Nov. 1
1933 - The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District was formed.
1983 - The state closed the Commonwealth Savings Co. of Lincoln. Many customers lost thousands of dollars in deposits.
Nov. 2
1886 - Box Butte County was formed from Dawes County.
1909 - Garden County was formed from Deuel County.
Nov. 3
1932 - The Public Works Administration approved plans for power by the Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District.
Nov. 4
1858 - The Legislature organized Merrick County.
1919 - A special election was held to pick 100 delegates to a state constitutional convention.
1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, a pitcher in baseball’s Hall of Fame, died in his hometown of St. Paul, Neb.
1986 - Kay Orr defeated Helen Boosalis in the nation’s first woman-versus-woman gubernatorial election.
1988 - The National Credit Union Administration closed Franklin Community Federal Credit Union in Omaha.
Nov. 5
1947 - Warren Batterson, secretary of the Iowa-Nebraska District of the Communist Party, was expelled from membership in the American Legion.
Nov. 6
1869 - Crews began grading in earnest for the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad.
1888 - Banner and Kimball counties were formed, splitting from Cheyenne County.
1934 - Voters approved a constitutional amendment creating a one-house legislature.
Nov. 7
1930 - The Fremont Daily Tribune published an editorial on U.S. Sen. George W. Norris that later won a Pulitzer Prize. The editorial called Norris “the burr Nebraska delights in putting under the Eastern saddle.”
1987 - The Nebraska Cornhuskers racked up a record 666 total yards against Iowa State in football.
Nov. 8
1887 - Perkins County, named for Burlington railroad President Charles Perkins, was formed from Keith County.
1891 - Garfield County, named for President James A. Garfield, was formed from Wheeler County.
Nov. 9
1935 - Bob Gibson, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, was born in Omaha.
1948 - The Strategic Air Command officially moved its headquarters to Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.
Nov. 10
1946 - A 4-year-old girl became ill suddenly on her way to church and died. She was the 22nd person to die from polio in Omaha that year.
Nov. 11
1979 - Omaha businessman and philanthropist A.C. Nelsen died at an Omaha hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
Nov. 12
1947 - Omaha added a boxcar with 50,000 pounds of flour to a Friendship Food train to aid western Europe. In all, Nebraskans contributed 11 carloads of food.
Nov. 13
1962 - Nebraska coach Bob Devaney received a $200,000 insurance policy from Husker football supporters.
Nov. 14
1962 - After pedaling a bicycle 1,041 miles, Mark Dustin of Durham, N.C., arrived to see the old town of Dustin in northwest Holt County, but found only a faded sign.
Nov. 15
1932 - The Public Works Administration approved funds for Loup River Public Power District construction.
Nov. 16
1982 - The Raymond Co-Op Grain Co. elevator exploded, killing five people and injuring two.
Nov. 17
1956 - An Air National Guard jet crashed at the Lincoln air base, striking two parked B-47 bombers. Three people were killed and seven people injured.
Nov. 18
1860 - Edward Creighton, general agent for Western Union, took a stage coach west from Omaha to make plans to extend the telegraph line from St. Joseph, Mo., to San Francisco.
Nov. 19
1867 - The Army established Sidney Barracks, later Fort Sidney, to protect the Union Pacific railroad in western Nebraska.
1936 - Comedian Dick Cavett was born in Gibbon.
Nov. 20
2006 - Gov. Dave Heineman orders that flags be flown at half-staff in honor of a slain Marine: Lance Cpl. Mike Scholl, who graduated from Lincoln High School. The 21-year-old died Nov. 14 from wounds he suffered in Iraq.
1854 - Gov. Thomas Cuming announced the results of the first territorial census, showing that Nebraska had 2,732 residents.
1955 - Ten people were killed when two cars collided near Waterbury in northeast Nebraska.
Nov. 21
1983 - A major winter storm hit Nebraska with more than 12 inches of snow reported on the ground at Harrison and 12 inches at Crawford.
Nov. 22
1932 - Two shipments of Nebraska hogs left the state on their way to Cuba for breeding purposes.
1983 - The world premiere of the award-winning movie “Terms of Endearment” was held in Lincoln, where part of the movie was filmed.
Nov. 23
1875 - The first plat was filed for the town of Ogallala.
Nov. 24
1929 - The Fox Theater, named for movie pioneer William Fox, opened in North Platte.
Nov. 25
1884 - The village of Ogallala was incorporated.
Nov. 26
1982 - Two state prison inmates - one serving life for murder and the other serving five to 10 years for robbery - became the first convicts in 10 years to compete in Omaha amateur boxing matches.
Nov. 27
1932 - In Cheyenne, Wyo., a tri-state conference involving Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming adjourned after it apparently is unable to reach an agreement over allocation of water from the North Platte River.
1983 - A blizzard dumped more than 7 inches of snow on Omaha and forced the temporary closing of a 120-mile stretch of Interstate 80 between Ogallala and the Wyoming state line.
Nov. 28
1987 - University of Nebraska running back Keith Jones gained 248 yards against Colorado.
Nov. 29
1951 - U.S. Sen. Kenneth Wherry died.
Nov. 30
1962 - Gov. Frank Morrison signs a proclamation making the legislative reapportionment part of the Nebraska Constitution. The amendment eliminates a provision that population be the sole basis for redistricting the Legislature
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