November 15 is the 320th day of the year. There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year.
1660 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (NYC)
1763 Feuding gay lovers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, draw the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
1777 Articles of Confederation is adopted by Continental Congress producing 10 years of confusion before the Constitution is ratified.
1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin enjoy some time off in Tahiti.
1864 Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta.
1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers [not noticed due to all the hot air still circulating in the chamber]
1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film, "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City
1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) much to the dismay of his boyfriend
1969 Wendy's Hamburgers makes a hot and juicy offer for the 1st time. She recently hit on something special with Dave's Hot 'n' Juicy...
1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances
1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album
1993 Joey Buttafuoco is sentenced to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher
1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances
2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English–think Ebonics for Arabs
1738 Sir William Herschel, German-born English father of modern astronomer famous for discovering Uranus...the planet
1881 Franklin Pearce Adams, probably gay US columnist, wit, fouding member of the Thanatopsis Literary and Inside Straight Club (Algonquin Round Table)/Information Please panelist
March 23 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 273 days remaining until the end of time.
1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Something big is sure to happen...hmm, I'm thinking England for some reason.
1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London; George III stands up. Hallelujah!
1806 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast but find no free parking spaces at the beach, so they turn around and go home
1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] in Boston's Morning Post. In much of the world, however, this sign is not OK.
1868 The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. Fuckin’ hippies.
1889 President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization. It is a hostile act against white people; I’ve been to Oklahoma and I’m not white!
1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1957 U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons which are mighty tasted when roasted
1966 Old Men In Dresses! 1st official meeting after 400 years of Roman Catholic and Anglican Catholic Church leaders (Popo Paul IV and Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Arthur Ramsey). Nothing is settled; Henry VIII still can’t have his divorce.
1969 Rally for Decency in Miami. Yeah, right.
1994 Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail after 4 months and 9 days for statutory rape
1905 Joan Crawford, US actress/mother/wire hanger hater
1980 Jason Chambers, uncircumcised US actor/martial artist/TV host
1964 Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), goes in search of the stuff that dreams are made of
1983 Barney Clark, 1st artificial heart recipient, asks the Wizard for a new heart
1985 Singing Nun [Sr. Luc Gabriel nee Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers], and her lesbian lover have nothing to sing about
2008 Chase Tatum, US WCW wrestler and road manager for Outkast, goes down and out
2011 Dame Elizabeth Rosamond Taylor, British-American actress (National Velvet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cleopatra, BUtterfield 8)/AIDS activist, will always be the girl who had everything.
