175 Calendar

November 28: Duncan Curry, one of several men at Green-Wood who claimed to have been “The Father of Baseball,” was born on this date in 1812 and died in 1894.

November 27: The 13 murals that were commissioned from Violet Oakley for the Pennsylvania State Capitol were unveiled to large crowds on this date in 1906.

November 26: Francis Bannerman, who became the world’s largest dealer in used military equipment after the Civil War, storing his merchandise on Bannerman’s Island in the Hudson River, died on this date in 1918.

November 25: Henry Brockholst Livingston was born on this date in 1757; he would serve as an officer in the Revolutionary War and become a justice of the United States Supreme Court.

November 24: On this date in 1838, Green-Wood stockholders held their first meeting and elected their first trustees.

November 23: On this date in 1839, Francois Gouraud arrived in America as the emissary of Louis Daguerre, to introduce his photographic process to this country.

November 22: After actress Mae West died on this date in 1980, it falsely was reported that she would be interred at Green-Wood; reporters flocked to Green-Wood, while she was being interred at Cypress Hills.

November 21: John Gill Valentine, major league baseball player in 1883 for the Columbus Buckeyes and umpire from 1884 through 1888, was born on this date in 1855 and died in 1903.

November 20: The musical “Cabaret,” lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, debuted at the Broadhurst Theater on this day in 1966.

November 19: Actor William J. Florence, who helped found the Ancient and Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, died on this date in 1891.