Born today:

Abigail Adams 1744
Thomas Cook 1808
George Eliot 1819
Andre Gide 1869
Charles de Gaulle 1890
Wiley Post 1899
Hoagy Carmichael 1899
Doris Duke 1912
Benjamin Britten 1913
Rodney Dangerfield 1922
Geraldine Page 1924
Robert Vaughn 1932
Terry Gilliam 1940
Tom Conti 1941
Billie Jean King 1943
Steve Van Zandt 1949
Jamie Lee Curtis 1958
Boris Becker 1967

Died today:

Edward "Blackbeard" Teach killed 1718
Sir Arthur Sullivan 1900
Frederick Krupp 1902
Jack London suicide 1916
C.S. Lewis 1963
Aldous Huxley 1963
John F. Kennedy assassinated 1963
Mae West 1980
Anthony Burgess 1993

Historical events:

1497-Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope.
1906-S.O.S designated the international distress signal.
1910-Steel golf club shaft patented by inventor Arthur F. Knight of Schenectady, N.Y.
1935-Pan Am China Clipper starts first scheduled commercial flights across Pacific Ocean.
1955-RCA records signs contract with Col. Parker for recording services of Elvis Presley.
1961-Robert Bolt's "A Man for all Seasons" starts 638 performance run on Broadway.
1963-Lyndon Johnson becomes President on Dallas, TX assassination of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald.
1965-"Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Washington Square Theatre.
1968-"Sesame Street," children's learning program, premieres on Public Broadcast Television.
1986-Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight boxing champ in history; 2 round KO of Trevor Berbick.
1990-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces plans to resign after losing Conservative Party support

Holidays:

Pagan Greek festival of music, Independence Day Lebanon (1943), Patron Saint Cecilia celebrated on island of St. Lucia

Feast day of Saint:

Cecily

Copyright (c) 1994 Slippery Enterprises, Inc.

NOVEMBER 22., Events Day-By-Day, 09-01-1994.