Today in History


Births On This Day, November 28th 🎂

1962 Jon Stewart
American comedian, actor, television host

1820 Friedrich Engels
German philosopher

1628 John Bunyan
English preacher, author

1489 Margaret Tudor
English wife of James IV of Scotland

1118 Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor

Deaths On This Day, November 28th 🪦

2010 Leslie Nielsen
Canadian/American actor

1968 Enid Blyton
English author

1954 Enrico Fermi
Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1859 Washington Irving
American historian, author

1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian sculptor, painter
 

On This Day In History, November 29th

1972 Atari Releases Pong
One of the very first arcade games to hit the market, Pong was a 1 or 2-player video game similar to tennis, where the goal is to use a paddle to hit a ball. Around 35000 Pong consoles were sold around the world.

1951 Silent Coup in Thailand
The Thai military took over the country's governance and reinstated the 1932 Constitution.

1929 First flight over the South Pole
American explorer Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole. The flight took just over 18 hours. 3 years ago, Byrd flew over the North Pole, though there is some debate about whether he actually accomplished the feat.

1899 FC Barcelona founded
The popular football (soccer) club was founded by footballer Hans Gamper. Informally known as Barça, the club is thought to be one of the top 5 richest football clubs in the world. The club has won 4 European Cups (1978-79, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1996-97) and is a 5-time Champions League winner (1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15).

1777 City of San Jose Founded
The first city to be settled in California, San Jose was founded as San José de Guadalupe. Before the Spanish settled in the city, the area was inhabited by the Ohlone people. San Jose was the first capital of the state of California, which was established in 1850.
 
Births On This Day, November 29th 🎂

1969 Mariano Rivera
Panamanian baseball player

1964 Don Cheadle
American actor, producer

1932 Jacques Chirac
French politician, 22nd President of France

1898 C. S. Lewis
Irish author, poet

1835 Empress Dowager Cixi
of China

Deaths On This Day, November 29th 🪦

2001 George Harrison
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1975 Graham Hill
English race car driver

1780 Maria Theresa
Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

1682 Prince Rupert of the Rhine

1632 Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Bohemian king
 

29th November

1781 The crew of the British slave ship Zong, murdered 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance. The resulting court cases, brought by the ship-owners, sought compensation from the insurers for their lost cargo. The court established that the deliberate killing of slaves could, in some circumstances be legal. It was a landmark in the battle against the African slave trade of the eighteenth century, and inspired abolitionists such as Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson, leading to the foundation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787.

1934 In Britain, the first live radio broadcast of a royal wedding - the marriage of the Duke of Kent to Princess Marina at Westminster Abbey in London.

1940 The city of Liverpool endured nearly eight hours of bombing, which left 166 people dead and 2,000 people homeless. At the time, Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the tragedy as "the single worst civilian incident of the war."

1947 The UN approved Britain's plan for a partition of Palestine.

1956 Panic-buying broke out at garages across the country as the government gave details of its petrol rationing plans. Petrol had been in short supply since the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdul Nasser, took over the running of the Suez Canal four months previously.

1963 The Beatles record I Want To Hold Your Hand was released, with advance orders of one million in the UK alone.
 
1887
U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii
1910
Ernest Sirrine receives 1st U.S. patent for inventing traffic light system
1945
movie' The Lost Weekend' is released based on book by Charles R. Jackson,directed by Billy Wilder.It stars Ray Milland, Jane Wyman,story of an unsuccessful novelist, his battle with the bottle. The movie won 4 Oscars inc best Actor{Milland}, director
1972
Nolan Bushnell, co founder of Atari releases "Pong" in Calif 1st commerically successful video game
2017
NBC's Today Show co host, Matt Lauer is fired after an allegation of sexual misconduct
 
Nov 30th:
1782
Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independance
1948
Baseball's ***** National League disbands
1966
Barbados gains independance from Great Britain
1982
movie' Gandhi' directed by Richard Attenborough is released, story of life&times of Mohandas Gandi, who started out as a lawyer ,then became world wide symbol for peace&understanding. The movie stars Ben Kingsley{Best Actor Oscar}, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, John Mills, Edward Fox, it won 8 Oscars inc pic,director
2006
American folk artist, Grandma Moses's 1943 painting 'Sugaring Oil' sells for a record $1.3 mil at Christie's auction house in NYC
 
On This Day In History, December 1st

2009 Treaty of Lisbon comes into force
The Treaty of Lisbon, which amended the two treaties - the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome - that form the constitutional basis of the European Union came into force after being signed by 13 countries in 2007.

1958 French colony of Ubangi-Shari gains autonomy
The French colony of Ubangi-Shari, now known as the Central African Republic, gained autonomy from France. 2 years later, the country became independent and adopted its current name.

1943 Tehran Conference ends
The Tehran Conference between the US, the UK, and the Soviet Union ended with the three countries deciding to open up a second front against Germany in France, and the Soviet Union agreeing to declare war against Japan.

1919 Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to join the British House of Commons
Nancy Witcher Langhorne also known as Nancy Astor became the first woman to join the British House of Commons.

1918 Kingdom of Iceland established
The Kingdom of Iceland was established by signing the Act of Union with Denmark. The act recognised Iceland as a sovereign state under a common monarch with Denmark, and the Kingdom lasted until 1944 when a national referendum created the Republic of Iceland.
 
Births On This Day, December 1st 🎂

1970 Sarah Silverman
American comedian, actress, singer

1949 Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord

1945 Bette Midler
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1935 Woody Allen
American screenwriter, director, actor

1896 Georgy Zhukov
Russian general

Deaths On This Day, December 1st 🪦

2012 Mitchell Cole
English footballer

1973 David Ben-Gurion
Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel

1947 Aleister Crowley
English magician, author

1825 Alexander I of Russia
1135 Henry I of England
 
1st December 1969

The Bee Gees Barry Gibb announces that he is "fed up, miserable and completely disillusioned" and is quitting the group.
His brother Robin had made the same decision earlier in the year and all three brothers ended up releasing solo material before they would reform in late 1970.
Robin was later quoted as saying, "If we hadn't been related, we would probably never have gotten back together."
 
1st December 1997

Kenny G, whose real name is Kenny Gorelick, set a world record when he held a note on his soprano saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. That record was later broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a sax note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time.
 
On This Day In History, December 2nd

2001 Enron Files for Bankruptcy
The Houston, Texas-based energy company filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy after reports of widespread accounting fraud became public. At that time, the company became the largest company in the history of the United States to declare bankruptcy.

1988 Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto takes office as Pakistan's Prime Minister, becoming the first woman PM of Pakistan.

1982 First artificial heart transplant
Barney Clark became the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. The surgery occurred at the University of Utah Medical Center. Clark lived for 112 days after the transplant.

1939 LaGuardia Airport in New York City opens its doors
The airport was named after New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. American Airlines was the first carrier to provide passenger service regularly.

1804 Napoleon is crowned Emperor of France
Napoleon Bonaparte had risen through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution and became one of his era's most influential political figures. His self-coronation as Napoleon I occurred in Notre Dame in Paris, France.
 
Births On This Day, December 2nd 🎂

1981 Britney Spears
American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress

1978 Nelly Furtado
Canadian singer-songwriter, producer

1923 Maria Callas
Greek soprano

1825 Pedro II of Brazil

1760 John Breckinridge
American politician, 5th United States Attorney General

Deaths On This Day, December 2nd 🪦

1993 Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord

1990 Aaron Copland
American composer

1985 Philip Larkin
English poet

1859 John Brown
American activist

1814 Marquis de Sade
French author, politician
 
1804
General Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in ceremony in Paris officated by Pope Pius VII
1939
NYC's La Guardia Airport begins operations after a airplane from Chicago lands 1 min after midnight
1970
Enivronmental Protection Agency{EPA} begins in U.S. under director William Ruckelshaus
1976
Communist revoluntary, Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, until Feb 24th 2008 when he resigns due to poor health
 
On This Day In History, December 3rd

1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster
A gas leak from a Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India killed over 2000 people and affected thousands of others. It is said to be the world's worst industrial disaster.

1970 Ayatollah Khomeini takes office
The Iranian religious leader was a leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

1927 First Laurel & Hardy movie released
Putting Pants on Philip, a short silent film starring the comedy duo marked the beginning of a long partnership.

1910 First public demonstration of neon lights
Seen in most urban settings and cities today, the neon light was invented by French inventor and engineer, Georges Claude. They were first displayed at the Paris Motor Show.

1818 Illinois joins the Union
The midwestern state became the 21st state to be part of the United States. 3 U.S. presidents call it their home state.
 
Births On This Day, December 3rd 🎂

1985 Amanda Seyfried
American actress, singer

1981 David Villa
Spanish footballer

1895 Anna Freud
Austrian/English psychoanalyst

1857 Joseph Conrad
Polish/English author

1826 George B. McClellan
American general, politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey

Deaths On This Day, December 3rd 🪦

1939 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

1928 Ezra Meeker
American businessman

1910 Mary Baker Eddy
American writer, founder of Christian Science

1894 Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author, poet

311 Diocletian
Roman Emperor
 
3rd December

1926 In an episode as puzzling and intriguing as any in her many novels, Agatha Christie disappeared from her Surrey home and was discovered on the 14th December staying under an assumed name at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate. She said she had no recollection of how she came to be in Yorkshire.

1944 Britain 'stood down' the Home Guard - formed in 1939 to defend Britain from invasion by Germany. Over the course of the war 1,206 men of the Home Guard were killed on duty or died of wounds. They were officially disbanded in December 1945.

1971 Border battles between India and Pakistan erupted into full-scale war. Jets from West Pakistan attacked at least four Indian airports.The West Pakistan Government said it was in retaliation for a major ground offensive against the area by the Indian army.

1989 The leaders of the two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR, declared an end to the Cold War after two days of storm-lashed talks at the Malta summit.At a joint news conference held on board the Soviet cruise ship, Maxim Gorky, the two men announced they had set the stage for big reductions in troops and weapons in Europe.

1992 Two bombs exploded in the centre of Manchester injuring 65 people. The first device was in a car parked at Parsonage Gardens, the heart of the city's commercial district, and the second, which caused the majority of injuries, was near the city's Anglican cathedral. The IRA admitted the bombing the next day. It formed part of the biggest IRA campaign on the British mainland since the 1970s.

1992 The first text message was sent to a mobile phone by Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth in Berkshire. It was sent to test out the technology and read Merry Christmas. 📱
 
On This Day In History, December 4th

1991 Pan Am ceases operations
Pan American World Airways, the largest airline in the United States began operations in October 1927.

1982 China adopts its current constitution
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China replaced the Constitutions of 1954, 1975, and 1978.

1980 Led Zeppelin disbands
The British rock band announced that it was disbanding 12 years after coming onto the music scene after the death of drummer John Bonham.

1978 Dianne Feinstein became the first female mayor of San Francisco
A United States Senator from California, Feinstein became the 38th mayor of San Francisco after the murder of George Moscone.

1791 First Sunday paper published
The Observer, a British newspaper became the first newspaper in the world to be published and read on a Sunday.
 

Births On This Day, December 4th 🎂

1969 Jay-Z
American rapper, producer, actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records

1964 Marisa Tomei
American actress

1949 Jeff Bridges
American actor, singer, producer

1923 Charles Keating
American lawyer, businessman

1892 Francisco Franco
Spanish general, politician, Caudillo of Spain

Deaths On This Day, December 4th 🪦

1993 Frank Zappa
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1976 Benjamin Britten
English composer, conductor, pianist

1975 Hannah Arendt
German/American theorist, philosopher

1893 John Tyndall
British physicist

1123 Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician, astronomer, poet
 
On This Day In History, December 6th

1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana
The Republic of Bophuthatswana was never internationally recognized. In 1994, after a series of coups, it reintegrated with South Africa.

1967 World's first pediatric heart transplant
3 days after the first heart transplant in the world occurred in South Africa, Adrian Kantrowitz and his team of surgeons performed the United States' first heart transplant and the world's first pediatric heart transplant at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

1922 Establishment of the Irish Free State
The Anglo-Irish Treaty signed between the British and Irish representatives in 1921 paved the way for establishing the Dominion of the British Empire. The state lasted until December 1937.

1917 Finnish Declaration of Independence
The declaration ended 109 years of Finland being a Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire. The Northern European country came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1809. After the October Revolution in Russia, which created the Soviet Union, the Finnish Parliament declared independence on this day.

1865 Adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime.
 
Births On This Day, December 6th 🎂

1982 Alberto Contador
Spanish cyclist

1967 Judd Apatow
American director, producer, screenwriter

1941 Richard Speck
American murderer

1920 Dave Brubeck
American pianist, composer

1875 Evelyn Underhill
English poet

Deaths On This Day, December 6th 🪦

1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia

1988 Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter

1956 B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, politician

1889 Jefferson Davis
American colonel, politician, President of the Confederate States of America

1882 Alfred Escher
Swiss businessman, politician
 
6th December

1921 Irish independence was granted for the 26 southern states that became known as the Irish Free State. Six counties which formed Ulster (Northern Ireland) remained as part of the UK.

1975 The Balcombe Street siege in Central London was watched by millions on television. It ended when the four IRA gunmen, who had taken a couple hostage following a gun battle and chase, finally gave themselves up without a shot being fired.The gunmen were believed to be members of an IRA hit squad which has been behind a number of attacks in the capital and home counties over the past few months.They were accused of shooting dead TV presenter Ross McWhirter at his Enfield home, and also of carrying out attacks on London restaurants, the Hilton hotel and the Army public house at Caterham in Surrey.

1978 Spaniards turned out in force to cast a vote for democracy and end almost 40 years of dictatorial rule.

1982 The 'Droppin Well' bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonated a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.

1992 A mob of Hindu militants tore down a mosque and attacked other Muslim targets in the north Indian town of Ayodhya, in one of India's worst outbreaks of inter-communal violence.
 
1877
newspaper, Washington Post publishes its 1st edition
1884
aluminium capstone atop the Washington Monument in Washington,DC makes it the tallest human built structure in the world
1956
Nelson Mandela and 156 others are arrested for poltical activites in South Africa
1964
holiday animated special,'Rudolph the Red- Nose Reindeer' debuts on NBC,actor Burl Ives narrates the story, also appears as character' Sam the Snowman'. The script was inspired by Johnny Mark's beloved Xmas song' Rudolph the Red- Nose Reindeer'. Its the longest running holiday TV special featured every year
1973
Gerald Ford is sworn in as 1st unelected Vice Pres of U.S. after Spiro Agnew resigns over corruption allegations
2017
Starbucks opens the worlds largest cafe in Shanghai,China. Its 30,000 sq ft half size of football field
 
On This Day In History, December 7th

2004 Hamid Karzai takes office
The Afghan politician took office as the President of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections in history.

1982 December Murders in Suriname
Fifteen prominent Surinamese men were kidnapped and subsequently murdered over 3 days by the military government. The men were known to have criticized the military dictatorship.

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the impetus for the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

1787 First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Because of this, it is sometimes called the First State.

1732 Royal Opera House opens its doors
The popular performing arts venue in Covent Garden, London houses the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.
 
Births On This Day, December 7th 🎂

1984 Robert Kubica
Polish race car driver

1980 John Terry
English footballer

1956 Larry Bird
American basketball player

1949 Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1928 Noam Chomsky
American linguist, philosopher

Deaths On This Day, December 7th 🪦

1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire

1985 Robert Graves
English author

1917 Ludwig Minkus
Austrian violinist, composer

1817 William Bligh
English Admiral, statesman, 4th Governor of New South Wales
 
On This Day In History December 8th

1991 Belavezha Accords signed
The Belavezha Accords, which disbanded the USSR and replaced it with the Commonwealth of Independent States were signed

1991 Romanian Constitution comes into force
Passed through a referendum, the Constitution marked a return to democracy for Romania after 42 years of Communist rule.

1991 Creation of Commonwealth of Independent States
The international organization was formed by Belarus, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation as a political forum for members of the former Soviet Union.

1987 First Intifada begins
The Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories began after an Israeli army truck attacked a car and killed 4 Palestinians. The Intifada ended in 1991 after the Madrid Conference.

1941 U.S. enters WWII
One day after the Japanese Imperial Navy launched an attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II.
 

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