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Major Historical Events 1620: The Mayflower Compact Signed Forty-one male passengers on the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact. 1783: First Untethered Hot-Air Balloon Flight Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis François...

Early History & Exploration 1493: Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to land on Puerto Rico during his second voyage to the New World, naming it San...

Key Historical Events on November 17: 1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England upon the death of her half-sister, Mary I, beginning the Elizabethan Age. 1777 - The Articles of...

Mary J. Scourboutakos, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your...

Key Historical Events on November 14th 1960: Ruby Bridges desegregates her school. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted by four federal marshals to her first day of classes at William Frantz...

Ashley Brandebura, University of Virginia Delivering a connection-building protein to star-shaped cells in the brain could reverse changes to neural circuits seen in Down syndrome,...

1600s 1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 male passengers aboard the Mayflower, creating the first framework for self-governance in the area that would become...

Major events 1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 1917: The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government in Russia, marking the start of the...

1860s Abraham Lincoln elected president: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th U.S. President, a victory that led to the secession of Southern states and the...

Today in history, November 4, includes the discovery of the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis in...