November 13 (1946) First artificial snow falls on western Massachusetts’ Mount Greylock. The feat was achieved when an airplane flew over the mountain, seeding the clouds with ice crystals. November 14 (1928) North Station opens on Causeway Street in Boston. November 15 (1967) Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski wins baseball’s AL MVP award. November 16 (1825) A Hub newspaper notice requesting nine thousand tons of “the best Quincy granite,” needed for the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument, lays the foundation for the city’s great granite industry. November 17 (1928) The Hub gets “a Madison Square Garden of her own” with the opening of the Boston Garden, built atop North Station. November 18 (1755) Massive earthquake, centered at Cape Ann, hits America’s east coast. Two days later, the Boston Weekly News-Letter reported, “Last Tuesday Morning about half an Hour past Four o’Clock, the Weather being serene, the Air clear, the Moon shining very bright, we were surpriz’d with a most terrible Shock of an Earthquake: The conditions were so extreme as to wreck the Houses in this Town to such a degree that the Tops of many Chimnies, and some of them quite down to the Roofs, were thrown down.” November 19 (1620) The vessel Mayflower reaches Cape Cod, explores the coast before landing ashore. November 20 (1928) First Bruins game played at the brand new Boston Garden.
This Week in Boston History
By Sean M. Connelly
| November 13, 2006
| November 13, 2006