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- THE YOUNG CITIZEN November, 1939 SOME IMPORTANT BIRTHDAYS AND EVENTS OF NOVEMBER Check the five which interest you most; then go to the library and read about each of the five which you have checked. I: All Saints'. Day. The Constitution of Biak-Na-Bato was approved, 1897. 2:. The first public radio broadcast was • made, 1920. 3: Jose Rizal was brought to Manila for trial and martyrdom, 1898. 4: Jaime de Veyra was born, 1873.· Associate Ju0 stice Carlos A. Imperial was born, 1880. 5: Former Justice Malcolm was born, 1881. Assemblyman Enrique Magalona was born, 1891. 6: Assemblyman Leonardo Festin was born, 1886. 7: Madame Curie, discoverer· of radium, was born, 1867. Assemblyman Vicente Agan was born, 1895. 8: Women first voted in a national elec- / tion in the Philippines, 1938. 9: The late Teodoro Y angco, philanthropist, was born, 1861. Assemblyman Teodoro Ca~acho was born, 1884. I 0: The former German Kaiser, W.ilhelm II, fled from Germany to Holland, 1918. 11: The World War armistice was declared, 1918. Assemblyman Narciso Ramos was born, 1900. 12: The Holland Tunnel was opened with 52,000 vehicles using it on the first day of operation, 1927. 13: Robert Louis Stevenson, author, was born, 1850. 14: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, was born, 1765. Gregorio del Pilar was born, 1875. 15: The Philippine Commonwealth was inaugurated, 1935. 16: The Suez Canal was opened, 1869. 17: Col. Juan Dominguez was born, 1881. 18: Galli-Curci, operatic singer, was born, 1889. 19: Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address," 1863. 20: Thomas Chatterton, author, was born, 1752. 21: Legaspi's expedition sailed for the Philippines from Mexico, 1564. 22: Festival of Saint Cecilia, patroness of musicians and the blind. · 23: Clemente Jose Zulueta, historian, was born, 1876. Dr .. Henry Wade, leprologist, was born, 1886. 24": The railroad from Manila to Dagupan was completed, 1892. . 25: Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate •and philanthropist, was born, 1835. 26: A circus train burned in Mexico, killing 14 persons and releasing elephants, lions, jaguars, and other wild animals, 1930. 27: Assemblyman Vicente T. Lazo was born, 1897. 28: The first United States Government post office was established, 1783. Assemblyman Gregorio Perfecto was born, 1891. 29: The China Clipper arrived at Manila, completing the first tr~ns Pacific flight, 1935. 30: National Hero's Day. Mark 'fwain, famous humorist, was born, 1835. Andres Bonifacio was born, 1863.