Events in History
Event of Interest
Nov 17 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe
David Livingstone
Birthdays in History
- Nov 5 Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate, born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1926)
- Nov 5 Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), born in Paris (d. 1913)
- Nov 6 Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, born in Kenton County, Kentucky (d. 1942)
- Nov 7 Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), born in Gorham, Maine (d. 1938)
- Nov 20 Josiah Royce, American philosopher (Conception of Immortality), born in Grass Valley, California (d. 1916)
- Nov 23 Frank Friday Fletcher, American Naval Admiral (Medal of Order for Battle of Veracruz), born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1928)
- Nov 30 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, born in Voorschoten, Netherlands (d. 1931)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Nov 14 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (22) weds Flora Cooke in Fort Riley, Kansas
J.E.B. Stuart