November 6
1814 Adolph Sax, Belgian-born French maker of musical instruments; inventor of the saxophone, was born.
1832 Joseph Smith III, American religious leader, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints 1860-1914, was born. He was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
1854 John Philip Sousa, the king of American march music, was born in Washington, D.C.
November 7
1665 The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, was first published.
1728 Captain James Cook, British naval officer, explorer, and cartographer was born. (d. 1779)
1811 The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1867 Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the Polish-born French physicist twice awarded the Nobel Prize for her work on radioactivity, was born.
1885 In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ended on the Canadian Pacific Railway extending across Canada.
1888 Sir Chandrasekhara Raman, Indian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, was born.
1918 Billy Graham, evangelist, was born.
1929 The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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