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November 1, 1880 – ICBT publishes Sketch of Johnson County, Iowa

November 1, 1920 – The First Edition of Iowa City Press-Citizen

November 2, 1877 – Iowa City’s Grand Opera House Is Dedicated, (2)

November 3, 1868 – Brigham Young & Hummer’s Bell

November 3, 1928 – Last Football Game In Iowa Field

November 4, 1933 – The Victory Bell Goes To Iowa vs. Iowa State Winner, (2)

November 4, 1965 – Iowa City’s Boyle Family & WWII Rationing

November 5, 1857 – The Capital Move To Des Moines

November 5, 1950 – NBC Radio Presents The Big Show

November 6, 1837 – Burlington Hosts Wisconsin Territorial Legislature.

November 6, 1928 – Herbert Hoover Elected President

November 7, 1934 – Iowa City’s Deputy Marshal Lewis A. Clearman

November 7, 1936 – The First Floyd of Rosedale Trophy

November 8, 1862 – Gov. Kirkwood Declares Day of Thanksgiving

November 8, 1893 – Three Iowa City Business Colleges

November 9, 1972 – Hancher Auditorium – Grand Opening, (2)

November 10, 1927 – Herbert Hoover – Boyhood Days In Iowa

November 10, 1983 – Mae Driscoll & ‘Wild Bill’ Sackter

November 11, 1922 – The CRANDIC To The Rescue

November 11, 1959 – The Day MLK Came To Iowa City

November 12, 1913 – Celebrating The Jefferson Hotel

November 12, 2019 – The Caitlin Clark Era Begins

November 13, 1873 – Iowa City Businessman John G. Fink

November 13, 1894 – Iowa vs. Iowa College-Grinnell

November 13, 2024 – 300,000 Hits!

November 14, 1963 – Eric H. Boller & Mt. Pleasant Panthers

November 14, 1967 – Iowa’s Corny Artist – Elmer E. Tabor

November 15, 1909 – Iowa City Telephone Companies

November 15, 1913 – Iowa vs. Iowa State – The Victory Bell

November 16, 1889 – Iowa Hawkeye’s First Football Game

November 16, 1939 – Pilot Training At Iowa City Airport

November 17, 1910 – Iowa City’s First Electric Streetcar, (2)

November 18, 1793 – George F. Boller Is Born

November 18, 1899 – Jacob & Catharine Boller’s 50th Wedding Anniversary

November 19, 1950 – May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You, (2)

November 20, 1920 – KXIC’s Gene Claussen

November 20, 2001 – Old Capitol Dome Fire

November 21, 1848 – Annual Report From Iowa State Prison

November 21, 1959 – JFK in Iowa City

November 22, 1838 – Iowa Territorial Seal

November 22, 1963 – President Kennedy Dies In Dallas

November 23, 1856 – Daniel J. Boller is Born.

November 23, 1912 – SUI’s First Homecoming Football Game

November 24, 1855 – M&M Railroad – Davenport To Muscatine, (2)

November 25, 1963 – President Kennedy Memorial Service, (2)

November 26, 1856 – Congregational Church Of Iowa City

November 26, 1913 – Vinnie E. Ream’s Kirkwood Statue

November 27, 1850 – Iowa City’s pioneer printer – John A. Springer Is Born

Thanksgiving Day Across America, (2)

November 28, 1931 – Iowa City Architect Roland Wehner

November 29, 1855 – The John A. Dix Locomotive

November 29, 1899 – SUI’s Dr. Otto Kuntz

November 30, 1835 – Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

November 30, 1951 – Iowa City Airport Terminal Construction

Below is a list of our weekly Pictures of the Week – posted in November…

November 30, 2025 – Johnson County Courthouse

November 23, 2025 – November 1963 – JFK Memorial Service

November 16, 2025 – Iowa City Air Mail Field

November 9, 2025 – Herky Meets Dick Spencer

November 2, 2025 – SUI’s Iowa Field

November 24, 2024 – Remembering Krysty Bujakowska

November 17, 2024 – Iowa City Electric Railway Company

November 10, 2024 – From Iowa Field To Iowa Stadium

November 3, 2024 – Herky The Hawk & Bucky Badger

November 26, 2023 – WSUI Radio In Iowa City

November 19, 2023 – ‘Wild Bill’ Sackter – Iowa City’s Friendly Smile

November 12, 2023 – Looking north on Clinton Street in 1906

November 5, 2023 – Montgomery Ward & Co – 1929

From 2020 through 2023, we used this Did You Know? (DYK) theme throughout our website. As you browse through our web pages, this little icon will link you to corresponding DYK posts from the past.