November 1, 1776 – Mission San Juan Capistrano is founded in California becoming the historic place where swallows return each March.
November 2, 1947 – The first and only flight of Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” takes place in Long Beach, California. The 200-ton plywood eight-engine plane cost $25 million to build; it flew about one-mile at an altitude of 70 feet.
November 3, 1948 – ‘Dewey Defeats Truman” is the banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Of course, we know their polling projections were wrong because Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election.
November 4, 1922 – King Tut’s tomb is discovered at Luxor, Egypt by British archeologist Howard Carter.
November 2, 1947 – The first and only flight of Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” takes place in Long Beach, California. The 200-ton plywood eight-engine plane cost $25 million to build; it flew about one-mile at an altitude of 70 feet.
November 3, 1948 – ‘Dewey Defeats Truman” is the banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Of course, we know their polling projections were wrong because Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election.
November 4, 1922 – King Tut’s tomb is discovered at Luxor, Egypt by British archeologist Howard Carter.