Born On This Day:

• John Aubrey, 1626
• John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1778
• William Cullen Bryant, 1794
• Felix Mendelssohn, 1809
• André Malraux, 1901
• King Leopold III Belgium, 1901
• James 'Scotty' Reston, 1909
• Yitzhak Shamir, 1914
• Conor Cruise O'Brien, 1917
• Bob Feller, 1918
• Charles Bronson, 1921
• Monica Vitti, 1933
• Ken Berry, 1933
• Michael Dukakis, 1933
• Terrence McNally, 1939
• Steve Landesberg, 1945
• Lulu, 1948
• Larry Holmes, 1949
• Roseanne, 1952
• Dennis Miller, 1953
• Kate Capshaw, 1953
• Adam Ant, 1954
• Viscount David Linley, 1961

Died On This Day:

• Queen Matilda (wife of William the Conquerer), 1083
• Annie Oakley, 1926
• Solomon Guggenheim, 1949
• Henri Matisse, 1954
• Wilhelm Reich, 1957
• Ralph Hodgson, 1962
• King Peter of Yugoslavia, 1970
• Mary Martin, 1990
• Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 1996

Today's Events:

• 1534 - English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy making King Henry VIII head of the church.
• 1706 - Abruzzi earthquake in Italy kills 15,000.
• 1888 - Last killing of Jack the Ripper in London.
• 1896 - Idaho becomes first state to grant vote to women, but only men voted on it.
• 1900 - First Auto show held at Madison Square Garden, N.Y. displays 31 cars presented by Auto Club of U.S.
• 1903 - Panama declares independence from Columbia.
• 1917 - First American involvement in WW1; Germans attack U.S. troops training near front lines.
• 1918 - Polish republic proclaimed.
• 1918 - Kiel mutiny of the German Navy.
• 1943 - Pulitzer-prize winning 'Our Town' starts 77 performance run in NY.
• 1957 - First animal-carrying spacecraft launched-Sputnik II with dog, 'Laica.'
• 1964 - Coleman Vote Tally System counts 600 ballots a minute in Hamilton County, OH & several in Calif.
• 1986 - Lebanese magazine revelation that U.S. secretly sold arms to Iran begins Iran-Contra affair.
• 1992 - Carol Moseley Braun becomes first black woman elected to United States Senate.

Feast Day of Saint:

• Martin de Porres
• Winifred
• Malachy (died today 1148)
• Hubert

Holiday:

• Independence Day Dominica (1978), Panama
• Daimyo Gyoretsu Festival in Japan
• All Saints Day IF yesterday was Sunday.

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