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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 21 November.

1. Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Providencetown MA harbor
2. Jakob B”hme German philosophical mystic dies (birth date unknown)
3. Pilƒtre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
4. NC becomes 12th state
5. Honolulu Harbor discovered
6. Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan
7. 1st US ambassador to USSR - WC Bullitt
8. Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals
9. 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
10. Jack Benny (Violin) & Richard Nixon (Piano) play their famed duet
11. World's longest suspension bridge Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened
12. Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
13. Who Shot JR episode of Dallas

These famous people were born on 21 November.

1. 1694 - Voltaire of France, thinker
2. 1785 - William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion
3. 1787 - Sir Samuel Cunard, founded 1st regular Atlantic steamship line
4. 1854 - Benedict XV, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)
5. 1898 - Rene Magritte, painter (This is Not a Pipe)
6. 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
7. 1907 - Jim Bishop, author
8. 1912 - Eleanor Powell, in Springfield Mass
9. 1916 - Sid Luckman, NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears)
10. 1920 - Ralph Meeker, Actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
11. 1920 - Stan Musial, baseball player
12. 1923 - Vivian Blaine, Actress (Guys and Dolls)
13. 1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
14. 1933 - Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield, U.S. astronaut (STS-4, 41D, 61A)
15. 1937 - Marlo Thomas, in Detroit Michigan aka Mrs Phil Donahue
16. 1940 - Natalia Maskarova, in Lenningrad ballerina
17. 1941 - Juliet Mills, in London England
18. 1943 - Marlo Thomas, Actress (That Girl!, Jenny)
19. 1943 - Larry Mahan, rodeo champ
20. 1945 - Goldie Hawn, Wash DC (Butterflies Are Free, Foul Play)
21. 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress (Halloween, Trading Places)