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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ireland, Scott Nr 620 (1985)

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Germany, Scott Nr298 (1923)

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Burundi Cher (2012)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Mexico, Scott Nr 318 (1910)

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Chile, Scott Nr 250 (1947)

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Alaouites, Scott Nr 25 (1925)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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