Born On This Day:

• Emperor Tiberius, 42 BC
• John Bright, 1811
• W. C. Handy, 1873
• George S. Kaufman, 1889
• Paul Hindemith, 1895
• Fibber McGee (Jim Jordan), 1896
• Sir Oswald Mosley, 1896
• Burgess Meredith, 1908
• Gene Littler, 1920
• Dwight Gooden, 1964
• Lisa Bonet, 1966

Died On This Day:

• Saint Hugh of Lincoln, 1200
• King Henry III, 1272
• King Gustavus Adolphus Sweden, 1632
• Clark Gable, 1960
• Sam Rayburn, 1961
• Alan Watts, 1973
• William Holden, 1981
• Siobhan McKenna, 1986
• Ralph Edwards, 2005
• Milton Friedman, 2006
• Edward Woodward, 2009

Today's Events:

• 1532 - Francisco Pizarro captures Inca chieftain Atahualpa in Caxamalca, Peru.
• 1632 - Swedish (German Protestant) imperialists beat (Catholics under Count von Wallenstein) Battle Lutzen. 1665-London Gazette (originally The Oxford Gazette) first published.
• 1750 - Westminster Bridge opens for traffic in London.
• 1776 - British forces capture Fort Washington.
• 1824 - Longest river in Australia - Murray River - discovered by Hamilton Hume.
• 1855 - Missionary/explorer David Livingstone discovers, and names after his Queen, Victoria Falls.
• 1864 - Gen. Sherman and 62,000 men leave burning Atlanta and march to the sea destroying Confederates.
• 1869 - Formal opening of Suez Canal at Port Said.
• 1907 - Oklahoma becomes 46th state admitted to Union.
• 1908 - Arturo Toscanini makes U.S. debut conducting 'Aida' at Metropolitan Opera House.
• 1918 - Hungary proclaimed an independent republic.
• 1933 - US and Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations as President Roosevelt telegrams Maxim Litvinov.
• 1959 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The Sound of Music' starring Mary Martin opens in NY.
• 1961 - Metropolitan Museum in NY buys Rembrandt's 'Aristotle Contemplating Bust of Homer' for $2.3M.

Feast Day of Saint:

• Edmund of Abingdon
• Gertrude of Helfta
• Eucherius of Lyons
• Margaret of Scotland (died today 1093)
• Afan
• Agnes of Assisi
• Mechtildis of Hefta
• Nikon Metanoeite

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