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1968 : Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine..78 die.
1917 : British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai (WW1)
1945 : Nuremberg war-crimes trials begin (WW2)
1789 : New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights. Becoming first state to do so.
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On November 21, 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in the Union. The vote came approximately two hundred years after the first white settlers arrived on the fertile Atlantic coastal plain.
Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the Cherokee, North Carolina was the first American territory the English attempted to colonize. Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the state capital is named, chartered two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late 1580s, both ending in failure. The demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island, remains one of the great mysteries of American history.
By the late seventeenth century, several permanent settlements had taken hold in the Carolina territory, which encompassed present-day South Carolina and Tennessee as well. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. It reverted to a royal colony seventeen years later. In April 1776, the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.
Between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, North Carolina worked to establish its state and local governments. In 1840, it completed the state capitol building in Raleigh, still standing today. In mid-century the state's rural and commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile wooden plank road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston-Salem).
Divided on whether to support the North or the South in the Civil War, North Carolina reluctantly seceded from the Union in 1861. To learn more about North Carolina's role during the war, see the Today in History feature on Union General William T. Sherman's victory at Fayetteville.
In the 1930s the Farm Security Administration (FSA) sent some of the nation's finest photographers to North Carolina to document rural life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression.
Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the Cherokee, North Carolina was the first American territory the English attempted to colonize. Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the state capital is named, chartered two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late 1580s, both ending in failure. The demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island, remains one of the great mysteries of American history.
By the late seventeenth century, several permanent settlements had taken hold in the Carolina territory, which encompassed present-day South Carolina and Tennessee as well. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. It reverted to a royal colony seventeen years later. In April 1776, the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.
Between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, North Carolina worked to establish its state and local governments. In 1840, it completed the state capitol building in Raleigh, still standing today. In mid-century the state's rural and commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile wooden plank road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston-Salem).
Divided on whether to support the North or the South in the Civil War, North Carolina reluctantly seceded from the Union in 1861. To learn more about North Carolina's role during the war, see the Today in History feature on Union General William T. Sherman's victory at Fayetteville.
In the 1930s the Farm Security Administration (FSA) sent some of the nation's finest photographers to North Carolina to document rural life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression.
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11/23/1835 - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY)
11/23/1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
11/23/1859 - Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal was born
11/23/1863 - Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, TN begins
11/23/1868 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
11/23/1876 - Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Assn
11/23/1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
11/23/1888 - Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) is born
11/23/1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
11/23/1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
11/23/1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
11/23/1936 - Life magazine hit newsstands
11/23/1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in NYC
11/23/1938 - Oscar Robertson, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960) is born
11/23/1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
11/23/1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends
11/23/1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
11/23/1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd and Vine St
11/23/1963 - "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
11/23/1963 - JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
11/23/1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
11/23/1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman"
11/23/1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
11/23/1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
11/23/1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
11/23/1975 - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
11/23/1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
11/23/1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
11/23/1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
11/23/1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
11/23/1982 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB and mated for STS-6
11/23/1983 - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
11/23/1984 - Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD to Gerard Phalen(Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
11/23/1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1/23/1988 - France performs nuclear test
11/23/1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
11/23/1990 - Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
11/23/1991 - A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS
11/23/1991 - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career
11/23/1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
11/23/1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
11/23/1859 - Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal was born
11/23/1863 - Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, TN begins
11/23/1868 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
11/23/1876 - Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Assn
11/23/1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
11/23/1888 - Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) is born
11/23/1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
11/23/1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
11/23/1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
11/23/1936 - Life magazine hit newsstands
11/23/1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in NYC
11/23/1938 - Oscar Robertson, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960) is born
11/23/1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
11/23/1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends
11/23/1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
11/23/1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd and Vine St
11/23/1963 - "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
11/23/1963 - JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
11/23/1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
11/23/1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman"
11/23/1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
11/23/1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
11/23/1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
11/23/1975 - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
11/23/1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
11/23/1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
11/23/1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
11/23/1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
11/23/1982 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB and mated for STS-6
11/23/1983 - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
11/23/1984 - Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD to Gerard Phalen(Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
11/23/1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1/23/1988 - France performs nuclear test
11/23/1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
11/23/1990 - Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
11/23/1991 - A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS
11/23/1991 - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career
11/23/1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
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