What Happened in Nov 1916

The Experimental Playwrights' Theater Opens Its First New York Season

The experimental Playwrights' Theater opened its first New York season on November 3, 1916, at 139 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. The... Read more

Walter Cronkite Is Born

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening... Read more

Fort Point Channel Accident

On November 7, 1916, double truck box car No. 393, controlled by hand brakes and having a seating capacity for 34 passengers, left P street barn,... Read more

Jeannette Rankin Elected as the First Woman to Serve in US Congress

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress... Read more