From: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Birthdates Which Occur on November 11
Date: 11 Nov 1992 15:52:05 GMT
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 Birthdates Which Occur on November 11: 
1972  20 Berry Oakley rock musician (Allman Brothers)
1964  28 Philip McKeon actor (Alice, Return to Horror High)
1963  29 Vinny Testaverde quarterback
1962  30 Demi Moore  Rosewell, NM, actress (General Hospital, Blame It on Rio)
1955  37 Jigme Singye Wangchuk king of Bhutan (1972-  )
1951  41 Fuzzy Zoeller New Albany, Ind., PGA golfer (Masters 1981)
1945  47 Chris Dreja rock musician (Yardbirds)
   and   Daniel Ortega Saavedra president of Nicaragua (1984-90)
1944  48 Jesse Colin Young  NY, musician (Youngbloods - Soul of a City Boy)
1943  49 Jokl Robert Belgium, world moto-cross motorcycle champion
1939  53 Claudia Boyarskikh USSR, 5K/10K nordic skier (Olympic gold 1964)
1938  54 John Reilly actor (General Hospital-Sean, Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel)
1936  56 Susan Kohner actress (Imitation of Life, The Gene Krupa Story)
1935  57 Bibi Andersson Swedish actress (Scenes from a Marriage)
1929  63 LaVern Baker Chicago, R & B vocalist (I Cried a Tear)
1927  65 Mose Allison Mississippi, jazz artist (Black Country Suite)
1925  67 Jonathan Winters comedian (Jonathan Winters Show, Mork & Mindy)
1922  70 Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Ind., author (Slaughterhouse 5, Sirens of Titan)
1918  74 Stubby Kaye actor (Guys & Dolls, Li'l Abner, Cat Ballou)
1915  77 Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) (Golden Fleece Awards)
1914  78 Howard Fast NYC, screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus)
1911  81 Patric Knowles England, actor (Big Steal, Chisum)
1909  83 Robert Ryan Chicago, actor (Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day)
1904  88 Alger Hiss who hid the papers in a pumpkin
1901  91 Sam Spiegel producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge over the River Kwai)
1900  92 Helena Konopacka Poland, discus thrower (Olympic gold 1928)
   and   Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania) minority whip
1899  93 Harold (Pie) Traynor baseball hall of famer (Pittsburgh)
   and   Pat O'Brien US actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
1898  94 Rene Clair director (I Married a Witch)
1896  96 Charles (Lucky) Luciano Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster
1885 107 Gen. George S. Patton "Old Blood & Guts"
1872 120 Frederick A. Stock  J|lich, Germany, conductor
1864 128 Alfred Hermann Fried German pacifist (Nobel 1911)
1836 156 Thomas Bailey Aldrich US author, editor (Story of a Bad Boy)
1771 221 Ephraim McDowell surgeon, pioneer in abdominal surgery
1744 248 Abigail Smith Adams  Weymouth, Mass., 2nd first lady
1729 263 Louis Antoine de Bougainville French navigator
1636 356 Yen Jo-ch| Chinese scholar of the Ch'ing dynasty
1050 942 Henry IV Holy Roman emperor (1036-1106)

 Deaths Which Occured November 11:
1918  74 Pvt. Henry Gunther last allied casualty in WW I, killed at 11:01
1887 105 Samuel Fielden Michael Schwab & Oscar Neebe hanged for Haymarket bomb
1880 112 Ned Kelly Australian outlaw, hanged in Melbourne
1831 161 Nat Turner US slave who led a violent insurrection, is executed

 Holidays Which Occur November 11: 
1918  74 *Remembrance Day - Canada
         *Veteran's Day; armistice signed ending WW I

 Religious Observances on November 11: 
1855 137 Commemoration of S
ren Kierkegaard, teacher (Luth)
   397   Memorial of St. Martin, bishop of Tours (Ang, RC)

 Things to Remember for November 11: 
         Flower - Chrysanthemum                Gem - Topaz
 10 Days Astrological sign:  Scorpio
  5 Days Taurid meteor shower (derived from Comet Enke)
         Martinmas, term (quarter) day in Scotland

 Highlights in History Which Occur November 11: 
1940  52  Blizzard strikes midwestern U.S. killing over 100.
1989   3 Salvadoran rebels begin greatest offensive of the civil war
   and   Destroyer collision kills 1 - 5th fatal US navy accident in 14 days
1988   4 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in "Science"
1987   5 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for a record $53.6 million at auction
1982  10 5th space shuttle mission (Columbia 5) launched; 1st commercial flight
1980  12 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to earth aboard Soyuz 37
1979  13 World's longest slide rule (98.5 m) completed, Champaign, Ill.
1975  17 Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs)
   and   Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1970  22 Bob Dylan's book "Tarantula" is published
1968  24 Maldives (in the Indian Ocean) becomes a republic
   and   John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "Two Virgins" album
1967  25 Vietcong release 3 US POWs to Tom Hayden, Pnompenh
1966  26 Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight
1965  27 Rhodesia proclaimed independent of Britain by PM Ian D. Smith
1963  29 Detroit Red Wing Alex Delvecchio plays in his 548th consecutive game
   and   Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead from Rocket Richard at 545
1946  46 NY Knicks' 1st game at Madison Sq. Garden; lose 78-68 to Chicago Stags
1944  48 Worst Notre Dame football defeat - Army wins 59-0
   and   NY Rangers' winless streak reaches 25 (21 losses, 4 ties) (NHL record)
1942  50 During WW II Germany completes the occupation of France
   and   Harry Turner sets record for hand key Morse code transmission, 175 cpm
1939  53 Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
1937  55 Shanghai falls to the Japanese
1935  57 Nat'l Geo Soc Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 22,000 m, SD
         Albert Stevens takes 1st photo showing the curvature of the earth
1933  59 "Great Black Blizzard" - vast dust storm in the Great Plains
1925  67 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
   and   Louis Armstrong records the 1st of his Hot Five recordings
1924  68 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated in San Francisco
1921  71 Pres. Harding dedicates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1919  73 American Legionnaires attack Wobblies, Centralia, Wash. - 6 killed
1918  74 Armistice Day - World War I ends (at 11 a.m. on Western Front)
1889 103 Washington admitted as 42nd US state
1868 124 1st US amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1864 128 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1855 137 Topeka ("Free State") Convention promulgates a constitution for Kansas
1854 138 Louisa May Alcott's 1st story, "The Rival Prima Donnas," is published
1813 179 Battle of Crysler's Farm; Americans repulsed from Canada
1790 202 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1778 214 Iroquois Indians kill 40 people in Cherry Valley, Mass.
1648 344 Dujtch & French divbide St Maarten
1647 345 Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
1620 372 41 pilgrims land in Providencetown, Mass., sign Mayflower Compact
1572 420 Tycho Brahe observes birth of a "new star" (supernova) in Cassiopeia
1417 575 Great Schism of the western church ends with election of Pope Martin V
1215 777 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

 That's all for TODAY!



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