42 BC First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar’s assassins Brutus and Cassius.
52 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
1226 Francis of Assisi (died), Italian friar and saint (born 1181)
1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd (born 1238), prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering.
1631 Sebastian Anton Scherer (born), German organist and composer (died 1712)
1656 Myles Standish (died), English-American captain (born 1584)
1712 The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
1716 Giovanni Battista Beccaria (born), Italian physicist (died 1781)
1778 Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1789 George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
1790 John Ross (born), American tribal chief (died 1866)
1838 Black Hawk (died), American tribal leader (born 1767)
1846 James Jackson Putnam (born), American neurologist (died 1918)
1848 Henry Lerolle (born), French painter (d. 1929)
1849 American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1860 Rembrandt Peale (died), American painter (born 1778)
1863 The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
1867 Elias Howe (died), American engineer, invented the sewing machine (born 1819)
1872 The Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
1873 Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
1873 Kintpuash (died), American tribal leader (born 1837)
1885 Sophie Treadwell (born), American playwright and journalist (died 1970)
1891 Édouard Lucas (died), French mathematician (born 1842)
1896 Gerardo Diego (born), Spanish poet (died 1987)
1896 William Morris (died), English author and poet (born 1834)
1897 Louis Aragon (born), French author and poet (died 1982)
1898 Adolf Reichwein (born), German educator, economist, cultural policymaker, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. (died 1944)
1900 Thomas Wolfe (born), American author (died 1938)
1916 James Herriot (born), English veterinarian and author (died 1995)
1919 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
1919 James M. Buchanan (born), American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1925 Gore Vidal (born), American author, screenwriter, and actor (died 2012)
1928 Edward L. Moyers (born), American railroad executive (died 2006)
1928 Erik Bruhn (born), Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
1932 Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1936 Steve Reich (born), American composer
1938 Eddie Cochran (born), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1960)
1941 Chubby Checker (born), American singer-songwriter
1942 Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
1944 Pierre Deligne (born), Belgian mathematician
1944 Roy Horn (born), German-American magician and actor
1945 Jo Ritzen (born), Dutch economist and politician
1949 Lindsey Buckingham (born), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fleetwood Mac)
1949 WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
1950 Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
1952 The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world’s third nuclear power.
1954 Al Sharpton (born), American minister, talk show host, and activist
1954 Stevie Ray Vaughan (born), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble) (died 1990)
1955 Allen Woody (born), American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule) (died 2000)
1955 The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
1957 Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems is ruled to be not obscene by the California State Superior Court.
1961 Rebecca Stephens (born), English journalist and mountaineer
1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS-TV in the United States.
1962 Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
1962 Tommy Lee (born), Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem, and Rock Star Supernova)
1964 Clive Owen (born), English actor and producer
1964 First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
1965 Zachary Scott (died), American actor (born 1914)
1967 Woody Guthrie (died), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (born 1912)
1969 Gwen Stefani (born), American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (No Doubt)
1969 Skip James (died), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1902)
1971 Kevin Richardson (born), American singer-songwriter and actor (Backstreet Boys)
1979 Hannelore Schmatz (died), German mountaineer (born 1940)
1979 Josh Klinghoffer (born), American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia, and The Bicycle Thief)
1979 Nicos Poulantzas (died), Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (born 1936)
1979 Ray Genet (died), American mountaineer (born 1931)
1985 The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
1986 TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
1990 German reunification. The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
1993 Battle of Mogadishu: In a failed attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
1995 O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
1998 Roddy McDowall (died), English-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1928)
2000 Benjamin Orr (died), American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (born 1947)
2004 Janet Leigh (died), American actress, singer, and author (born 1927)
2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
2012 Kathi McDonald (died), American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (born 1948)
2012 Robert F. Christy (died), American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916)
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