elijah Craig distills bourbon whiskey; SPORT: 192 NBA Kings beat lakers for 1st time in L.A. since ’72, CY YOUNG: 2005 Bartolo Colon, 1961 Whitey Ford,

NOVEMBER 7 — 1979 W. Virginia Prison Break; 2004 2nd Battle of Fallujah; 1868 Cornell U opens its doors; 1861 Battle of Belmont; 2015Braud & Gallagher serve up largest plate of gumbo in history NOVEMBER 7 1979 – Prison break

NOVEMBER 6 — 1906 Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama; 1861 Happy Birthday Canadian-American James Naismith, inventor of Basketball; ELECTION: 1860 Lincoln elected 16th President, 1928 Hoover wins, 1956 Ike re-elected, 1962 Edward Kennedy elected Senator of Mass. c

NOVEMBER 5 — 2005 Operation Steel Curtain; 1940 FDR elected to unprecedented 3rd term, other election news; 1955 Back to the Future’s Marty McFly travels back and forward in time; 2009 Ft. Hood Massacre; 1971 Elvis Has Left the Building

NOVEMBER 4 — 1796 Treaty of Tripoli signed with United States; 2006 Rob Dyrdek gets his first MTV show NOVEMBER 4 1796  — Treaty of Tripoli is signed with the United States. Former president Barak Obama once stated Islam was