11-06-2005, 07:00 AM
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November 6th
1528 ~ Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca became the first known European to see Texas.
1789 ~ Pope Pius VI appointed John Carroll as the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
1854 ~ Birthday of John Philip Sousa, composer of the official march of the U.S., The Stars and Stripes Forever
1861 ~ Birthday of James Naismith, inventor of basketball.
1869 ~ Rutgers University defeats Princeton University, 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game. Rumor is that Princeton is set to have a similar season this year.
1893 ~ Death of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer.
1913 ~ Mahatma Gandhi was arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1962 ~ The UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and called for all member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1999 ~ Australians voted to keep the British Queen as their head of state.
2000 ~ Death of L. Sprague De Camp, Science Fiction writer.
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