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Nov 29, 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

This was 325th day of the year and 40 days remained in the year.


November 21 Birthdays

Voltaire
1694–1778, French Philosopher and Author whose name was François Marie Arouet de Voltaire.

Hetty Green
financier (1834)

 Rene Magritte
painter (1898)

 Coleman Hawkins
jazz musician (1904)

 Stan Musial
baseball player (1920)

 Goldie Hawn
actress (1945)

 Beryl Bainbridge
writer (1953)

 Tina Brown
magazine publisher (1953)

 Björk
singer, songwriter (1965)

 Troy Aikman
football player, TV commentator (1966)

November 21 in History

1783

With the Marquis d'Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1/2 mi in 20 min.

1789

North Carolina became the 12th state.

1922

Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.

1934

Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.

1969

For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.

1973

The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.

1991

Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.

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