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Nov 15, 1867:
First stock ticker debuts
On this day in 1867, the first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail or messenger.
The ticker was the brainchild of Edward Calahan, who configured a telegraph machine to print stock quotes on streams of paper tape (the same paper tape later used in ticker-tape parades). The ticker, which caught on quickly with investors, got its name from the sound its type wheel made
Reply #881. Nov 15 11, 8:00 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1920: The last 'White Russian' troops leave Sebastopol, ending the Russian civil war with a Bolshevik victory.
Reply #882. Nov 16 11, 3:57 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 16, 1849:
Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death
A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for his allegedly antigovernment activities linked to a radical intellectual group. His execution is stayed at the last minute.
Reply #883. Nov 16 11, 9:42 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1869: The Suez Canal in Egypt opens, taking thousands of miles off the journey by sea from Europe to Asia.
Reply #884. Nov 17 11, 8:38 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 17, 1973:
Nixon insists that he is not a crook
On this day in 1973, in the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors gathered at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, that he is "not a crook."
Nixon made the now-famous declaration during a televised question-and-answer session with Associated Press editors. Nixon, who appeared "tense" to a New York Times reporter, was questioned about his role in the Watergate burglary scandal and efforts to cover up the fact that members of his re-election committee had funded the break-in. Nixon replied "people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got." He did, however, admit that he was at fault for failing to supervise his campaign's fund-raising activities.
Reply #885. Nov 17 11, 10:29 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1977: President Anwar Sadat of Egypt is the first Arab leader to visit Israel. He is snubbed by the Arab world.
Reply #886. Nov 19 11, 9:45 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 19, 1863:
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War.
Reply #887. Nov 19 11, 11:28 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1962: The United States raises its naval blockade of Cuba, in the last act of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Reply #888. Nov 20 11, 10:40 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1620: The 'Pilgrim Fathers' on the 'Mayflower' make first landfall in North America, at Cape Cod, New England.
Reply #889. Nov 21 11, 5:04 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 21, 1877:
Edison's first great invention
The American inventor announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound.
Edison stumbled on one of his great inventions--the phonograph--while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his surprise, played back the short song he had recorded, "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB". Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor world famous, and he was dubbed the "Wizard of Menlo Park."
Reply #890. Nov 21 11, 3:58 PM
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paulmallon
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Nov 22, 1963:
John F. Kennedy assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.
First lady Jacqueline Kennedy rarely accompanied her husband on political outings, but she was beside him, along with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, for a 10-mile motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas on November 22. Sitting in a Lincoln convertible, the Kennedys and Connallys waved at the large and enthusiastic crowds gathered along the parade route. As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. He was 46.
Reply #891. Nov 22 11, 7:46 AM
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romeomikegolf
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Beat me to it Paul, so I'll post this instead.
1990: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation after 11 years as premier.
Reply #892. Nov 22 11, 8:36 AM
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boxjaw
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Aldous Huxley, author of 'Brave New World'. Dies in Los Angeles.
Reply #893. Nov 22 11, 1:03 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1971: The People's Republic of China takes its seat at the UN, replacing the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Reply #894. Nov 23 11, 10:58 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 23, 1984:
BC wins on Hail Mary
On November 23, 1984, Boston College’s diminutive quarterback Doug Flutie throws a last-second 64-yard pass to beat the University of Miami 47-45. The 30,235 fans in the Orange Bowl had already begun to celebrate the victory they were sure their Hurricanes had won, and they were stunned when Flutie’s pass found his teammate (and roommate) Gerard Phelan in the end zone. The receiver, for his part, was just as stunned: "He threw it a long, long way," Phelan said after the game. "I didn’t think he could throw the ball that far."
Reply #895. Nov 23 11, 11:06 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1859: Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published, creating a sensation across the academic world.
Reply #896. Nov 24 11, 5:32 AM
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Professer
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24th November 1991 The worlds greatest entertainer died,
Freddie Mercury front man and singer for rock band Queen died from Bronchial Pneumonia infection, complicated by the aids virus.his music and legacy still lives on.
Reply #897. Nov 24 11, 5:48 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1276: The Habsburg dynasty is founded as Rudolf of Habsburg seizes Vienna and makes it his capital.
Reply #898. Nov 25 11, 6:31 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1922: Howard Carter opens the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.
Reply #899. Nov 26 11, 4:19 AM
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REDVIKING57
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1941: FDR signs the Bill officially designating the fourth Thursday in November as 'Thanksgiving Day'. Whilst he was busy signing,the Japanese Navy Task Force left Japan to attack Pearl Harbour.
1942: "Casablanca" premiers in New York.
Reply #900. Nov 26 11, 6:13 AM
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