November 23 1889 The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco. 1936 First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands.…
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This Day In History — JFK is assassinated
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…
View More This Day In History — JFK is assassinatedThis Day In History — Rebecca Felton sworn in as 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…
View More This Day In History — Rebecca Felton sworn in as first woman U.S. SenatorThis Day In History — Kennedy ends the Cuban missile crisis
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…
View More This Day In History — Kennedy ends the Cuban missile crisisThis Day In History — Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
November 19 1703 A masked man held prisoner in the Bastille in Paris died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue, and his…
View More This Day In History — Lincoln delivers Gettysburg AddressThis Day In History — Massachusetts rules in favor of same-sex marriage
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…
View More This Day In History — Massachusetts rules in favor of same-sex marriageThis Day In History — “The Governator” is sworn in to office
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,…
View More This Day In History — “The Governator” is sworn in to officeThis Day In History — Sherman marches his troops to the sea
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…
View More This Day In History — Sherman marches his troops to the seaThis Day In History — Congress approves Articles of Confederation
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…
View More This Day In History — Congress approves Articles of ConfederationThis 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…
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