Today in History . . .

[Deb in IA]

On November 20, 1620, Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay - the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.

On November 20, 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey in London.

On November 20, 1969, the Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase-out.

On November 20, 2001 Federal health officials approved sale of the world's first contraceptive patch, Ortho-Evra.

 

[Goofyposter]

Thanks Deb!

 

[nativetxn]

In can't imagine making a transatlantic ship voyage on the Mayflower during late pregnancy.

Those women back then really had chutzpa.

Thanks, Deb

 

[EROS]

Thanks, DEB .........

 

[SonjaB]

I agree, Kath....just thinking about the rolling ship in a rolling sea while my center of gravity is wildly shifted is painful enough, LOL LOL LOLLLL

 

[olena]

Thanks, Deb....

 

[Beanie]

Thanks, Deb for your time in doing these posts! I enjoy reading them!