On This Day for November 21 - Signing of Mayflower Compact, Voltaire is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. November 21 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Voltaire READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1620 Signing of Mayflower Compact READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2017: After some 37 years as leader of Zimbabwe—first as prime minister and later as president—Robert Mugabe resigned from office as the parliament began impeachment proceedings against him. [ Test your knowledge of African leaders.] 2002: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Prague extended an official invitation to become new alliance members to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world organizations.] 2000: The United Farm Workers called off the boycott of California table grapes begun in 1984 by union organizer Cesar Chavez, saying the goals of the strike had been met. 1995: A peace agreement, known as the Dayton Accords, was reached by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, ending the Bosnian War. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about European history.] 1964: The Verrazzano- (originally Verrazano-) Narrows Bridge, spanning New York Harbor from Brooklyn to Staten Island, opened to traffic. [ How much do you know about bridges?] 1931: The horror classic Frankenstein, based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel, was released in the United States, and it helped make the hulking monster , who was portrayed by Boris Karloff , one of the most recognizable characters in film history. [Take our quiz about monsters, ghouls, and ghosts.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1965 Björk Icelandic musician 1694 Voltaire French philosopher and author 1969 Ken Griffey, Jr. American baseball player 1898 René Magritte Belgian artist 1971 Michael Strahan American football player 1966 Troy Aikman American football player SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help