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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This Day In History — Publication of Moby Dick
November 14 1851 Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick was published. 1889 Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne’s fictional Phileas Fogg’s time of 80…
View More This Day In History — Publication of Moby DickThis Day In History — Supreme Court strikes down racial segregation on buses
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…
View More This Day In History — Supreme Court strikes down racial segregation on busesThis Day In History — Columbia is launched for the second time
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…
View More This Day In History — Columbia is launched for the second timeThis Day In History — The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated
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.…
View More This Day In History — The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicatedThis Day In History — Premiere of Sesame Street
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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This Day In History — Jack the Ripper takes his last victim
November 09 1888 Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. 1938 Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in…
View More This Day In History — Jack the Ripper takes his last victimThis Day In History — Montana becomes 41st US State
November 08 1889 Montana became the 41st state. 1892 Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive…
View More This Day In History — Montana becomes 41st US StateThis Day In History — Roosevelt wins fourth term
November 07 1874 The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly magazine. 1916 Jeannette…
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