1620
Leaders of the Mayflower expedition frame the
“Mayflower Compact,” designed to bolster unity among the settlers.
“Mayflower Compact,” designed to bolster unity among the settlers.
| 1789 | North Carolina ratifies the Constitution, becoming the 12th state to do it. | |
| 1855 | Franklin Colman, a pro-slavery Missourian, guns down Charles Dow, a Free Stater from Ohio, near Lawrence, Kansas. | |
| 1864 | From Georgia, Confederate General John B. Hood launches the Franklin-Nashville Campaign into Tennessee. | |
| 1904 | Motorized omnibuses replace horse-drawn cars in Paris. | |
| 1906 | In San Juan, President Theodore Roosevelt pledges citizenship for Puerto Rican people. | |
| 1907 | The Cunard liner Mauritania sets a new speed record for steamship travel; 624 miles in a one day run. | |
| 1910 | Sailors on board Brazil’s most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what comes to be known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash). The rebellion is the direct result of the use of whips (“lashes”) by white naval officers when punishing Afro-Brazilian and mulatto enlisted sailors. [From MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History] | |
| 1911 | Suffragettes storm Parliament in London. All are arrested and all choose prison terms. | |
| 1917 | German ace Rudolf von Eschwege is killed over Macedonia when he attacks a booby-trapped observation balloon packed with explosives. | |
| 1918 | The last German troops leave Alsace-Lorraine, France. | |
| 1927 | Police turn machine guns on striking Colorado mine workers, killing five and wounding 20. | |
| 1934 | A New York court rules Gloria Vanderbilt unfit for custody of her daughter. | |
| 1934 | Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes premieres at New York’s Alvin Theatre. | |
| 1949 | The United Nations grants Libya its independence by 1952. | |
| 1967 | President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the air quality act, allotting $428 million for the fight against pollution. | |
| 1970 | U.S. planes conduct widespread bombing raids in North Vietnam. | |
| 1985 | US Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying and passing classified information to Israel; he received a life sentence on Nov. 1, 1987. | |
| 1986 | The Justice Department begins an inquiry in the National Security Council into what will become known as the Iran-Contra scandal. | |
| 1995 | The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio; the agreement, formally ratified in Paris on Dec. 14, ends the three-and-a-half year war between Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| 2006 |
Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut.
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Born on November 21
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| 1694 | Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, historian, poet, dramatist and novelist. | |
| 1898 | Rene Magritte, surrealist painter (Golconda). | |
| 1904 | Coleman Hawkins, jazz saxophonist. | |
| 1908 | Elizabeth G. Speare, writer of historical novels for children. | |
| 1920 | Stan “The Man” Musial, Hall of Fame baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. | |
| 1929 | Marilyn French, novelist and critic (The Women’s Room). | |
| 1936 | Victor Chang, Chinese Australian cardiac surgeon who pioneered the development of an artificial heart valve. | |
| 1944 | Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, US Senate Majority Whip (2007 – 2015). | |
| 1944 | Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, pro basketball player known for his flamboyant playing style. | |
| 1945 | Goldie Hawn, actress, director, producer; gained public attention as part of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In TV series in the 1960s; won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower (1969). | |
| 1948 | George Zimmer, businessman; founded Men’s Wearhouse. | |
| 1966 | Troy Aikman, pro football quarterback; led the Dallas Cowboys to three Super Bowl victories; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. | |
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