Historical Events
1987 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 – 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
1995 – “Master Class” opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
2000 – New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
2003 – First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th
2004 – Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship; beats American Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
Famous Birthdays
1708 – William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner’, born in London (d. 1778)
1898 – Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer and poet (Fish-Trap) (d. 1976)
1928 – C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer (Convoy), born in Audubon, Iowa (d. 2022)
1968 – James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Nickelback “How You Remind Me”; “Photograph”), born in Hanna, Alberta
1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American NFL football player, 2005-07 (Houston Texans), born in Palo Alto, California
Famous Deaths
1988 – Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
1990 – Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
1997 – Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; “The Anniversary Song”), dies at 85
2009 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
2010 – Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78
2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)