Nov 20 2008
Thursday 13: On This Date
- 1620: Peregrine White was the first child born in New England to English parents.
- 1789: New Jersey became the first State to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1889: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, was born.
- 1893: The US Supreme Court ruled that the Great Lakes and their connecting waters constitute ‘high seas.’
- 1910: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, died.
- 1959: Ford stopped production of the unpopular Edsel.
- 1966: The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway.
- 1984: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Project is founded.
- 1985: Microsoft released Windows 1.0 for personal computers.
- 2006: Nintendo’s Wii game system debuted to mobs of prospective buyers.
- Great American Smokeout
- Absurdity Day
- Universal Children’s Day
