November 17 1558 Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. 1800 Congress met in Washington,…
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This Day In History — Oklahoma becomes 46th state
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 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…
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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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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…
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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…
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