Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal.  Continue reading.

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A bit of November 30th history…

1016 - Cnut the Great, King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’

1487 - The 1st German Beer Purity Law is passed in Munich, stating that beer should be brewed from only 3 ingredients - water, malt, and hops

1876 - Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann find the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae, the Mona Lisa of prehistory (pictured)

1982 - “Thriller” studio album by Michael Jackson is released 

On November 29, 1832, Amos Bronson Alcott wrote his mother of his joy in "the birth of a second daughter on my own birth-day" -- Louisa May Alcott.  Continue reading.

On November 29, 1799, Amos Bronson Alcott, educator, philosopher of American Transcendentalism, and father of the original "Little Women" -- Anna, Louisa, Elizabeth, and May Alcott--was born in Wolcott, Connecticut.  Continue reading.

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A bit of November 29th history…

1877 - US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the 1st time

1910 - 1st US patent for inventing the traffic light system is issued

1935 - Physicist Erwin Schrodinger publishes his famous thought experiment  “Schrodinger’s Cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (pictured)

1963 - LBJ set up Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK

1972 - Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game

2019 - Wood fragment believed to be from Jesus’ manger returned to Bethlehem after 1400 years by Pope Francis 

Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan entered "The Sea of the South"  on November 28, 1520.  Continue reading.

At 8:55a.m. on November 28, 1895, six "motocycles" left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54-mile  race to Evanston, Illinois and back--through the snow.  Continue reading.

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A bit of November 28th history…

1717 - Blackbeard attacks and captures a French merchant slave ship, which he renames as his flagship the “Queen Anne’s Revenge” (pictured)

1720 - Anne Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to death in Jamaica; although their discovered pregnancies win them stays of execution

1814 - The Times of London 1st printed by automatic, steam powered presses - makes newspapers available to a mass audience

1893 - Women vote in a national election for 1st time in the world in New Zealand

1895 - America’s 1st auto race organized by the “Chicago Times-Herald”; 6 cars, 55 miles, Frank Duryea wins averaging 7 mph

1994 - Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by fellow inmate in Wisconsin

2016 - “Hamilton” set new record for most money earned in a week on Broadway - $3.3 million 

November 27, 1746, marks the birth of Robert R. Livingston, jurist and statesman.  Continue reading.

James De Lancey, lawyer, jurist, and eventual acting governor of New York, was born in New York City on November 27, 1703.  Continue reading.

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A bit of November 27th history…

1095 - Pope Urban II preaches the 1st Crusade

1295 - English King Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending the authorities of its representatives

1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st Native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taino cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus’ orders

1895 - Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel’s will establishes the Nobel Prize

1920 - “The Mark of Zorro” is released - 1st American superhero film (pictured)

1924 - In NYC, the 1st Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is held 

In his first presidential proclamation, George Washington designated November 26, 1789 as a Day of National Thanksgiving.  Continue reading.

Preacher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 26, 1883.  Continue reading.

The film Casablanca opened in New York City on November 26, 1942, as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II.  Continue reading.

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A bit of November 26th history…

1716 - 1st lion exhibited in America in Boston

1778 - British explorer, Captain James Cook, is the 1st European to visit Maui

1789 - 1st national Thanksgiving in America

1916 - Addressing the Chamber of Commerce, US President Wilson declares that the “business of neutrality is over; the nature of modern war leaves no state untouched”

1922 - English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt

1956 - “The Price is Right” debuts

1962 - The Fab Four have their 1st recording session under the name The Beatles (pictured)

2003 - Supersonic airplane, the Concorde, makes its last ever flight, returning to Bristol, England