Nifty November

November's Flower:  Chrysanthemum

Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Crawford W. Long, physician who first used ether as an anesthetic in surgery, born November 1, 1815.

November 1st is celebrated in many Christian churches as All Saints Day.

Daniel Boone, American frontiersman, born November 2, 1734.

Marie Antoinette, French queen, born November 2, 1755.

James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, born near Pineville, N.C., November 2, 1795.

Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, born near Blooming Grove, Ohio, November 2, 1865.

North Dakota became the 39th state, November 2, 1889.

South Dakota became the 40th state, November 2, 1889.

  First regular radio broadcasts began, over station KDKA in Pittsburgh, November 2, 1920.

Erie Canal formally opened at New York, November 4, 1825.

Will Rogers, American humorist, born November 4, 1879.

Iranian revolutionaries took over the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and seized a group of U.S. citizens as hostages, November 4, 1979.

Parker Brothers introduced the game Monopoly to the world on November 5th 1935.

The National Football league was formed on November 5, 1959, with 8 teams: the Houston Oilers, New York Titans, Buffalo Bills, Boston Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders, and Denver Broncos.

Will Durant, American historian, philosopher, and educator, born November 5, 1885.

John Philip Sousa, American bandmaster, born November 6, 1854.

First intercollegiate football game in United States, Rutgers v. Princeton, at Rutgers, November 6, 1869.

Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated Indians in Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811.

Marie Curie, French physicist, born November 7, 1867.

Last spike driven in Canadian Pacific Railway (now CP Rail), November 7, 1885.

Edmond Halley, British astronomer, born November 8, 1656.

Mount Holyoke Seminary (today Mount Holyoke College) opened for women, November 8, 1837.

Montana became the 41st state, November 8, 1889.

The infamous Berlin Wall began to come down on November 9, 1989.
Edward VII of England born November 9, 1841.

Martin Luther, German religious leader, born November 10, 1483.

Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan born November 10, 1874.

Washington became the 42nd state, November 11, 1889.

World War I ended on the 11th day of the 11th month (November) at 11PM, in 1918 (Armistice was signed)

Veterans Day first celebrated in United States, November 11, 1954.

Joseph Hopkinson, American jurist and author of "Hail Columbia," born November 12, 1770.

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, born November 12, 1840.

Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson born November 13, 1850.

Holland Tunnel opened in New York City, November 13, 1927.

Robert Fulton, American inventor, born November 14, 1765.

Claude Monet, French painter, born November 14, 1840.

Canadian physician Frederick Grant Banting, famous for discovering insulin, born November 14, 1891.

Aaron Copland, American composer, born November 14, 1900.

Prince Charles, heir to British throne, born November 14, 1948.

Draft of Articles of Confederation approved by Congress, November 15, 1777.

Zebulon Pike sighted Pikes Peak, November 15, 1806.

First meeting of League of Nations Assembly, November 15, 1920.

Oklahoma became the 46th state, November 16, 1907.

Congress first met in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1800.

Suez Canal opened, November 17, 1869.

Standard time began in the United States, November 18, 1883.

Bell Telephone Company introduced to the public the push button phone on November 18, 1963.
United States and Panama signed treaty providing for Panama Canal, November 18, 1903.

Frontiersman George Rogers Clark born November 19, 1752.

Ferdinand de Lesseps, French promoter of Suez Canal, born November 19, 1805.

James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, born November 19, 1831.

Abraham Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.

Indira Gandhi, first woman prime minister of India, born November 19, 1917.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first commissioner of professional baseball, born November 20, 1866.

United States forces landed on Tarawa, November 20, 1943.

Voltaire, French author and philosopher, born November 21, 1694.

North Carolina ratified the Constitution, November 21, 1789.

French explorer Sieur de La Salle born November 22, 1643.

George Eliot, English novelist, born November 22, 1819.

Simon & Garfunkel performed on the “American Bandstand” Show as “Tom & Jerry” on November 22, 1957.

Charles de Gaulle, French statesman, born November 22, 1890.

First transpacific air-mail flight began, November 22, 1935.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963.

Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, born in Hillsboro, N.H., November 23, 1804.

Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, born near Barboursville, Va., November 24, 1784.

American industrialist Andrew Carnegie born November 25, 1835.

Pope John XXIII born November 25, 1881.

Joe DiMaggio, American baseball star, born November 25, 1914.

First national Thanksgiving Day in United States proclaimed by President George Washington, November 26, 1789.

Charles A. Beard, American historian, born November 27, 1874.

William Blake, English poet and artist, born November 28, 1757.

Louisa M. Alcott, American author, born November 29, 1832.

Commander Richard E. Byrd and crew of three became first to fly over South Pole, November 29, 1929.

Jonathan Swift, who wrote Gulliver's Travels, born November 30, 1667.

Mark Twain, American author, born November 30, 1835.

British statesman Sir Winston Churchill born November 30, 1874.

**Facts taken from World Book Millennium 2000

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