Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Morality "Never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what is right." — Isaac Asimov
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Put Not Your Faith in Judges "Please God, no more Souters." — Alabama Attorney General William Pryor
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "One of our nation's greatest leaders was Hubert Horatio Hornblower . . ." — Jimmy Carter, referring to Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey in Carter's 1976 presidential nomination acceptance speech
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Moon Over Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Credit & Copyright: Tyler Westcott
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 43 B.C.E. - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
● 783 - The Austrian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
● 1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
● 1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
● 1792 - Birth of American anti-slavery and suffragist activist Sarah Grimke.
● 1805 - Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
● 1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
● 1855 - "Wakarusa War," a series of armed skirmishes between pro-slavery "Border Ruffians" from Missouri, and Kansas Free State men, erupts near Lawrence, Kansas.
● 1862 - Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
● 1863 - American Civil War: Mine Run - Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
● 1864 - Major Scott Anthony orders Cheyennes, living near Fort Lyon in Colorado for protection from vigilantes, to move, precipitating the Sand Creek Massacre three days later.
● 1865 - Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
● 1868 - Ignoring orders to kill only warriors, a U.S. Army contingent led by Gen. Custer massacres 103 sleeping Cheyenne--including Black Kettle, survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre--in the so-called "Battle of the Washita," Oklahoma Territory.
● 1883 - Death of Sojourner Truth, feminist, abolitionist and former slave. Battle Creek, Mich.
● 1883 - U.S. Supreme Court declares 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.
● 1895 - Arthur Arnould dies. French journalist, novelist, anarchist member of First International and the Paris Commune, companion of Michael Bakunin.
● 1910 - Twenty-five women workers burn to death in Newark, N.J. factory fire, a tragic foreshadowing of the far more deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York four months later.
● 1911 - Death of Paul Lafargue, son-in-law of Karl Marx. Went to Spain in a foolish effort to counter the Bakuninist ideas spread there by Fanelli.
● 1912 - Emma Goldman speaks at a meeting organized by Almeda Sperry in New Kensington, Pa., followed by meetings over the next four days in Pittsburgh, New Castle, and McKees Rocks.
● 1914 - Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die.
● 1914 - Emma Goldman lectures on "The War and `Our Lord,'" in Grand Rapids, Mich.
● 1918 - The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia
● 1920 - Makhno's anarchist commanders in the Crimea, fresh from victories over General Wrangel's right-wing White army, met with Trotsky's left-wing Red Army under a flag of truce. They were seized and immediately shot.
● 1921 - Second congress of l'Union Anarchiste meets for two days, in Lyon, France..
● 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Egyptian King Tutankhamen in over 3000 years.
● 1924 - Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed.
● 1930 - Birth of Adolfo Perez Esquivel, co-founder of Servicio Paz y Justica (SERPAJ), Argentina.
● 1939 - Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
● 1941 - US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States. {Up to this time, Thanksgiving was traditionally the last Thursday of November. That however shortened the shopping season excessively when the last Thursday was the 29th or 30th of November.}
● 1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor - A fleet of six aircraft carriers commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay for Pearl Harbor under strict radio silence.
● 1941 - World War II: The Hull note ultimatum is delivered to Japan by the United States.
● 1942 - Holocaust: Shoah: 572 Norwegian Jews were deported to Auschwitz on the cargo vessel Donau. This was the first step on the journey to the death camp Auschwitz. Altogether the total number of Jews deported from Norway was 767. 25 of the deported survived.
● 1942 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City, as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II.
● 1942 - World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
● 1944 - World War II: Germans begin V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
● 1945 - "Save Europe from Destruction" rally, London, England.
● 1949 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution.
● 1950 - Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korean and American forces (Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
● 1965 - In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space.
● 1966 - Peter Fonda is among 100 arrested in Los Angeles during protest of a 10 PM curfew in Sunset Blvd. entertainment district.
● 1968 - U.N. passes Resolution Against Capital Punishment. Guess who ignored it? {And continues to?}
● 1968 - Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
● 1970 - American Indian Movement (AIM) activists celebrate Thanksgiving by occupying Plymouth Rock, Mass.
● 1970 - In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever on record.
● 1977 - 'Vrillon', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.
● 1983 - Brinks Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport
● 1986 - Iran-Contra scandal: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
● 1990 - The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
● 1991 - Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York high school students.
● 1991 - Custer Battlefield Nat'l Monument in Montana is renamed Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The parking lot, of course, is still mostly occupied by Winnebagos and Jeep Cherokees. Reservations are still required.
● 1993 - Belgian general strike.
● 1993 - Israeli troops shoot to death Palestinian guerrilla leader Khaled Mustafa Zer in the Arab Jerusalem suburb of Sur Bahir. This is the third killing, in eight days, of opponents of a September 13 peace accord between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
● 1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
● 2003 - Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol, UK.
BIRTHS
● 1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
● 1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
● 1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
● 1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
● 1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
● 1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
● 1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
● 1731 - William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
● 1792 - Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
● 1827 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
● 1828 - René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
● 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
● 1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
● 1847 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
● 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
● 1858 - Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
● 1864 - Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
● 1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
● 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
● 1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
● 1878 - Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
● 1885 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
● 1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
● 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
● 1895 - Bill Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
● 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
● 1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
● 1904 - Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
● 1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
● 1907 - Ruth Patrick, American botanist
● 1908 - Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier
● 1908 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
● 1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
● 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, French playwright (d. 1994)
● 1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
● 1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
● 1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist
● 1919 - Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
● 1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
● 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
● 1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
● 1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
● 1927 - Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
● 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
● 1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
● 1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
● 1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut
● 1938 - Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agency director
● 1938 - Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
● 1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
● 1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician
● 1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress
● 1941 - Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
● 1942 - Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone
● 1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
● 1943 - Marilynne Robinson, American writer
● 1944 - Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
● 1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor
● 1945 - John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
● 1945 - Björn von Sydow, Swedish poltician
● 1946 - Art Shell, American football player and coach
● 1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress
● 1948 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
● 1948 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
● 1948 - Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
● 1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
● 1949 - Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
● 1951 - Cicciolina, Italian porno actress and politician
● 1953 - Harry Carson, American football player
● 1954 - Roz Chast, American cartoonist
● 1954 - Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant leader
● 1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
● 1960 - Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
● 1962 - Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
● 1964 - Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
● 1967 - Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
● 1968 - Edna Campbell, Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006
● 1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
● 1969 - Kara Walker, American artist
● 1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
● 1970 - Alex Taylor, Latin porn star
● 1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
● 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
● 1973 - Peter Facinelli, American actor
● 1974 - Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
● 1975 - Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
● 1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
● 1976 - Brian Schneider, American baseball player
● 1977 - Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
● 1977 - Forrest Griffin, American MMA-fighter
● 1977 - John Parrish, American baseball player
● 1978 - Matthew Taylor, bassist for Motion City Soundtrack
● 1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
● 1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
● 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
● 1981 - Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
● 1981 - Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
● 1984 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
● 1985 - Lil' Fizz, American singer
● 1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
DEATHS
● 399 - Pope Siricius
● 666 - Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
● 1252 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
● 1326 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
● 1504 - Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
● 1621 - Radulph Agas, English surveyor
● 1639 - John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
● 1651 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
● 1688 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
● 1689 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
● 1717 - Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
● 1719 - John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
● 1780 - James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet, British economist (b. 1712)
● 1836 - John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
● 1851 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
● 1855 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
● 1857 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
● 1876 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
● 1883 - Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
● 1885 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (b.1813)
● 1892 - Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1825)
● 1896 - Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (b. 1818)
● 1896 - Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
● 1934 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.1866)
● 1941 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
● 1941 - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
● 1943 - Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot (b. 1914)
● 1952 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
● 1954 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
● 1956 - Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
● 1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
● 1962 - Albert Sarraut, French politician (b. 1872)
● 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
● 1968 - Edna Campbell, Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006
● 1981 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
● 1987 - Thomas G. Lanphier, American aviator (b. 1915)
● 1991 - Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
● 1994 - David Bache, British car designer (b. 1925)
● 1994 - Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
● 1996 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (b. 1922)
● 1996 - Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
● 1998 - Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
● 2001 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
● 2002 - Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
● 2002 - Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
● 2003 - Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
● 2003 - Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
● 2004 - Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
● 2005 - Stan Berenstain, children's author (b. 1923)
● 2006 - Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
● 2006 - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
● 2006 - Casey Coleman, American television personality (b. 1951)
● 2006 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)
● 2006 - Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
● 2006 - Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Alypius
● St. Amator
● St. Basolus
● St. Bellinus
● St. Conrad
● St. Dominic Doan Xuyen
● St. Faustus
● St. John Berchmans
● St. Leonard of Port Maurice
● St. Martin of Arades
● St. Nicon
● St. Peter of Alexandria
● St. Phileas
● St. Siricius, Pope
● St. Sylvester Gozzolini
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for November 13 (Civil Date: November 26)
● St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
● Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesaria in Palestine.
● Martyr Manetha of Caesaria in Palestine.
● New Martyr Damascene of Mt. Athos.
● St. Quintianus, Bishop of Clermont (Gaul).
● Repose of schema nun Irene Myrtidiotissa of Chios (1960)
● Repose of Archbishop Ioasaph of Canada (1955).
● Celebration of the excellence of Saint Genevieve in Paris.
● Bahá'í Faith: Day of the Covenant
● Mongolia: Proclamation Day
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING SEVEN SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.
Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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