#: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved. #: #: Monthly stuff 11:Home Education Awareness Month #: Events depending on weekdays R(11/28):Thanksgiving Day. (4th Thursday). #: Normal events 11/1/1895 :1st magazine devoted to the motor vehicle ("The Horseless Age") :was published. 11/2/1947 :Spruce Goose made its only flight. 11/3/1952 :Frozen bread first marketed. 11/4/1939 :First air-conditioned automobile exhibited (Chicago). 11/5/1974 :First grandmother elected to Congress (M.H. Fenwick). 11/6/1796 :Catherine the Great died. 11/7/1874 :Elephant first used as the Republican symbol (Harper's Weekly). 11/8/1926 :First ferry built exclusively for cars put in service. 11/9/1927 :Giant Panda discovered, China. 11/10/1969 :Seseme Street 1st aired. 11/11/1959 :1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" aired. 11/12/1859 :1st flying trapeze act performed in a circus. 11/13/1940 :Willys Motor Co. tested the 1st Jeep. 11/14/1851 :"Moby Dick" published. 11/15/1806 :Pike's Peak sighted (Zebulon Pike). 11/16/1841 :Cork life preserver patented (N.E. Guerin). 11/17/1928 :Boston Garden officially opened. 11/18/1307 :William Tell shot apple off son's head. 11/19/1863 :Gettysburg Address delivered. 11/20/1877 :First recorded human speech ("Mary Had a Little Lamb," Edison). 11/21/1963 :Robert Stroud (a.k.a. Bird Man of Alcatraz) died. 11/22/1904 :Electric motor patented (M. Pfatischer). 11/23/1936 :Life magazine hit the newsstands. 11/24/1871 :National Rifle Association incorporated. 11/25/1867 :Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. 11/26/1865 :"Alice in Wonderland" published. 11/27/1912 :Parcel post postage-due one-cent stamp issued. 11/28/1895 :1st US auto race (Chicago to Evanston & back) (winner avg. 7 mph). 11/29/1932 :Electric bridge table patented (L. Hammond). 11/30/1990 :Larry Bird, basketball player, scored his 20,000th point.