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| Birthday November 21, 1694 Voltaire of France, thinker |
| Birthday November 21, 1785 William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion |
| Birthday November 21, 1787 Sir Samuel Cunard, founded 1st regular Atlantic steamship line |
| Birthday November 21, 1854 Benedict XV, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22) |
| Birthday November 21, 1860 Tom Horn is born in Missouri |
| Birthday November 21, 1898 Rene Magritte, painter (This is Not a Pipe) |
| Birthday November 21, 1904 Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz |
| Birthday November 21, 1907 Jim Bishop, author |
| Birthday November 21, 1912 Eleanor Powell, in Springfield Mass |
| Birthday November 21, 1916 Sid Luckman, NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears) |
| Birthday November 21, 1920 Ralph Meeker, Actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker) |
| Birthday November 21, 1920 Stan Musial, baseball player |
| Birthday November 21, 1923 Vivian Blaine, Actress (Guys and Dolls) |
| Birthday November 21, 1932 Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia) |
| Birthday November 21, 1933 Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield, U.S. astronaut (STS-4, 41D, 61A) |
| Birthday November 21, 1937 Marlo Thomas, in Detroit Michigan aka Mrs Phil Donahue |
| Birthday November 21, 1940 Natalia Maskarova, in Lenningrad ballerina |
| Birthday November 21, 1941 Juliet Mills, in London England |
| Birthday November 21, 1943 Marlo Thomas, Actress (That Girl!, Jenny) |
| Birthday November 21, 1943 Larry Mahan, rodeo champ |
| Birthday November 21, 1945 Goldie Hawn, Wash DC (Butterflies Are Free, Foul Play) |
| Birthday November 21, 1958 Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress (Halloween, Trading Places) |
| History November 21, 1620 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Providencetown MA harbor |
| History November 21, 1624 Jakob B”hme German philosophical mystic dies (birth date unknown) |
| History November 21, 1694 Voltaire's birthday |
| History November 21, 1776 Washington orders General Lee to New Jersey |
| History November 21, 1783 Pilƒtre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight |
| History November 21, 1783 Men fly over Paris |
| History November 21, 1789 NC becomes 12th state |
| History November 21, 1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered |
| History November 21, 1847 Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan |
| History November 21, 1861 Judah Benjamin becomes Confederate secretary of war |
| History November 21, 1864 Lincoln allegedly writes to mother of Civil War casualties |
| History November 21, 1877 Edison's first great invention |
| History November 21, 1916 Emperor Franz Josef of Austria dies |
| History November 21, 1916 Britannic sinks in Aegean Sea |
| History November 21, 1927 Holland Tunnel appears on the cover of Time |
| History November 21, 1931 USC ends Notre Dame winning streak |
| History November 21, 1933 1st US ambassador to USSR - WC Bullitt |
| History November 21, 1934 Ella Fitzgerald wins Amateur Night at Harlem's Apollo Theater |
| History November 21, 1934 Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals |
| History November 21, 1941 Nazi chief architect requests POWs to labor for a new Berlin |
| History November 21, 1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced |
| History November 21, 1959 Jack Benny (Violin) & Richard Nixon (Piano) play their famed duet |
| History November 21, 1964 World's longest suspension bridge Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened |
| History November 21, 1967 Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing |
| History November 21, 1970 U.S. force raids Son Tay prison camp |
| History November 21, 1975 Congressional report charges U.S. involvement in assassination plots |
| History November 21, 1976 Rocky premieres |
| History November 21, 1980 Who Shot JR episode of Dallas |
| History November 21, 1980 Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager |
| History November 21, 1985 Israeli spy arrested in United States |
| History November 21, 1986 Oliver North starts feeding documents into the shredding machine |