Tuesday, November 1, 2011

[1871 - Stephen Crane, novelist, poet, born in Newark, New Jersey]

[1880 - Grantland Rice, sportswriter,
born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee]

[1880 - Sholem Asch, novelist, essayist, playwright, born in Kutno, Poland]

[1897 - The first Library of Congress building is opened to the public]

[1920 - James J. Kilpatrick, journalist, columnist, editor, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]

[1924 - Victoria de los Angeles Lopez Garcia, soprano, born in Barcelona, Spain]

[1939 - Rockefeller Center opens in Manhattan]
[1941 - President Roosevelt places the Coast Guard under the Department of the Navy for the duration of WW-II by executive order]