Literature and Magazines
1948 – He won the Nobel Prize for literature “for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.”
TS Eliot
1938 – This psychedelic substance was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
LSD
This email server becomes the leader in Nov 2012, overtaking Microsoft’s Hotmail.
Gmail
Nov 1 1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announced his idea of this volunteer organization.
Peace Corps
1975 – This show premiered on ABC with David Hartman & Nancy Dussault, originally called AM America.
Good Morning America
Nov 1 1604 – This Shakespeare tragedy was first presented.
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Nov 1 1977 – Named after the wisest of the Centaurs of Greek mythology, this asteroid was discovered by Charles Kowal and is now classified as a comet. It is now the only known comet to host a ring system.
Chiron
Nov 5 2007 – This mobile phone operating system is unveiled by Google.
Android
2012 – This US Territory was voted to become a US State.
Puerto Rico
Now recognized as the most-watched film in television history, it was first shown on television for the first time on CBS on Nov 3, 1956.
The Wizard of Oz
1867 – America’s first fashion-oriented magazine is published.
Harper’s Bazaar
Nov 2 2000 – The first crew arrives at this, which started assembly in November 1998.
International Space Station
1906 – International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts this as the new call for help.
“SOS” – international Morse code distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) –
Nov 2 1983 – President Reagan signed the bill establishing this holiday, celebrated in January.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system was officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and this....
rated X
1945- The first issue of this magazine was published by John H Johnson, who was also the author of ‘The Negro Digest’ (later called Black World) in 1942.
Ebony magazine
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen observed this for the first time during an experiment at Würzburg University, Germany. It earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901, and element 111, roentgenium, was named after him.
X-rays
1983 – Bill Gates introduces the world to this operating system.
Windows 1.0.
1913 – The USA introduced a tax on this... although the US federal government imposed the first, although temporary, personal income tax, on August 5, 1861, to help finance the Civil War.
income tax
Nov 5 1935 – Parker Brothers first launch this classic board game
Monopoly. Marvin Gardens is actually a misspelling of ‘Marven Gardens’, an actual locale in Atlantic City.
1936 – Originally started in 1883, this magazine was shifted into a picture magazine. Prior to that, it was a humor and general interest magazine.
Life
1896 – The first long-distance transmission ever of this type of electricity was successful from the Niagara Falls Power Company to Buffalo, N.Y., 26 miles away.
hydroelectricity
Nov 7 1932 - Notable as the first science-fiction program on radio, this comic turned radio program hit the airwaves.
the Buck Rogers radio program
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded, called this
Stoughton Musical Society
2006 – Nintendo first releases this system we still use
Wii