On this day in 1890: William Lawrence Bragg was born, won 1915 #NobelPrize for pioneering x-ray crystallography #ThisDayIn Biotech

#ThisDayIn 1923 (Nov. 30): In hearings over the suspicious leasing of Teapot Dome, the largest naval oil reserve, to Sinclair Oil, Albuquerque Morning Journal owner Carl Magee was called to appear before Congress. He testified about Interior Secretary Albert Fall’s financial situation (center).

#ThisDayIn 1918 (Nov. 30): After a week of willful non-compliance, resentment, and chaos, Denver authorities rescinded their mask order, effective the next day at 6 p.m. Isolation and quarantine orders were, however, made more stringent.

#ThisDayIn 1916 (Nov. 30): Thanksgiving Day. The Albuquerque Morning Journal reported from East Las Vegas: “Juan Angel, the supposed slayer of Jose Maria Chavez, is still at liberty.”

#ThisDayIn 1901 (Nov. 30): La Voz del Pueblo published a resolution by the Catholic Association of St. Joseph of Las Vegas, NM: “Wherefor Divine Providence in its inscrutable designs on November 17, 1901 saw fit to remove Manuelita Tapia de Pino, at the age of 52 after a long illness…”

#ThisDayIn 1894 (Nov. 30): La Voz del Pueblo reports: “The young Juan Silva opened the most reputable saloon in the plaza. In cleanliness and care of service, it rivals the best in the whole town.”

#ThisDayIn 1884 (Nov. 30): After his legislature amended the Constitution of 1857 so that he could run again, Porfirio Diaz defeated his hand-picked successor Manuel Gonzalez Flores. The election is considered to be the start of a period of authoritarian rule in Mexico, one that lasted decades.

#ThisDayIn 1880 (Nov. 30): Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett raided the Dedrick Ranch at Bosque Grande. Searching for Billy the Kid and his gang there, they found instead fugitives John Joshua Webb (wanted for murder in Las Vegas), and George Davis (wanted for horse theft). The hunt continued.

#ThisDayIn 1878 (Nov. 30): The first Santa Fe railroad tracks are laid going into New Mexico Territory along “Uncle Dick” Wootton’s old toll road over Raton Pass, the northern route of the Santa Fe Trail.

#ThisDayIn 1872 (Nov. 30): The Las Vegas Gazette reprinted a report from the Santa Fe New Mexican: “We are informed by the First National Bank of this city (Santa Fe) that counterfeit $10 bills on various National Banks are being extensively circulated in this Territory.”