Monday, November 21, 2011

Today in History - November 21

On this day in 1620, the settlers of the Plymouth Colony signed the Mayflower Compact.

On this day in 1789, North Carolina becomes the 12th US State when it ratified the United States Constitution.

On this day in 1877, inventor Thomas Alva Edison announced the invention of the phonograph.

On this day in 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton from Georgia becomes the first female US Senator.

On this day in 1995, the Dayton Peace Agreement was signed, ending the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1893, it was reported that Mrs. Magill held a rag sewing that was well attended by the neighborhood women.

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