1

1765 Stamp Act went into effect.

2

1948 Truman defeated Dewey.

3

1986 First newspaper story arose over the Iran-Contra scandal.
Election Day

4

1979 Iran hostage crisis began.

5

1974 Ella Grasso elected governor of Connecticut.

6

1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act enacted.

7

1637 Trial of Anne Hutchinson began.

8

1994 Proposition 187 passed.

9

1965 Great Northeast Blackout

10

1969 First broadcast of "Sesame Street"

11

1620 Mayflower Compact signed.
Veterans Day

12

1968 Epperson v. Arkansas decided.

13

1982 Vietnam Memorial dedicated.

14

1921 Fatty Arbuckle trial began.

15

1777 Articles of Confederation adopted.

16

1933 U.S. and USSR established diplomatic relations.

17

1800 Congress met in Capitol Building for first time.

18

1903 Panama Canal treaty signed.

19

1863 Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address.

20

1945 Nuremberg war crime trials began.

21

1877 Edison announced the invention of the phonograph.

22

1963 Kennedy assassinated.

23

1998 State Tobacco Settlement signed.

24

1832 South Carolina passed Ordinance of Nullification.

25

1865 Mississippi Black Code enacted.

26

1950 Chinese sent troops into Korea.

Thanksgiving Day

27

1770 Trial began of British soldiers in Boston Massacre.

28

1943 Tehran Conference began.

29

1890 First Army-Navy football game played.

30

1993 Brady Bill signed.