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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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