- Associated Press - Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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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