| November 21 |
| 1620 |
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Leaders of the Mayflower expedition frame the "Mayflower Compact," designed to bolster unity among the settlers. |
| 1783 |
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Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes make the first free-flight ascent in a balloon to over 500 feet in Paris. |
| 1789 |
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North Carolina ratifies the Constitution, becoming the 12th state to do it. |
| 1855 |
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Franklin Colman, a pro-slavery Missourian, guns down Charles Dow, a Free Stater from Ohio, near Lawrence, Kansas. |
| 1864 |
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From Georgia, Confederate General John B. Hood launches the Franklin-Nashville Campaign into Tennessee. |
| 1904 |
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Motorized omnibuses replace horse-drawn cars in Paris. |
| 1906 |
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In San Juan, President Theodore Roosevelt pledges citizenship for Puerto Rican people. |
| 1907 |
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Cunard liner Mauritania sets a new speed record for steamship travel, 624 nautical miles in a one day run. |
| 1911 |
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Suffragettes storm Parliament in London. All are arrested and all choose prison terms. |
| 1917 |
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German ace Rudolf von Eschwege is killed over Macedonia when he attacks a booby-trapped observation balloon packed with explosives. |
| 1918 |
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The last German troops leave Alsace-Lorraine, France. |
| 1927 |
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Police turn machine guns on striking Colorado mine workers, killing five and wounding 20. |
| 1934 |
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A New York court rules Gloria Vanderbilt unfit for custody of her daughter. |
| 1934 |
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Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes premieres at New York’s Alvin Theatre. |
| 1949 |
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The United Nations grants Libya its independence by 1952. |
| 1967 |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the air quality act, allotting $428 million for the fight against pollution. |
| 1970 |
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U.S. planes conduct widespread bombing raids in North Vietnam. |
| 1986 |
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The Justice Department begins an inquiry into the National Security Council into what will become known as the Iran-Contra scandal. |
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Born on November 21 |
| 1694 |
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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, historian, poet, dramatist and novelist. |
| 1898 |
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Rene Magritte, surrealist painter (Golconda). |
| 1904 |
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Coleman Hawkins, jazz saxophonist. |
| 1908 |
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Elizabeth G. Speare, writer of historical novels for children. |
| 1920 |
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Stan "The Man" Musial, Hall of Fame baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| 1929 |
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Marilyn French, novelist and critic (The Women’s Room). |
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