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November 11

1859

Birth date of Samuel Insull, electric utilities executive and holding company entrepreneur. (died 7/16/38)

1904

Birth date of Alger Hiss, government official convicted of giving false testimony about Soviet espionage. (died 11/15/96)

1934

For three days a powerful dust storm rages over South Dakota.

1938

Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" during an Armistice Day Broadcast.