Saturday History
By Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 324th day of 2021 and the 60th day of autumn.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
— In 1945, the Nuremberg Trials against World War II Nazi war criminals began.
— In 1962, President John F. Kennedy lifted the blockade against Cuba in response to the Soviet Union removing its missiles from the Caribbean nation.
— In 1969, a group of Native American activists took control of Alcatraz Island in an unarmed occupation that would last until June 1971.
— In 1985, Microsoft Corp. released the Windows 1.0 graphical operating system.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), astronomer; Alistair Cooke (1908-2004), TV host; Robert Byrd (1917-2010), senator; Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014), writer; Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), senator; Estelle Parsons (1927- ), actress; Richard Dawson (1932-2012), actor/TV host; Don DeLillo (1936- ), author; Joe Biden (1942- ), 46th U.S. president; Rickson Gracie (1958- ), martial artist; Joel McHale (1971- ), actor/comedian; Future (1983- ), rapper.
TODAY’S FACT: Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, with more than 50 years of service from 1959 to 2010.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1997, A.C. Green played in his 907th consecutive NBA game, a record that he would extend to 1,192 games.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “In every encounter between human beings there is a pace set that belongs to them, and that will be taken up in its own rhythm whenever they are together.” — Nadine Gordimer, “None to Accompany Me”
TODAY’S NUMBER: 24 — defendants at the start of the Nuremberg Trials, which began this date in 1945.
TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (Nov. 19) and last quarter moon (Nov. 27).
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