Feast Day of Saint Felicitas patron saint of barren women.

Feast Day of Saint Clement patron saint of stone cutters.

1985 A previously unknown poem by William Shakespeare is discovered in the Oxford University library by an American scholar. It was written around 1594.

1981 U.S. federal government temporarily shuts down for the first time when Pres. Reagan vetoes a stopgap spending bill.

1963 Dr. Who The British TV program debuts, starring William Hartnell as the Doctor.

1958 A Turkey for the President Future President and first lady Ronald and Nancy Reagan portray an Indian couple in this Thanksgiving presentation of General Electric Theater.

1936 First issue of Life magazine.

1919 First play-by-play radio broadcast of a U.S. football game Texas A&M beats Univ. of Texas (7-0).

1914 U.S. forces are withdrawn from Vera Cruz Mexico, after Carranza replaced Huerta as president.

1889 First jukebox is installed, in San Francisco.

1893 Harpo Marx d. 1964 (Adolph Marx), American comedian, the nonspeaking, harp-playing, horn blowing, Marx Brother.

1887 Boris Karloff d. 1969 (William Henry Pratt), English horror actor. Stage: Arsenic and Old Lace (1941, Jonathan Brewster) and Peter Pan (1951, Captain Hook). Film: Frankenstein (1931, the monster) and The Mummy (1932, title role). TV: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966, narrator).

1869 Valdemar Poulsen d. 1942 Danish electrical engineer, invented the telegraphone (1898), the forerunner to the modern tape recorder and the arc transmitter (1902) used in radio.

1859 Billy the Kid d. 1881 (Henry McCarty AKA William H. Bonney), American outlaw. He was reportedly killed in New Mexico by County Sheriff Pat Garrett. He killed 21 men in his brief career.

1804 Franklin Pierce d. 1869 14th U.S. President (1853-57).

1749 Edward Rutledge d. 1800 American politician, member of the first Continental Congress (1774) and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1221 Alfonso X d. 1284 called "Alfonso the Wise," King of León and Castile (1252-82).

912 Otto I d. 973 "Otto the Great," Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (962-73), first of the Saxon kings.

1992 Roy Claxton Acuff b. 1903 American country singer, called the King of country.  Songs: Wabash Cannonball and The Great Speckled Bird. He was the first living artist elected (1962) to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1990 Roald Dahl b. 1916 British author, coined the word "Gremlin" and wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (made into the 1971 movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).

1958 Johnston McCulley b. 1883 American author, creator of Zorro. Writings: The Mark of Zorro (1920) and The Curse of Capistrano (1920).

1902 Walter Reed b. 1851 American Army surgeon. He proved that Aëdes aegypti mosquitoes carry the yellow-fever virus (1900).

1890 William III b. 1817 King of Holland (1849-90). In 1862 he decreed the end of slavery in the Dutch West Indies.

1814 Elbridge Gerry b. 1744 5th U.S. Vice-President (1813-14), signer of the Declaration of Independence, father of the "gerrymander."

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