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1783 : A hot air balloon flight over Paris On November 21, 1983, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent made the first flight in a hot-air balloon above Paris. The balloon was designed by the Montgolfier brothers.
1877 : Edison announces the invention of the phonograph On November 21, 1877, Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device for recording and listening sounds. In 1878, he left aside this invention to concentrate on his incandescent light; however, ten years later he perfected his invention to be used for entertainment.
1981 : People learnt who shot J.R. On November 21, 1981, after eight months of waiting, 350 million people in front of their TV learnt who shot JR at the end of the previous season of the series Dallas, the top series of the moment. For those who have not seen the episode, it was Kristin Shepard, the sister of JR's wife and one of his former mistresses.
2006 : Assassination of Pierre Gemayel On 21 November 2006, the anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Pierre Gemayel was assassinated by men armed with automatic weapons in Beirut. His uncle Bashir was assassinated in 1982 and his young cousin in 1980.
2009 : Mine explosion in China On November 21, 2009, an explosion occurred in a coal mine in Heilongjiang province in China. 108 miners were killed.

Voltaire
The only way to compel men to speak well of us is to do well.

Voltaire, Filósofo y escritor francés (1694)
Josiah Bartlett, Político estadounidense (1729)
Lewis H. Morgan, Antropólogo estadounidense (1818)
René Magritte, Pintor belgo (1898)
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Escritor estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1902)
Eleanor Powell, Actriz americana (1912)
Henri Laborit, Médico y escritor francés (1914)
Ralph Meeker, Actor americano (1920)
María Casares, Actriz española y francesa (1922)
Marilyn French, Escritora estadounidense (1929)
Beryl Bainbridge, Escritora inglesa (1932)
Jacques Laffite, Pilota de Formula Uno francés (1943)
Harold Ramis, Director de cine y actor estadounidense (1944)
Goldie Hawn, Actriz americana (1945)
Brian McNamara, Actor americano (1960)
Nicollette Sheridan, Actriz inglesa (1963)
Björk, Cantante islandesa (1965)
Alex James , Músico inglés (Blur) (1968)
Inés Sastre, Actriz y modelo española (1973)
Dasha, Actriz pornográfica checa (1976)
Jena Malone, Actriz americana (1984)
Jesús Navas, Futbolista español (1985)

Henry Purcell, Compositor inglés (1695)
Jacques de Vaucanson, Inventor francés (1782)
Franz Joseph I, Emperador de Austria (1916)
C. V. Raman, Físico indio, premio Nobel de Física (1970)
Bill Bixby, Actor y director de cine estadounidense (1993)
Abdus Salam, Físico paquistaní, Premio Nobel (1996)
Pierre Amine Gemayel, Político libanés (2006)
Konstantin Feoktistov, Cosmonauta ruso (2009)
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, Artista americana (2011)

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