November 9
Today in America's Present Past
1620 | After a month of delays, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod).
1801 | Entrepreneur Gail Borden was born.
1802 | Abolitionist, cleric and journalist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was born.
1813 | Indian Wars: General Andrew Jackson, responding to White Stick Creek Indian plea at Fort Leslie, drives off attacking force of Red Stick Creek Indians at Talladega, Alabama.
1842 | The first design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce.
1851 | Civil Rights: Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist cleric Calvin Fairbank from Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial.
1853 | Architect Stanford White was born.
1857 | The Atlantic Monthly Magazine debuted.
1871 | Scientist Florence Sabin was born.
1881 | Entrepreneur Edwin Drake died.
1898 | Pyschologist Leonard Carmichael was born.
1905 | Politician James William Fulbright was born.
1906 | POTUS: Republican President Roosevelt was the President to visit another country.
1913 | “Freshwater Fury” storm sinks eight ore-carriers on the Great Lakes.
1911 | Author Howard Pyle died.
1915 | Activist Sargent Shriver was born.
1918 | Vice-President Spiro Agnew was born.
1921 | POTUS: Republican President Harding signed the Federal Aid Highway Act.
1924 | Politician Henry Cabot Lodge died.
1928 | Poet Anne Sexton was born.
1934 | Scientist Carl Sagan was born.
1935 | The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union formed.
1946 | POTUS: Democrat President Truman ends wage/price freezes.
1951 | Actor Lou Ferrigno was born.
1973 | Musician Nick Lachey was born.
1974 | Musician “Joe C” was born in Taylor, Michigan.
1984 | Film: “A Nightmare on Elm Street” debuted.
2006 | Journalist Ed Bradley died.