Born On This Day:

• Alexander Borodin, 1833
• Auguste Rodin, 1840
• Sun Yat-sen, 1866
• Jack Oakie, 1903
• Kim Hunter, 1922
• Princess Grace Kelly, 1929
• Charles Manson, 1934
• Wally Shawn, 1943
• Neil Young, 1945
• Nadia Comaneci, 1951
• Steve Bartkowski, 1952
• David Schwimmer, 1966
• Tonya Harding, 1970

Died On This Day:

• King Canute II (The Great) England & Denmark, 1035
• King Canute VI Denmark, 1202
• Camille Pissaro, 1903
• Percival Lowell, 1916
• Rudolf Friml, 1972
• Eve Arden, 1990

Today's Events:

• 1660 - John Bunyan thrown into jail in England; starts writing 'Pilgrim's Progress.'
• 1833 - Great shower of meteors, the Leonid Meteors, recorded.
• 1843 - First B'nai Brith lodge founded in New York City.
• 1847 - Chloroform first used as an anesthetic in Britain operation.
• 1859 - Jules Leotard of France performs the first flying trapeze act at the Circus Napoleon in Paris.
• 1933 - First elections under Nazi regime held in Germany.
• 1942 - U.S. in major victory against Japanese at Battle of Guadalcanal. WWII
• 1954 - Ellis Island, the immigrants first step on American soil, closed; facility processed 20 million immigrants since 1892
• 1970 - Cyclone hits East Pakistan and the Ganges Delta islands (Bangladesh); over one million dead.
• 1990 - Emperor Akihito ascends ancient Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan succeeding Hirohito who died 1/89.
• 1996 - World's worst mid-air collision of a 747 and charter flight 50 miles from New Delhi kills 350.

Feast Day of Saint:

• Martin I
• Nilus of Ancyra
• Lebuin

Holiday:

• Birthday of Sun Yat-sen celebrated in China

Non-Specific Holiday:

• THANKSGIVING DAY (U.S.) last Thursday of November.
• TUNG CHICH, Feast of the Winter Solstice in China (sometime during the eleventh moon on the shortest day of the year)
• DIVALI (India) five day autumn festival.
• BHRATRI DWITYA, Hindu Festival of Brothers
• TUNG CHICH, Feast of the Winter Solstice in China (sometime during the eleventh moon on the shortest day of the year)
• ADVENT SUNDAY, Sunday nearest to feast of Saint Andrew (Nov. 30) whether before or after.
• HANUKKA also spelled CHANUKAH (Jewish Feast of Lights), eight day holiday beginning on 25th of lunar month Kislev.
• TSAO CHÜN, Festival of the Kitchen God in China (23rd day of the twelfth moon (or 24th in Kwantung)
• CH'U HSI, Night of the Thirtieth (29th day of the twelfth moon)
• ELEPHANT ROUNDUP AT SURIN, THAILAND celebrated third Sunday in November
• ON-MATSURI, Yamato region harvest festival in Nara, Japan
• CHICHIBU NO YO-MATSURI, Kabuki and fireworks in Japan