On this day in history.

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November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker debuts in New York City.

 

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November 16, 2001. The first Harry Potter film opens.

 

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November 18, 1863; Abraham Lincoln travels by train to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where on the following day, he would give a short speech to dedicate a cemetery for the soldiers who died in the fighting there.

 

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November 18, 1928...Mickey Mouse made his first appearance with sound in the film, "Steamboat Willie."

Happy Birthday to you, Mickey Mouse!!



Source: NYDailyNews.com

 

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November 18, 1883; the railroads create the first time zones in the United States and Canada.

 

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November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address

 

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November 20, 1945, Nuremberg trials begin.

 

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November 20, 1947, Princess Elizabeth marries Phillip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Today is their 65th wedding anniversary.

 

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November 20, 1789, New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights, the first state to do so.

 

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November 21, 1877; Edison announces his invention of the phonograph.

 

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November 22, 1963; John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JFK_limousine.png

 

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November 22, 1963; John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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...hard to believe...my husband remembers school being dismissed that day after it happened.

 

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...hard to believe...my husband remembers school being dismissed that day after it happened.

He didn't even get to finish his first term in office. He was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency of the United States at age 43.

 

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He didn't even get to finish his first term in office.

Yes, that's what my husband and I were just saying. So sad.

 

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November 23, 1936; the first issue of Life Magazine is published.