November 1, 1950 two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement tried, unsuccessfully to assassinate President Harry S. Truman.
November 4, 1862 Richard Gatling patented his first rapid-fire gun which used revolving barrels to load, fire, and extract the cartridges.
November 11th USA celebrates Veterans Day (formerly called Armistice Day).
November 14, 1889 Nellie Bly left New York to beat the record of Jules Verne’s imaginary hero Phileas Fogg, who went around the world in 80 days. She returned 72 days later to a tumultuous welcome in New York.
November 17, 1970 Elton John recorded one of his best, 11 17 70.
November 18, 1883 Connecticut school teacher, Charles F. Dowd, proposed a time zone plan for the U.S. consisting of four zones.
November 26, 1789 President George Washington proclaimed the first American holiday to be a day of prayer and public thanksgiving for the successful establishment of the new American republic. Thanksgiving Day.
November 30, 1782 A provisional peace treaty was signed by Great Britain and the United States ending America’s War of Independence. The final treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783.
