Nov 9 Today’s Historical Highlights 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes…1904 1st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama…1930 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra…1858 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published…1857 Giant Panda discovered, China…1927 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize…1944 Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are ordered to go to the reservation…1875 Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery…694 Spanish troops lands in Ireland…1580 The Great Boston Fire of 1872, 1,000 buildings destroyed…1872 Today Is • Kristallnacht: Night of Broken Glass: 1938: Nazi Germany ~~~~~ • Cambodia: Independence Day (1953 from France) Today’s Birthdays Imre Kertész, Budapest, concentration camp survivor, writer, Nobel laureate (2002) is 84 Lou Ferrigno, Brooklyn, body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk) is 62 Nick Lachey, singer, songwriter, actor is 40 Remembered for being born today Elijah P Lovejoy, newspaper publisher/abolitionist [1802-1837] [Albert] Edward VII, king of England [1841-1910] Dorothy Dandridge, actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess) [1922-1965] Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], comedian (Ed Wynn Show) [1886-1966] Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival) [1941-1990] Spiro Theodore Agnew, (R) 39th VP (1968-75), resigns on tax evasion charges [1918-1996] Carl Sagan, Bkln, astronomer/author/professor (Cosmos, Brocas Brain) [1934-1996] Hedy Lamarr, actress (Ecstacy, Samson & Delilah) [1913-2000] Mary Travers, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary) [1936-2009] Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp [1915-2011] Lots more information, links, pictures at
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