Today in History - History - November 21st

201037th American Music Award: Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber win

1993"Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs

1791Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.

1920Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy

1989Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush

1806Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England

200633rd American Music Award: Kelly Clarkson, Sean Paul & Rascal Flatts win

1942Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group Don (Heeresgruppe Don)

1977Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year

1973Pete Rose wins NL MVP

1785William Beaumont, Lebanon, Connecticut, surgeon (Father of gastric physiology), (d. 1853)

1920Stan Musial, Donora Pennsylvania, MLB outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)

1834henrietta (Hetty) Green, New Bedford, Massachusetts, financier (Witch of Wall Street), (d. 1916)

1860Tom Horn, Scotland County Missouri, American gunman and outlaw

2013Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (34) weds actor Brian Hallisay (34)

1987Actress Demi Moore weds actor Bruce Willis at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas

1942J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African Premier (1914-39), dies at 76

2011Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author, dies at 85