November 14, 1815 – American inventor and engineer Robert Fulton, who developed the first commercial steamboat, is born in Little Britain, Pennsylvania.
November 18, 1901 – George Gallup, American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, is born in Jefferson, Iowa.
November 18, 1923 – American astronaut and first American in space, Alan Sheperd, is born in Derry, New Hampshire.
November 19, 1831 – James Garfield, the 20th U. S. President, is born in Orange, Ohio. He was shot by a disgruntled office holder and died after being in office just a little over six months.