Notable Birthdays for November 21
Joseph Plumb Martin (1760-1850) - Soldier in the Connecticut Militia and Continental Army who became a 23-year-old Sergeant.
William Beaumont (1785-1853) - Army surgeon who became known as the Father of Gastric Physiology.
Hetty Green (1834-Still Living) - Considered the richest woman in America during the Gilded Age who gained the name the Witch of Wall Street.
Tom Horn (1860-1903) - Gunfighter and outlaw.
Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) - Saxophonist credited with bringing the saxophone into mainstream jazz.
Buck Ram (1907-1991) - Songwriter and music producer who is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Revaz Dogonadze (1931-1985) - A founder of Quantum electrochemistry.
Lewis Binford (1931-2011) - Archaeologist considered to be one of most influential archaeologists of the 20th century.
Jean Shepard (1933-2016) - Considered to be one of the first female country music artists.
Harold Ramis (1944-2014) - Actor remembered for his role as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters.
Vincent Di Fate (1945-Still Living) - Artist who specialized in fantasy, science fiction and realistic space art.
Goldie Hawn (1945-Still Living) - Academy Award winning actress known for her roles in Overboard, The Banger Sisters, and The Christmas Chronicles.
George Zimmer (1948-Still Living) - Founder of the Men's Warehouse.
Troy Aikman (1966-Still Living) - Former NFL quarterback.
Alton Mason (1997-Still Living) - The first black male to model for Chanel.
Memorable Events for November 21
1620 - Plymouth settlers sign the Mayflower Compact.
1654 - Black free slave Richard Johnson is granted 550 acres in Virginia.
1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar at the age of 20.
1789 - North Carolina becomes the 12th state to join the union.
1817 - US soldiers attack Miccosukee Tribe in GA, which later becomes known as the First Seminole War.
1861 - President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin as Secretary of War.
1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph.
1922 - Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes the first female US Senator (Georgia).
1934 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio.
1945 - The United Auto Workers go on strike against GM for a 30% raise.
1946 - President Truman becomes the first to travel in a submarine.
1952 - The first stamp in two colors is introduced.
1959 - Vice President Richard Nixon (piano) plays a duet with Jack Benny (violin).
1970 - The U.S. Army and Air Force raid the Sơn Tây (Vietnam) POW camp in an attempt to free American prisoners.
1973 - The attorney for President Nixon reveals the presence of an 18½ minute gap in the Watergate tape recording.
1974 - Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act after President Gerald Ford vetoed the Act.
1985 - Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying for Israel.
1980 - Who Shot J.R.? (Dallas) airs.
1986 - Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran-Contra affair.
1989 - President George H. W. Bush bans smoking on most domestic flights.