Halloween Hosting Giveaway! GigFoot Software Support Hosting Boards Today Users Flash FAQ LOL 3D 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Events that occurred on this day: Nov/ 1: PARLIAMENT ENACTS THE STAMP ACT: November 1, 1765 In the face of widespread opposition in the American colonies, Parliament enacts the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenue for British military operations in America. More Information Nov/ 1: Events that occurred on this day: 1512 Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel opens 1861 McClellan replaces Scott 1871 Stephen Crane is born 1871 NYSE Plugs Leaks 1893 Going for the Gold 1895 First American Auto Club 1924 Legendary western lawman is murdered 1927 Ford Model A Production Begins 1941 FDR puts Coast Guard under control of the Navy 1950 Wall St. Reacts to Attempted Attack on Truman 1950 An assassination attempt threatens President Harry S. Truman 1952 United States tests first hydrogen bomb 1964 Military and political situation in South Vietnam deteriorates 1968 Two new programs initiated in South Vietnam 1969 Elvis' last chart topper 1993 European Union established 1994 George Lucas begins sabbatical Nov/ 1: All Saints Day All Saints' Day is a Christian holy day observed by many Western churches on November 1 and by Eastern churches on the first Sunday after Pentecost and called Trinity Sunday. More Information Nov/ 1: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 2: All Souls Day All Souls' Day is a Roman Catholic day commemorating the faithful departed or those baptized Christians believed to be in purgatory. More Information Nov/ 2: SPRUCE GOOSE FLIES: November 2, 1947 The Hughes Flying Boat--the largest aircraft ever built--is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. More Information Nov/ 2: Events that occurred on this day: 1861 Fremont removed from Western Department 1895 First Gasoline-Powered Contest In America 1912 XIT Ranch sells its last head of cattle 1913 Burt Lancaster born 1917 Britain supports creation of Jewish homeland 1920 Dawn of radio 1942 British launch Operation Supercharge 1948 Truman defeats Dewey 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial ends 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated 1963 Diem murdered during coup 1967 Johnson meets with "the Wise Men" 1982 Economy Struggles Under Reagan 1983 MLK federal holiday declared 1985 Big Silver Sell-Off 1989 A nurse's aide gets life imprisonment 1989 In It For The Long Haul 1992 Hal Roach dies 1995 Scandal Closes Daiwa Bank in U.S. Nov/ 2: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 3: IRAN ARMS SALES REVEALED: November 3, 1986 The Lebanese magazine Ash Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling arms to Iran in an effort to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. More Information Nov/ 3: Events that occurred on this day: 1816 Jubal Early born 1844 Thackeray completes Barry Lyndon 1883 Black Bart's last stagecoach robbery 1900 America's First Car Show Begins 1903 Panama declares independence 1919 Last Gasp for Inflation Boom 1928 Mickey Mouse debuts 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor 1955 Guys and Dolls premieres 1956 The Wizard of Oz debuts on TV 1957 The Soviet space dog 1964 Johnson defeats Goldwater for presidency 1966 Truth in Packaging Gets the Go-ahead 1967 Battle of Dak To begins 1969 Nixon calls on the "silent majority" 1975 Trouble in Toy Town 1979 Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro 1984 Serial killer abducts and rapes teenage victim 1995 British Soldiers Break Bridge-Building Record Nov/ 3: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 4: Events that occurred on this day: 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd 1864 Battle of Johnsonville, Tennessee 1862 Democrats gain seats in elections 1879 Will Rogers is born in Oklahoma 1879 Will Rogers born 1880 Ka-ching! 1922 Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered 1928 New York's most notorious gamblers is shot to death 1939 The First Air-Conditioned Car 1939 Neutrality? 1944 Gen. Sir John Dill dies 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in literature 1953 The Art of Marrying Rich 1956 Soviets crush Hungarian revolt 1960 Filming complete on The Misfits 1965 Mrs. Breedlove Breaks 300MPH Barrier 1969 S. Vietnamese battle communists along the Cambodian border 1970 U.S. hands over air base to the Vietnamese Air Force 1995 Yitzhak Rabin assassinated Nov/ 4: IRANIANS STORM U.S. EMBASSY: November 4, 1979 Student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock waves across America when they storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran. More Information Nov/ 4: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 5: Guy Fawkes' Day Guy Fawkes' Day November 5th The anniversary of the famous Gunpowder Plot November 5th marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I in 1605. On that day, the king prepared to open Parliament. More Information on Guy Fawkes' Day More Information on Guy Fawke More Information on King James I More Information on English Parliament More Information on William Hone Quote by William Hone about Gunpowder Plot Day Quote from Guy Fawke Legend about Gunpowder Plot Photo of Fawkes abd the King Photo of William Hone Nov/ 5: THE GUNPOWDER PLOT: November 5, 1605 Early in the morning, King James I of England learns that a plot to explode the Parliament building has been foiled, hours before he was scheduled to sit with the rest of the British government in a general parliamentary session. More Information Nov/ 5: Events that occurred on this day: 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar's ascension 1862 Lincoln removes McClellan 1862 300 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang in Minnesota 1893 Willa Cather starts writing for the Nebraska State Journal 1895 Selden Receives First Automobile Patent 1905 Vivien Leigh born Photo of Vivien Leigh 1911 Roy Rogers born 1912 Wilson wins landslide victory 1930 An American Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 Norma Shearer wins Best Actress Oscar 1935 Free Parking 1940 FDR re-elected president 1960 Country Star Dies In Accident 1961 A bag of bones helps solve a decades-old mystery 1968 Richard Nixon elected president 1968 Nixon wins presidential election 1970 U.S. combat deaths down 1976 Another Win for the UAW 1990 Jewish extremist assassinated in New York Nov/ 5: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 6: Events that occurred on this day: 1528 Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas 1558 Playwright Thomas Kyd is baptized 1851 Happy Birthday, Mr. Dow 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president 1861 Jefferson Davis elected 1899 The First Packard 1917 Canadians take Passchendaele 1921 The Sheik opens 1939 Hedda Hopper Show debuts 1941 Stalin celebrates 1946 Sally Field born 1962 U.N. condemns apartheid 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam 1970 South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia 1982 A woman ices her husband with anti-freeze 1984 No Holiday for Traders 1986 Alfa Romeo Approves Fiat Takeover 1988 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits U.S. 1996 Clinton's Win Sparks Dow Nov/ 6: BOLSHEVIKS REVOLT IN RUSSIA: November 6, 1917 Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d'ýtat against Russia's ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world's first Marxist state. More Information Nov/ 6: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 7: TACOMA BRIDGE COLLAPSES: November 7, 1940 Only four months after its completion, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State suffers a spectacular collapse. More Information Nov/ 7: Events that occurred on this day: 1861 Battle of Belmont, Missouri 1885 Canada's transcontinental railway completed 1913 French novelist Albert Camus is born 1916 Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman 1918 Rumors Close NYSE 1943 Joni Mitchell born 1944 Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese 1944 FDR reelected a record third time 1951 Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra marry 1957 Gaither Report calls for more missiles 1957 East Germany Launches the Trabant Sputnik 1964 U.S. intelligence asserts numbers growing 1965 Green Monster Sets New Speed Record 1966 McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech 1972 Nixon re-elected president 1983 A family is brutally murdered 1984 Wall Street's Election Woes 1989 Two African American firsts in politics 1997 Greenspan in Germany Nov/ 7: Taurids Meteor Shower Peak The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere). The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2. Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg. The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27. They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg. * Peak November 3rd More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers. Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers. Nov/ 8: LOUVRE MUSEUM OPENS: November 8, 1793 After more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government. More Information Nov/ 8: Events that occurred on this day: 1861 Trent affair begins 1864 Lincoln reelected 1866 Austin Founder Born In England 1880 Sarah Bernhardt debuts in N.Y. 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis 1900 Margaret Mitchell is born 1923 Beer Hall Putsch begins 1933 FDR Unveils CWA 1935 Birth of the CIO 1939 Hitler survives assassination attempt 1945 A $6 Billion Tax Cut 1954 Rickie Lee Jones born 1956 What's In A Name 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president 1966 Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt 1992 The Fastest Wheelie 1994 The Republican Revolution Nov/ 9: SARTRE RENOUNCES COMMUNISTS: November 9, 1956 The French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre--long an admirer of the Soviet Union--denounces both the USSR and its communist system following the brutal Soviet invasion of Hungary. More Information Nov/ 9: Events that occurred on this day: 1862 Burnside assumes command 1875 Followers of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse identified as hostile 1903 A Rich Man's Panic 1906 Roosevelt travels to Panama 1923 Nazis suppressed in Munich 1928 Poet Anne Sexton is born 1938 "The Night of Broken Glass" 1960 Robert McNamara Named Ford President 1961 Brian Epstein meets the Beatles 1965 The Great Northeast Blackout 1965 A Tale Of Daytona Stock Car Racers 1965 Antiwar protestor sets himself afire 1967 Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam 1970 Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality 1971 A Sunday school teacher murders his family 1984 Vanessa Redgrave wins lawsuit 1988 Brief Life for Bush Dollar 1989 East Germany opens the Berlin Wall 1993 Gore, Perot Debate NAFTA Nov/ 10: BIRTH OF THE U.S. MARINES CORPS: November 10, 1775 During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. More Information Nov/ 10: Events that occurred on this day: 1808 Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands 1865 Henry Wirz hanged 1889 Claude Rains born 1925 Richard Burton born 1926 A necrophiliac serial killer strikes again 1928 Hirohito crowned in Japan 1931 Lionel Barrymore wins an Oscar 1942 Germans take Vichy France 1964 McNamara says U.S. no plans for combat troops in Vietnam 1965 Irv The Swerve Born In Ireland 1970 No U.S. combat fatalities reported 1971 Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport 1973 Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior 1982 Leonid Brezhnev dies 1983 Reagan in Japan to Discuss Trade Relations 1988 Battle for the Superconductor 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria Nov/ 11: WORLD WAR I ENDS: November 11, 1918 At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiýgne, France. More Information Nov/ 11: Events that occurred on this day: 1811 Ben McCulloch born 1831 Nat Turner executed in Virginia 1852 Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story 1872 Boston Blaze Casts Pall Over Wall St. 1885 George Patton born 1921 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns 1933 Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota 1942 Draft age is lowered to 18 1942 The Road to Morocco premieres 1945 Jerome Kern dies 1949 Death Of A Racing Hero 1967 Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war 1968 Operation Commando Hunt commences 1972 Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam 1973 Soviet Union refuses to play Chile 1985 Optimism About Nation's Fiscal Future 1986 A High-Tech Merger 1988 Police make a grisly discovery 1989 Jaguar Becomes A Subsidiary Of Ford Nov/ 11: Veterans' Day Also known as Armistice Day, was observed all over the United States by veteran's parades, public services both religious and secular, with two minutes of silence to honor the dead. More Information on Veterans' Day Story of the Unknown Soldier Nov/ 12: VOYAGER 1 FLIES NEAR SATURN: November 12, 1980 More than three years after its launch, the U.S. planetary probe Voyager 1 edges within 77,000 miles of Saturn, the second-largest planet in the solar system. More Information Nov/ 12: Events that occurred on this day: 1799 First meteor shower on record 1840 Sculptor, Auguste Rodin Born 1864 The destruction of Atlanta begins 1867 U.S. reconsiders war 1889 DeWitt Wallace is born 1907 Katharine Hepburn born 1927 Holland Tunnel Formally Opened 1929 Grace Kelly born 1934 Babes in Toyland opens 1934 Treasury Launches New Initiative 1944 Brits sink the battleship Tirpitz 1946 Driving for Dollars 1946 First Drive-In Banking Service 1948 Japanese war criminals sentenced 1969 Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story 1971 Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal 1982 Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union 1990 Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan 1990 Eve Arden dies 1996 Jackson Takes on Texaco 1996 High school sweethearts murder their newborn Nov/ 13: EAST PAKISTAN DEVASTATED BY CYCLONE: November 13, 1970 Tidal waves and storm surges strike the shores of the Ganges Delta, wreaking lethal damage on the people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). More Information Nov/ 13: Events that occurred on this day: 1789 "Death and Taxes" 1789 First presidential tour concludes 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson is born 1861 McClellan snubs Lincoln 1879 NYSE Gets Connected 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts 1916 E. L. Cord's First Racing Victory 1939 First female director dies 1940 Fantasia premieres 1940 Willys-Overland Completes Original Jeep 1941 Congress revises the Neutrality Act 1949 Whoopi Goldberg is born 1953 Robin Hood is communistic 1955 Police search John Graham's home 1967 President receives optimistic reports 1969 "March Against Death" commences 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated 1985 The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz 1995 Battle for a Balanced Budget Nov/ 13: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 14: WALESA RELEASED FROM JAIL: November 14, 1982 Lech Walesa, leader of communist Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, returns to his apartment in Gdansk after 11 months of internment in a remote hunting lodge near the Soviet border. More Information Nov/ 14: Events that occurred on this day: 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off 1945 Speedway Gets A Second Chance 1862 Lincoln approves Burnside's plan 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia 1986 Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity 1996 Michael Jackson marries Deborah Roweë«á851 Moby-Dick is published 1882 Franklin Leslie kills Billy "The Kid" Claiborne 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley 1986 Boesky Banned from Wall St. 1940 Germans bomb Coventry Nov/ 14: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 15: ERWIN ROMMEL IS BORN: November 15, 1891 Erwin Rommel, the German commander known as the "Desert Fox" for his cunning in North Africa during World War II, is born in Heidenheim, Germany. More Information Nov/ 15: Events that occurred on this day: 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted 1806 Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain 1859 Final installment of A Tale of Two Cities is published 1864 The March to the Sea begins 1876 Happy Birthday, Ticker! 1889 Brazil's last emperor deposed 1923 James Montgomery accused of rape 1926 NBC radio network's grand opening 1943 Himmler orders Gypsies 1956 Elvis' first film opens 1957 Nikita Khrushchev challenges U.S. 1965 Breedlove Breaks 600MPH Speed Barrier 1966 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled 1969 Second moratorium against the war held 1977 The 100,000,000th U.S.-Built Ford 1984 Baby Fae dies 1994 Growth Causes Concern? Nov/ 15: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 16: OKLAHOMA ENTERS THE UNION: November 16, 1907 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory collectively enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state More Information Nov/ 16: Events that occurred on this day: 1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington 1821 Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death 1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee 1901 A Mile In Under A Minute 1914 Report Results in Birth of Fed 1916 The Last Vanderbilt Cup 1941 Goebbels publishes his screed of hate 1945 German scientists to work on rocket technology 1946 First TV magazine show launches 1957 Lawrence Welk's radio show canceled 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden 1960 Clark Gable dies 1961 Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon 1970 Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia 1971 U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians 1988 Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan 1993 Wall Street Cheers NAFTA Nov/ 16: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 17: VERDI'S FIRST OPERA OPENS: November 17, 1839 Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio, debuts in Milan. More Information Nov/ 17: Events that occurred on this day: 1558 Elizabethan Age begins 1856 U.S. establishes Fort Buchanan 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins 1869 Suez Canal opens 1887 Monty is born 1906 Honda Founder Born In Hamamatsu, Japan 1917 Auguste Rodin Dies 1925 Rock Hudson born 1942 Martin Scorsese born 1944 Danny DeVito is Born 1965 1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley 1969 SALT I negotiations begin 1970 My Lai trial begins 1970 First Wheeled-Vehicle On The Moon 1972 A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son 1993 The Shipping News, wins the National Book Award 1994 Sony Writes-off Columbia Nov/ 17: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 18: MASS SUICIDE IN JONESTOWN: November 18, 1978 People's Temple leader Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in remote northwestern Guyana. More Information Nov/ 18: Events that occurred on this day: 1916 Haig ends Battle of Somme 1991 Terry Waite released 1960 The End Of The DeSoto 1987 Vintage Ferrari Sets Auction Record 1863 Lincoln travels to Gettysburg 1987 Congress issues final report on Iran-Contra scandal 1996 High-profile expert on exotic birds is sentenced 1932 Al Jolson's radio show launches 1938 Lana Turner auditions for Scarlett 1994 Cab Calloway dies 1998 Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award 1883 Railroads create the first time zones 1970 Nixon appeals to Congress for funds for Cambodia 1969 South Vietnamese fight first major battle 1964 South Vietnamese conduct largest air assault 1987 Sony, CBS Profit from Tisch Makeover 1938 CIO Chooses Lewis 1969 Death of a Wall Street Legend 1994 Deficit Continues to Skyrocket 1940 Hitler furious over Italy's debacle Nov/ 18: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 19: PEL' SCORES 1,000TH GOAL: November 19, 1969 Brazilian soccer great Pelý scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. More Information Nov/ 19: Events that occurred on this day: 1863 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 1899 Poet and critic Allen Tate is born 1907 Shane author Jack Schaefer is born 1916 Goldwyn Company formed 1923 Louella Parsons joins Hearst 1924 Thomas Ince's death takes on a life of its own 1940 Hitler urges Spain to grab Gibraltar 1942 Soviet counterattack at Stalingrad 1944 FDR Kicks Off Loan Drive 1954 Taking A Toll 1967 Chaplain Charles Watters receives Medal of Honor 1971 Cambodians appeal for help 1977 Sadat visits Israel 1982 Fed Slashes Discount Rates 1985 Pennzoil Wins $10 Billion over Deal Gone Bad 1985 Reagan and Gorbachev hold first summit meeting 1993 Chevy Cavalier Becomes The Toyota Cavalier Nov/ 19: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 20: NUREMBERG TRIALS BEGIN: November 20, 1945 Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II. More Information Nov/ 20: Events that occurred on this day: 1820 American vessel sunk by sperm whale 1843 Blacksnake Hills trading post is renamed 1864 Sherman on the move 1875 Henry James' first novel is published 1945 Nuremberg war-crimes trials begin 1945 First day of the Nuremberg Trials 1947 Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten 1948 American consul in China 1952 Sinatra screen-tests From Here to Eternity 1959 The British Anglia Comes To America 1962 Jodie Foster born 1967 Students Demonstrate Against Dow 1969 Seymour Hersh files follow-up to My Lai story 1967 Product Safety Commission Established 1990 The Nation's Oldest Driver Dies 1990 Guinness Buys Spanish Brewer 1993 Cranston Censured for Keating Dealings Nov/ 20: Mexican Revolution Day A rift between the poor and rich grew under the leadership of General D¡az More Information Nov/ 20: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak MAJOR ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Quadrantids. . . Peak January 3 Lyrids. . . . . .Peak April 22 - Comet Thatcher Eta Aquarids. . .Peak May 5 - Comet Halley Delta Aquarids. .Peak July 28 Perseids. . . . .Peak August 12 - Comet Swift-Tuttle Orionids. . . . .Peak October 22 - Comet Halley Taurids. . . . . Peak November 3 - Comet Encke Leonids. . . . . Peak November 17 - Comet Temple-Tuttle Geminids. . . . .Peak December 14 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids. . . . . .Peak December 23 - Comet Tuttle More Information on Taurid Meteors More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers More Information on Metor Showers Photo ofsolitary Perseid Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure Calendar of Perseid meteor showers. Calendar of Taurids Meteor showers. Nov/ 21: MEN FLY OVER PARIS: November 21, 1783 French physician Jean-Franýois Pilýtre de Rozier and Franýois Laurent, the marquis d' Arlandes, make the first untethered hot-air balloon flight, flying 5.5 miles over Paris in about 25 minutes. More Information Nov/ 21: Events that occurred on this day: 1694 Voltaire's birthday 1860 Tom Horn is born in Missouri 1861 Judah Benjamin Confederate secretary 1877 Edison's first great invention 1929 Hoover Get Economy Back on Track 1934 Anything Goes opens 1937 Hudson Founder Dies In Gun Accident 1941 Nazi chief architect requests 1945 Autoworkers Stage Postwar Strike 1945 Goldie Hawn born 1967 Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing 1970 U.S. force raids Son Tay prison 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Debuts 1975 Congressional report charges U.S. involvement 1985 Israeli spy arrested in United States 1986 Oliver North starts feeding documents 1990 White-Collar Crime Doesn't Pay 1995 Toy Story released Nov/ 22: JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATED: November 22, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. More Information Nov/ 22: Events that occurred on this day: 1718 Blackbeard killed off North Carolina 1819 George Eliot is born 1864 Hood enters Tennessee 1916 Jack London dies of kidney disease 1927 Eliason Receives Snowmobile Patent 1942 Soviets encircle Germans at Stalingrad 1955 RCA purchases Elvis' contract 1958 Jamie Lee Curtis born 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated 1963 Fall of Camelot Fells Bull Run 1963 JFK assassinated in Dallas 1967 Westmoreland claims U.S. victory at Dak To 1972 First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam 1977 Fiscal Fall-out from Watergate 1980 Mae West dies 1985 Chrysler CEO Leads Immigration Ceremony 1988 Stealth bomber unveiled 1990 Margaret Thatcher resigns Nov/ 23: BILLY THE KID BORN: November 23, 1859 The infamous Western outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" is born in a poor Irish neighborhood on New York City's East Side. More Information Nov/ 23: Events that occurred on this day: 1499 Flemish pretender executed in London 1819 Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss born 1860 NY Clearing House Offers Loans 1874 Far from the Madding Crowd is published 1876 "Boss" Tweed delivered to authorities 1888 Harpo Marx born 1897 Olds Issued Patent For "Motor Carriage" 1903 Colorado governor sends militia to Cripple Creek 1940 Romania becomes an Axis "power" 1958 Have Gun, Will Travel on radio 1959 The Birdman of Alcatraz 1966 Elvis, The Racecar Driver 1970 Laird discloses details of the Son Tay Raid 1972 Paris peace talks deadlocked 1979 IRA member sentenced for assassination 1981 Reagan gives CIA authority 1987 Board of Trade Implements Daily Price Ceilings Nov/ 24: DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES PUBLISHED: November 24, 1859 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin, is published in England. Darwin's theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called "natural selection." More Information Nov/ 24: Events that occurred on this day: 1849 The Father Of The Tractor 1859 Origin of Species is published 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain 1868 Scott Joplin born 1888 Happy Birthday, Dale Carnegie! 1900 Test Drive Of The First Production Pierce 1922 Irish author and nationalist executed 1932 FBI Crime Lab opens its doors 1944 U.S. B-29s raid Tokyo 1947 "Hollywood 10" cited for contempt 1951 Gigi opens, starring Audrey Hepburn 1963 Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald 1963 LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam 1965 U.S. casualty rates hit new high 1969 U.S. Army announces Calley will be tried 1971 Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm 1973 Ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks, dies 1978 Letterman's first Tonight Show appearance 1997 NYSE Pulls Plug on Trading Nov/ 24: FULL MOON: A Full Moon is opposite the Sun, which means that the moon rises around sunset and sets at around sunrise. It occurs two weeks after New Moon, a week after First Quarter Moon, and a week before Last Quarter Moon. If you use the same reasoning as we do with "quarter" Moons, you would call this the "Half Moon," since we see only half the surface of the Moon. more info.... Photo of a Full Moon Another photo of a Full Moon Another photo of a Full Moon Photo of a Double Full Moon Information on: Other Phases of the Mooon Partial Solar Eclipse 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse 2005 Local Circumstances for Hybrid Solar Eclipse of April 08 2005 Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2005 Eclipses During 2004 Solar Eclipses of Saros 134 Eclipses During 2005 Lunar Eclipe Dates for 2001 through 2008 What is a Lunar Eclipes? Solar Eclipes Dates Solar Eclipes Information What is a Solar Eclipes? Photos of: Solar Eclipse Winter Solar Eclipse Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Phases of a Lunar Eclipe Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes 1993 Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Fleeting Eclipes Solstice and Seasons Eclipes Full Eclipes Full Eclipes Total Lunar Eclipe Partial Lunar Eclipes Total Solar Eclipes Waning Cresent Moon Old Cresent Moon Waxing Gibbous Waxing Cresent Full Moon Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon New Moon New-Old Moon First Quarter Moon Lunar Eclipes Winter Solar Eclipse Solstice and Seasons Eclipes Total Solar Eclipes Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Solar Eclipse Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Last Quarter Moon Dates Lunar Eclipes Solar Eclipes Blue Moon Nov/ 25: CHRISTIE'S November 25, 1952 "The Mousetrap," a murder-mystery written by the novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. More Information Nov/ 25: Events that occurred on this day: 1783 Last British soldiers leave New York 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge 1874 Farmers Unite to Form Greenback Party 1876 U.S. Army retaliates 1920 Death Of A Chevrolet 1921 Nathanael West flunks out of Tufts 1941 A "war warning" is sent to commanders 1947 London Council of Foreign Ministers begins 1947 "Hollywood Ten" fired 1963 JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery 1967 Catholic official reports support 1969 Communist activity increases along Cambodian border 1970 Mishima commits ritual suicide 1973 Nixon Calls For Sunday Ban On Gasoline Sales 1986 Iran-Contra connection revealed 1994 Founder Morita Leaves Sony 1995 Whitney Houston debuts at No. 1 with "Exhale" 1996 Dow Sets New Record 1999 International day to eliminate violence Nov/ 25: Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. Facts on: History of Thanksgiving America's First Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Turkey Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Plymouth Thanksgiving Story Nov/ 25: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: History: First appearing in 1927, Macy’s signature larger-than-life helium character Balloons will proudly take flight in the skies high above New York in the 76th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28th. Many, many New Yorkers brave the cold, the wind, and the thousands of other New Yorkers to attend the parade and the amazing inflation process the night before. More Information on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Nov/ 26: ARCHAEOLOGISTS ENTER KING TUT'S TOMB: November 26, 1922 In Egypt's Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first souls to enter King Tutankhamen's tomb in more than 3,000 years. More Information Nov/ 26: Events that occurred on this day: 1862 Alice in Wonderland manuscript sent as a Christmas present 1863 Mine Run campaign begins 1872 The Great Diamond Hoax is exposed 1913 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. formed 1922 Charles M. Schulz born 1922 Technicolor debuts 1927 Ford Model A Announced 1933 Vigilantes in California lynch two 1941 Japanese task force leaves for Pearl Harbor 1941 FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday 1950 Chinese counterattacks in Korea 1965 The world's fourth space power 1968 Helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team 1975 NYC Gets Federal Bailout 1980 Death Of An Indy Champion 1985 Reagan Signs With Random House 1990 Matsushita Buys MCA Nov/ 27: NEHRU APPEALS FOR DISARMAMENT: November 27, 1957 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru makes an impassioned speech for nuclear disarmament in New Delhi. More Information Nov/ 27: Events that occurred on this day: 1786 Robert Burns postpones emigration to Jamaica 1863 John Hunt Morgan escapes 1868 Custer massacres Cheyenne on Washita River 1924 First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1940 Bruce Lee born 1940 Iron Guard massacres former Romanian government 1942 Jimi Hendrix born 1942 French scuttle their fleet 1954 Alger Hiss released from prison 1965 Pentagon calls for troop increase 1968 Highway Driving Music Goes Gold 1970 South Vietnamese forces attacked near Cambodian 1978 George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered 1979 U.S. Steel Announces Loss 1995 Health Care Giants Merge Nov/ 28: LADY ASTOR BECOMES MP: November 28, 1919 American-born Nancy Astor, the first woman ever to sit in the House of Commons, is elected to Parliament with a substantial majority. Lady Astor took the Unionist seat of her husband, Waldorf Astor, who was moving up to an inherited seat in the House of Lords. More Information Nov/ 28: Events that occurred on this day: 1520 Magellan reaches the Pacific 1582 William Shakespeare marries 1862 Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas 1895 The Great Chicago Race 1905 Sinn Fyin founded in Ireland 1907 Louis B. Mayer opens theater 1914 NYSE Joins War Effort 1920 Douglas Fairbanks' first swashbuckling role 1925 The Grand Ole Opry debuts 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting 1942 Americans Abandon Coffee 1942 Ford's War Effort At Willow Run 1954 Architect of the nuclear age, dies 1964 Johnson advised to bomb North Vietnam 1965 Philippines agrees to send troops 1982 Nations Meet to Discuss World Trade 1987 The case of Tawana Brawley 1989 Communist Party gives up monopoly 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison Nov/ 29: BYRD FLIES OVER SOUTH POLE: November 29, 1929 American explorer Richard Byrd and three companions make the first flight over the South Pole, flying from their base on the Ross Ice Shelf to the pole and back in 18 hours and 41 minutes. More Information Nov/ 29: Events that occurred on this day: 1864 Sand Creek massacre 1864 Colorado militia massacre at Sand Creek 1918 NYSE on the Move 1928 Love released, with two endings 1942 Coffee rationing begins 1943 Sue Miller is born 1947 U.N. votes for partition of Palestine 1948 The First All-Australian Automobile 1948 Kukla, Fran and Ollie debuts 1950 Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea 1952 Eisenhower goes to Korea 1963 Johnson establishes Warren Commission 1967 McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense 1968 Communists vow to smash Phoenix program 1971 Americal Division stands down and departs 1973 Chrysler Halts Production 1986 Cary Grant dies 1996 VW Executive Resigns Under Espionage Charges 1998 Florida man is allegedly assaulted by police Nov/ 30: FOLIES BERGyRE STAGES FIRST REVUE: November 30, 1886 Once a hall for operettas, pantomime, political meetings, and vaudeville, the Folies Bergyre in Paris introduces an elaborate revue featuring women in sensational costumes. More Information Nov/ 30: Events that occurred on this day: 1835 Mark Twain is born 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee 1866 America's First Underwater Highway Tunnel 1874 Winston Churchill born 1902 Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan sentenced 1939 USSR attacks Finland 1954 Meteorite strikes Alabama woman 1959 Psycho production begins 1960 The First International Harvester Scout 1965 McNamara warns Johnson 1966 Articles for new constitution 1967 McCarthy to enter Democratic presidential primary 1972 No full withdrawal until final truce agreement signed 1981 U.S. and U.S.S.R. open talks 1988 Big Wigs Bid for RJR Nabisco 1989 "America's First Female Serial Killer" strikes 1993 Brady Bill signed into law 1995 Justice Dept. Indicts Eleven Brokers 1996 Tiny Tim dies November 2007 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30