175 Calendar

November 18: George Law, the vice presidential candidate of the Know Nothing Party in 1856, died on this date in 1881.

November 17: Rear Admiral George H. Cooper, who served on the African Slave Trade Patrol and during the Civil War, died on this date in 1891.

November 16: John Greenwood, Revolutionary War fife boy who grew up to be George Washington’s favorite dentist, creating his false teeth, died on this date in 1819.

November 15: On this date in 1940, the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, engineered by Ole Singstad, opened to traffic.

November 14: Leonard Bernstein made his debut at the New York Philharmonic on this date in 1953.

November 13: The aptly-named Thomas Woodcock, on this date in 1852, submitted his bill to Green-Wood for 168 birds: 48 skylarks, 24 woodlarks, 48 goldfinches, 24 robins, 12 thrushes, and 12 blackbirds.

November 12: On this date in 1854, Sarah Kaims died at the age of 117 years, 3 months, and 16 days.

November 11: On this date in 1818, James Renwick, Jr., who would go on to design St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Grace Church on Broadway, the Smithsonian Castle, and the Renwick Gallery, was born.

November 10: Congressman James Brooks, born on this date in 1810, was censured by the House in 1873 for his involvement in the Credit Mobilier scandal.

November 9: On this date in 1896, Napoleon Sarony, photographer to the stars, including Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, and Lillian Russell, died.