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Nov 27, 1972: The posthumous concert premiere of E W Korngold's Symphony in F# Maj.

Nov 26, 1789: The first Thanksgiving Day is declared by George Washington.

Nov 25, 1611: The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicholas Peiresc.

Nov 25, 1862: Birth of American composer and pianist Ethelbert Nevin in Edgeworth, PA

Nov 24, 1963: CBS Television airs a memorial concert to slain president John F. Kennedy . . .

Nov 24, 1905: The first gallery devoted to photography as fine art opens in New York City.

Nov 23, 1903: American debut of Enrico Caruso at the NY Metropolitan Opera

Nov 23, 1963: The 1st “nickel-in-the-slot player” is installed in San Francisco.

Nov 22, 1935: Pan Am inaugurates the 1st transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila.

Nov 21, 1937: Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad. The ovation it receives...

Nov 21, 2001: Voltaire (born Francois-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, historian, poet, dramatist,

Nov 20, 1947: Princess Elizabeth marries Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Nov 19, 2001: The World Toilet Organization (WTO) is formed; later declares Nov 19 World Toilet Day

Nov 19, 1957: Leonard Bernstein is named Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.

Nov 17, 1891: Paderewski makes his USA debut at Carnegie Hall . . . .

Nov 17, 1974: ABBA kick off their first European tour in Copenhagen . . .

Nov 17, 1558: Queen Elizabeth I of England makes her debut.

Nov 16, 1974, John Lennon is at #1 on the US singles chart with Whatever Gets You Through The Night

Nov 16, 1902: The Teddy Bear is created, after a political cartoon appears in the . . .

Nov 16, 1848 Chopin has his final public performance at a Polish benefit ball at Guildhall, London.

Nov 13, 1862: Lewis Carroll begins writing “Alice In Wonderland,” noting . . .

Nov 13, 1982: Men At Work start a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album

Nov 13, 1893: First performance of “Karelia Suite,” by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Nov 15, 1738: Birth of German astronomer, oboist and composer Sir William Herschel in Hanover.

Nov 15, 2015, Miles Davis is voted “Greatest Jazz Artist of All Time,”

Nov 15, 1805: Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River . . .

Nov 14, 1805: Birth of German composer Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, sister of Felix.

Nov 14, 1987: George Michael is at #1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo album 'Faith.'

Nov 14, 1501: Arthur Tudor, elder brother of the future Henry VIII, marries Catherine of Aragon.

Nov 12, 1859: The 1st flying-trapeze act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.

Nov 12, 1988, U2 sits at #1 on the US album chart with their sixth studio album 'Rattle and Hum."

Nov 12, 1902: Enrico Caruso records Vesti la giubba. It becomes 1st record to sell a million copies.

Nov 11, 1918: The armistice is signed, ending World War I.

Nov 11, 1978: Donna Summer hits #1 on both the US singles chart and the US albums chart.

Nov 10, 1975: David Bowie is at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity.'

Nov 10, 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Phil in his symphonic arrangement of Bach’s Orchestral Suites

Nov 11, 1883: Birthday of Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet.

Nov 10, 1871: Henry M. Stanley finds Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji near Unyanyembe in Africa.

Nov 8, 1968: A US Army captain blames rock n roll music for drug use and high VD rates in the army.

Nov 9, 1938: Kristallnacht, "the night of shattered glass."

Nov 8, 1881: The premiere of Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto, in Budapest, with Brahms at the piano.

Nov 8, 1929: Alexander Glazunov makes his American debut, conducting his 6th Symphony.

Nov 8, 1964: Lorne Greene sits at #10 on the Billboard charts with "Ringo."

Nov 8, 1793: The Louvre opens to the pubic in Paris.

Nov 7, 1961: Ray Charles arrested after police find marijuana and heroin in his hotel room.

Nov 7, 1917: The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seize power in Russia.

Nov 7, 1912: The Deutsche Opernhaus (Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in Berlin with Beethoven's Fidelio

Ireland, Scott Nr 620 (1985)

Germany, Scott Nr298 (1923)

Burundi Cher (2012)

Nov 8, 1935: Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism.

Nov 8, 1971: At the end of an Elvis Presley concert in Minnesota, in an effort to quiet the fans . .

Nov 8, 1955 After being destroyed in WWII, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with . . .

Nov 4, 1961: Bob Dylan makes his debut at the Carnegie Chapter Hall in New York City.

Nov 4, 1922: Howard Carter discovers the entrance to King Tut’s tomb.

Nov 3, 1876: Johannes Brahms' 1st Symphony in C premieres in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden.

Nov 3, 1868: Ulysses S. Grant is elected the 18th president of the United States.

Nov 3, 1957: Laika the Space Dog, is launched aboard Sputnik II, making him the first animal space.

Nov 3, 1977: During a concert in London, Elton John announces his retirement from live concerts.

Nov 3, 1752: George Frideric Handel undergoes a failed eye operation.

Nov 3, 1507: Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini.

Nov 2, 1983: Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 15, is established as a US national holiday.

Nov 2, 1869: Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok loses his re-election bid in Ellis County, Kansas.

Nov 2, 1889: A statehood two-fer, as North and South Dakota become #s 39 and 40.

Nov 2, 1739: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, is born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)

Nov 2, 1956: Police use tear gas to break up a riot that breaks out during a Fats Domino concert .

Nov 1, 1776: Mission San Juan Capistrano is founded by Father Junipero Serra.

Nov 1, 1755: The Great Lisbon Earthquake kills over 50,000 people.

Nov 1, 79: The city of Pompeii is buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

Nov 1, 1969: The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album goes #1 in the US, and stays #1 for 11 weeks.

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Oct 31, 1970: Led Zeppelin started a four week run at #1 on the US album chart with Led Zeppelin III

Oct 31, 1941: Mount Rushmore is completed.

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