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1948 –  He won the Nobel Prize for literature “for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.”

TS Eliot

100

1938 – This psychedelic substance was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

LSD

100

This email server becomes the leader in Nov 2012, overtaking Microsoft’s Hotmail.

Gmail

100

Nov 1 1960 – While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announced his idea of this volunteer organization.

Peace Corps

100

1975 – This show premiered on ABC with David Hartman & Nancy Dussault, originally called AM America.

Good Morning America

200

Nov 1 1604 – This Shakespeare tragedy was first presented.

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice

200

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

200

Nov 5 2007 – This mobile phone operating system is unveiled by Google.

Android

200

2012 – This US Territory was voted to become a US State.

Puerto Rico

200

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

300

1867 – America’s first fashion-oriented magazine is published. 

Harper’s Bazaar

300

Nov 2 2000 – The first crew arrives at this, which started assembly in November 1998.

International Space Station

300

1906 – International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts this as the new call for help.

“SOS” – international Morse code distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) – 

300

Nov 2 1983 – President Reagan signed the bill establishing this holiday, celebrated in January.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

300

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

400

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

400

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

400

1983 – Bill Gates introduces the world to this operating system.

Windows 1.0.

400

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

400

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.

500

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

500

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

500

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

500

1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded, called this

Stoughton Musical Society

500

2006 – Nintendo first releases this system we still use

Wii