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This is Veterans' Day in the United States and Remembrance Day
in Canada.
1620 Forty-one pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower
Compact (just & equal laws)
1647 Massachusetts passes first US compulsory
school attendance law
1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England
from China
1851 The telescope was patented by Alvan Clark
of Cambridge, MA
1865 Mary Edward Walker, first Army female surgeon,
awarded Medal of Honor
1901 NABISCO was trademark registered
1918 Armistice signed ending World War One
1921 President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown
Soldier
1922 Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded
in 1939 (270' X 90')
1925 Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five
& Hot Seven recordings
1926 The University of Wisconsin announced that
women could get college credit for a dance course offered by the school
1929 Andy Kirk and his His Twelve Clouds of Joy
recorded "Froggy Bottom"
1933 "Great Black Blizzard" first great
dust storm in the Great Plains
1934 First penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs,
Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1935 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of
72,000 feet over SD
1938 Irving Berlin's”God Bless America”
was first performed
1940 "Mandrake the Magician" debuted
on WOR radio in New York City
1944 Frank Sinatra began a long and successful
career with Columbia Records.
1944 NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without
a win (0-21-4)
1946 NY Knicks' first game at Madison Sq Garden
loses 78-68 to Chicago Stags
1950 "All My Love" by Patti Page topped
the charts
1961 "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean topped
the charts
1963 Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3
show contract for the Beatles
1963 Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime
544 goal record
1966 Gemini 12 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, FL
1967 "To Sir with Love" by Lulu topped
the charts
1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get
Back" in the UK
1972 The U.S. turned over its military base at
Long Binh to the South Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct American
military participation in the Vietnam War
1972 "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny
Nash topped the charts
1975 Australian PM removed by crown (first elected
PM removed in 200 years)
1978 "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
topped the charts
1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against
North Stars
1981 The first rookie baseball player to win the
coveted Cy Young Award was honored
1982 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched
first commercial flight
1983 President Reagan became first US President
to address Japan's legislature
1987 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record
$53.6 M at auction
1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million
years) reported in Science
1989 "When I See You Smile" by Bad English
topped the charts
1993 A bronze statue honoring more than 11,000
American women who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated in Washington,
DC
1995 Smashing Pumpkins’ album "Mellon
Collie and The Infinite Sadness" hit #1 on the U.S. album chart
