- 1869] Tee for two: Rutgers beats Princeton 6-4 at New Brunswick (NJ) in the first college football game. There were 25 players on each side, touchdowns were worth one point and the game resembled soccer more than football (11/6)...
- 1923] A patented shave: Colonel Jacob Schick patents the first electric shaver (11/6)...
- 1935] The birth of FM: Edwin H. Armstrong announces the development of FM broadcasting. Bless you Edwin H. Armstrong (11/6)...
- 1960] Election Daze: Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency. The age of Camelot dawns (11/8)...
- 1962] I get no kicks from champagne: Nixon who fails in his bid to become Governor of California tells reporters: "You won't have me to kick around anymore" (11/7)...
- 1965] Premiered on this date: The Pillsbury Dough Boy debuts (11/8)...1967] Phil Donahue begins his TV talk show in Dayton (OH) and stays on the air for over 25 years with it (11/6)...
- 1970] Record Breaker: New Orleans placekicker Tom Dempsey, born without toes on his kicking foot, kicks a record-setting 63-yard field goal (11/8). In 1998 Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos ties Dempsey with his 63-yard boot, no doubt aided by Denver's mile-high altitude...
- 1973] Body snatcher: Singer Gram Parsons' manager Phil Kaufman is fined $300 for stealing Parsons' body from LAX. Kaufman claims it was Parsons wish to be cremated (11/6)...
- 1995] Banned in Cleveland: Browns' owner Art Modell announces a plan to move the team to Baltimore. It gets worse when the Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl (11/6)...
- 2002] Gotcha: A jury in Beverly Hills convicts Winona Ryder of stealing $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue. Winona is placed on probation for 3 years (11/6)...For more on November 6 - 8:
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