November 11
Today in America's Present Past
1620 | The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims at Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts.
1647 | Massachusetts passed first compulsory school attendance law in the American colonies.
1750 | The first American collegiate secret society the F.H.C. Society (Flat Hat Club), was formed at Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1778 | War of Independence: Cherry Valley massacre.
1831 | Civil Rights: Nat Turner was executed by hanging.
1839 | The Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1858 | POTUS: President James Garfield wed Lucretia Rudolph.
1865 | Mary Edwards Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1880 | Activist Lucretia Mott died.
1885 | General George S. Patton was born.
1889 | Statehood: Washington granted statehood.
1910 | Scientist Raemer Schreiber was born.
1918 | WWI: America’s victory in World War I.
1919 | “Armistice Day Massacre” in Central, Washington.
1921 | POTUS: Republican President Harding dedicated the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.
1922 | Novelist Kurt Vonnegut was born.
1925 | Comedian Jonathan Winters was born.
1926 | U.S. Route 66 is established from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California.
1938 | The first public broadcast of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”
1938 | Typhoid Mary died.
1960 | Actor Stanley Tucci was born.
1961 | Joseph Heller published “Catch-22.”
1962 | Actress Demi Moore was born.
1964 | Actress Calista Flockheart was born.
1974 | Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was born.
1975 | Attempted Kennedy Assassin Richard Pavlick died.
1976 | Sculptor Alexander Calder died.
1993 | Politician H. R. Halderman died.
1995 | Publisher Charles Scribner IV died.
2005 | Author Peter Drucker died.