0867 St Nicholas I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1002 English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
1093 Scotland's Malcolm III MacDuncan and his eldest son Edward are entrapped and killed November 13 at a place that will be called Malcolm's Cross Malcolm has been laying siege to Alnwick in an invasion of England, his wife Margaret dies 4 days later, and he is succeeded by his brother Donald Bane, who will reign until 1097
1460 Henry the Navigator prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death &taxes"
1839 The first US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
1843 Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
1849 Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California
1854 "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
1854 The ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
1865 PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
1865 US issues 1st gold certificates
1868 American Philological Association organized in NY
1868 Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1875 National Bowling Association organized in NYC
1895 The first shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter
1909 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill
1921 "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1921 US, France, Japan &British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1927 NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, first twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1931 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
1933 The first modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, MN
1937 NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
