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Events from History on November 21

1317 : Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
1492 : Pinta under Mart¡n A Pinz¢n separates from Columbus' fleet
1620 : Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod
1620 : Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass
1654 : Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1696 : J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London
1729 : Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville
1759 : Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
1783 : Pilƒtre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 : Andrew Jackson admitted to bar
1789 : North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 : Honolulu Harbor discovered
1806 : Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England
1813 : Stettin surrenders to allied armies
1818 : Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1824 : 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC
1834 : HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile
1837 : Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
1847 : Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1848 : Alfred de Musset's "Andr‚ del Sarto," premieres in Paris
1848 : Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
1849 : Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna
1852 : Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
1864 : -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1865 : Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
1871 : Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
1871 : The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot
1876 : Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition & natives
1877 : Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
1880 : Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
1895 : Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
1901 : Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden
1902 : Baseball's Phila Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining
1902 : Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1906 : China prohibits opium trade
1913 : J Rheden discovers asteroid #771 Libera
1914 : Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1914 : British army conquerors Bazra
1914 : Max Wolf discovers asteroid #798 Ruth
1917 : M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
1918 : 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
1918 : Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
1920 : Karel Cap‚k's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague
1920 : Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy
1921 : G H Peters discovers asteroid #980 Anacostia
1922 : Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as 1st female US Senator
1924 : British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR
1925 : Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
1933 : 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1934 : "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
1934 : NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
1935 : 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1935 : Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris
1936 : Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1407 Lindelof
1937 : Dmitri Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad
1938 : -24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands
1938 : Nazi forces occupy western Czech & declared them German citizens
1940 : Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
1942 : Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
1943 : 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III
1944 : Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
1945 : Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres
1945 : General Motors workers go on strike
1946 : Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
1946 : Harry Truman becomes 1st US president to travel in a submerged sub
1947 : Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1949 : Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
1952 : 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1952 : Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
1953 : "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1953 : WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 : Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Per¢n
1955 : KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 : Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1960 : Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
1963 : JFK flies to Texas
1964 : "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 perfs
1964 : "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1964 : Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
1964 : World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
1965 : 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1965 : Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2743
1965 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1966 : Dutch govt of Zijlstra forms
1967 : Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1968 : Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 : Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1968 : Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
1969 : KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 : NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
1971 : NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1971 : Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
1972 : Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1973 : Pete Rose wins NL MVP
1973 : Pres Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18«
1973 : minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
1974 : Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over Pres Ford's veto
1975 : Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
1977 : 1st flight of Concorde (London to New York)
1977 : Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
1978 : Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1979 : Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
1980 : Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill)
1980 : Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 : Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
1980 : It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas"
1980 : John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1980 : MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
1981 : 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
1981 : L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #3635
1981 : Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1982 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3629
1983 : "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
1983 : NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
1984 : C S Shoemaker & E M Shoemaker discover asteroid #3880 Kaiserman
1984 : C S Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3873 Roddy
1984 : K Suzuki & T Urata discover asteroid #3178
1986 : Central African Republic adopts constitution
1986 : D Waldron discovers asteroid #5577
1986 : Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1987 : Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
1987 : Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque,
1987 : Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1989 : Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by Pres Bush
1989 : S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #4842 Atsushi
1989 : T Hioki & S Hayakawa discover asteroid #5822
1989 : TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
1989 : Y Mizuno & T Furuta discover asteroid #4904 Makio
1990 : E W Elst discovers asteroid #8165
1990 : K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #6247 Amanogawa
1990 : Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 : S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #4719 Burnaby
1991 : Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
1992 : E F Helin & K J Lawrence discover asteroid #5653
1992 : E F Helin discovers asteroid #7299, #7593 & #7829
1992 : Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 : Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
1992 : Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
1992 : Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
1992 : Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1993 : "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 perfs
1993 : "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs
1993 : Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome
1995 : Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
1995 : Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
1995 : New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
1995 : Y Shimizu & T Urata discover asteroid #7536 Fahrenheit
1996 : "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC

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