Curly Howard(actor, best known as one of The Three Stooges)β
Robert B. Parker(author of mysteries; Mr. Parker died at his writing desk, working on a book)β
Glenn Frey(musician; founding member of The Eagles)β
David Crosby(singer, songwriter
)β
Events
The play entitled Gorboduc, written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, was presented before Queen Elizabeth I. It was the first real English tragedy. β
John Winthrop documented the first known unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings in North America β
Two lights formed a manlike shape and arose out of the water in Boston β
Eugene Ely proved that planes could land safely on ships β
Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21 β
The first session of the Paris Peace Conference to end WWI was held β
NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuted on radio β
First around-the-world, nonstop flight by jet concluded β
The Dow Jones industrial stock average first passed the 1,000 mark β
Yellowknife became capital of the Northwest Territories β
The cause of Legionnairesβ disease (Legionellosis) identified as bacteria β
211-pound striped marlin caught near Red Hill, Hawaii β
4-lb. 8-oz. Heller’s barracuda caught, Molokai, Hawaii β
A half pound meteorite crashed through the office of Dr. Frank Ciampi, Lorton, Virginia β
A 0.66-pound meteorite crashed through a doctorsβ office in Lorton, Virginia
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Weather
Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21 β
Twenty-seven degrees below zero F, Watts, Oklahoma β
95 degrees F in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California β
Twenty-nine degrees below zero F in Concord, New Hampshire β
Fifty-four degrees below zero F in Embarrass, Minnesota β
NASA and NOAA announced that 2016 was hottest year globally on record β