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#: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved.
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#: Monthly stuff
11:Home Education Awareness Month
#: Events depending on weekdays
R(11/28):Thanksgiving Day. (4th Thursday).
#: Normal events
11/1/1895 :1st magazine devoted to the motor vehicle ("The Horseless Age")
:was published.
11/2/1947 :Spruce Goose made its only flight.
11/3/1952 :Frozen bread first marketed.
11/4/1939 :First air-conditioned automobile exhibited (Chicago).
11/5/1974 :First grandmother elected to Congress (M.H. Fenwick).
11/6/1796 :Catherine the Great died.
11/7/1874 :Elephant first used as the Republican symbol (Harper's Weekly).
11/8/1926 :First ferry built exclusively for cars put in service.
11/9/1927 :Giant Panda discovered, China.
11/10/1969 :Seseme Street 1st aired.
11/11/1959 :1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" aired.
11/12/1859 :1st flying trapeze act performed in a circus.
11/13/1940 :Willys Motor Co. tested the 1st Jeep.
11/14/1851 :"Moby Dick" published.
11/15/1806 :Pike's Peak sighted (Zebulon Pike).
11/16/1841 :Cork life preserver patented (N.E. Guerin).
11/17/1928 :Boston Garden officially opened.
11/18/1307 :William Tell shot apple off son's head.
11/19/1863 :Gettysburg Address delivered.
11/20/1877 :First recorded human speech ("Mary Had a Little Lamb," Edison).
11/21/1963 :Robert Stroud (a.k.a. Bird Man of Alcatraz) died.
11/22/1904 :Electric motor patented (M. Pfatischer).
11/23/1936 :Life magazine hit the newsstands.
11/24/1871 :National Rifle Association incorporated.
11/25/1867 :Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
11/26/1865 :"Alice in Wonderland" published.
11/27/1912 :Parcel post postage-due one-cent stamp issued.
11/28/1895 :1st US auto race (Chicago to Evanston & back) (winner avg. 7 mph).
11/29/1932 :Electric bridge table patented (L. Hammond).
11/30/1990 :Larry Bird, basketball player, scored his 20,000th point.