Atlantic Ave Magazine November 2023

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
Looking Back
NOVEMBER IN HISTORY
BY LEWIS DAVID
Looking back at important dates that took
place in the month of November both here
in America and across the globe.
NOVEMBER 2, 1947
• The world’s largest plane “Spruce Goose” took its first and only
flight in Long Beach Harbor, California. It flew about a mile at an
altitude of 70 feet. Costing $25 million, the 200-ton plywood eightengine
Hercules was designed, built and
flown by Howard Hughes.
NOVEMBER 3, 1957
• Soviet Russia launched the
world’s first inhabited space
capsule, Sputnik II, which
carried a dog named Laika.
NOVEMBER 4, 1842
• Abraham Lincoln married
Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.
BIRTHDAY – NOVEMBER 4, 1916
• “The most trusted man in America” Walter Cronkite
(1916-2009) was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. From 1962
to 1981, he was the anchorman of the CBS Evening News.
NOVEMBER 5TH
• Known as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain, for the anniversary of the
failed “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
NOVEMBER 5, 1911
• Aviator C.P. Snow completed the first transcontinental flight
across America, landing at Pasadena, California. He had taken off
from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17th and flew
3,417 miles.
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NOVEMBER 6, 1860
• Abraham Lincoln was elected as
the 16th U.S. President and the first
Republican. He received 40 percent of
the popular vote.
BIRTHDAY - NOVEMBER 6, 1861
• Inventor of the game of basketball,
James Naismith (1861-1939) was born
in Almonte, Ontario, Canada.
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