November 22 1497 Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a…
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This Day In History — Rebecca Felton becomes first woman U.S. Senator
November 21 1783 With the Marquis d’Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000…
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November 20 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910 Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president…
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November 18 1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica. 1883 Standard time began in the United States. 1886 Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the…
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November 16 1864 General Sherman and his troops began their “March to the sea” during the Civil War. 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state. 1933…
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November 15 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line. 1777 The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to…
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November 13 1775 U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution. 1927 The world’s first long, mechanically ventilated…
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November 12 1920 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball. 1927 Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph…
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November 11 1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies.…
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November 10 1871 Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”…
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