Today in History

I'm sure you just mistyped moviequeen1, but for the record the Apollo 12 mission went to the moon, not Mars.
 

This day in History November 15th

1926 NBC launches

1934 Sir Oswald Mosley and Black-Shirt fascist followers were put on trial in London

1940 The German Luftwaffe bombs Coventry in a massive raid

1942 Battle of Guadalcanal Won By US Fleet

1943 Heinrich Himmler orders that all Gypsies and those of mixed Gypsy blood are to be put on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps
 
1777
articles of Confederation,1st Constitution of United States is approved by Continential Congress
1904
businessman/inventor, King C. Gillette patents Gillette razor
1969
anti war protests happen across the U.S.,the largest gathering happened in Washington,DC with half million strong the largest in U.S. history.It was against the Vietnam War,demonstration was peaceful despite the size of the crowd
2001
Microsoft releases 1st Xbox game console in U. S. price $299
2017
Leonardo da Vinci's painting'Salvador Mundi' sells for a record $450.3 mill at an auction in NYC. A world record for any artwork
 

This day in History November 16th

1945 85 German V-2 Scientists Bought To U.S. To Work on Space Program

1959 The last Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" opens on Broadway.

1988 Benazir Bhutto Elected Prime Minister of Pakistan

2006 Great Firewall of China Providing Internet Net censorship put in Place

2006 Nancy Pelosi elected as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 
1875
William Bonwell patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
1938
Swiss chemist, Dr. Albert Hofmann 1st synthesized chemical, LSD{lysergic acid diethylamide} at Sandoz lab in Basel, Switzerland
1959
original Broadway production of musical'Sound Of Music' opens in NYC starring Mary Martin"Maria', Theodore Bikel 'Capt VonTrapp' The show ran for 1,443 performances was nominated for 9 Tony awards, won 5 including Best Musical
2000
Bill Clinton became the 1st U. S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of Vietnam War
2015
largest diamond discovered in more than a century,1,111 carat stone found in a Karowe Botswana mine
 
This day in History November 17th

1950 15-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, is enthroned as the 14th Dalai Lama at age 15.

1970 Soviet Union's moon rover becomes the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on the moon.

1973 President Richard Nixon told the nation on TV, "I am not a crook."

1973 Marshal Law Declared In Greece

2007 Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the governor of California.
 
17th November

1558 The Elizabethan era began when Mary I, England's first queen (also known as 'Bloody Mary'), died at St James's Palace London. She was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I.

1855 David Livingstone became the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present day Zambia-Zimbabwe.

1880 The first three women to graduate in Britain received their Bachelor of Arts degrees at London University.

1919 King George V proclaimed Armistice Day, later to be known as Remembrance Day.

2014 According to Dutch scientists, a single 10-second kiss can transfer as many as 80 million bacteria. The research was published in the journal Microbiome. 💋

2014 The Anglican General Synod formally enacted legislation allowing women to be nominated and appointed as bishops. The first woman bishop - the Rt. Rev. Libby Lane, was consecrated Bishop of Stockport in a ceremony at York Minster 10 weeks later, on 26th January 2015.
 
1827
Delta Phi,America's oldest continous social fraternity founded at Union College, in Schnectady,NY
1869
Suez Canal in Egypt opens linking Mediterranean &Red Seas
1970
computer scientist,Douglas Englebart receives patent for 1st computer mouse
1970
1st Lt William Calley court-martialed for murder when his unit went into S.Vietnamese village of MyLai in 1968.The soldiers killed unarmed civilians including children,women,old men. He went on trial in front of military tribunal,was sentenced to live imprisonment. His sentenced was later reduced to 10yrs,was paroled in 1974. He later expressed remorse but said he was following orders from his captain who also was court-martialed
1973
Pres Richard Nixon tells the Associated Press" people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well,I'm not a crook'
 
Nov 18th
1307
William Tell reputely shoots an apple off his son's head
1872
suffragette, Susan B. Anthony is arrested and charged with illegally voting
1902
Morris Michton, Brooklyn ,NY toymaker names the 'teddy bear' after U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
1978
In Jonestown,Guyana 918 followers of cult leader Jim Jones 's 'People's Temple are murdered or commit suicide
2019
The world wind speeds have risen 3x faster since 2010 according to a Princeton Univ study published in 'Nature Climate Change'
 
Nov 19th
1620
The Mayflower ship reaches Cape Cod, Mass and explores the coast
1863
Pres. Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning with'Four score and Seven years ago'
1895
U. S. inventor, Frederick E. Baisdell patents the pencil
1975
movie' One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' about a misfit who enters an insane asylum,inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves is released. The movie won all top 5 Academy Awards picture, director{Milos Forman} actor{Jack Nicholson}actress {Louise Fletcher} screenplay. In Fletcher's acceptance speech,she uses sign language thanking her deaf parents for their support
2018
Monday Night Football between LA Rams&Kansas City Chiefs. It was the 3rd highest scoring game in NFL history,1st time both teams scored 50 points in 1 game. Chief's QB,Patrick Mahomes threw 6 TD's Rams won 54-51
 
This day in History November 20th

1945 The Nuremberg Trials Begin

1947 Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of England, marries Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey.

1968 Methane gas explosions in a West Virginia coal mine kills 78 men.

1979 Muslims Seize Grand Mosque Saudi Arabia

1989 Czechoslovakia Student Prague Protests crushed by the Soviet Union starting the Velvet Revolution as 100,000 ordinary Czechs joined and a planned national strike

1992 Fire damages a major part of Windsor Castle
 
1820
whaling ship 'Essex' is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in S. Pacific Ocean,8/20 crew members survive.Its inspiration for novel'Mobey Dick'
1888
Willard Bundy patents time clock
1923
Garrett Morgan patents his traffic design an important development for automobile industry
1974
U. S. gov't files an anti-trust suit against AT&T
1983
movie 'Terms of Endearment' based on book by Larry McMurtry released. The movie won 5 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director{James L. Brooks,also won adaptive screenplay} Best Actress{Shirley MacLaine} Best Supp Actor{Jack Nicholson}
1986
WHO{World Health Org} announces 1st global effect to combat AIDS
2019
Oxford Dictionary word of the year"Climate Emergency'
 
This day in History November 21st

1927 Five hundred Striking coal miners from the Columbine Mine and their families in Serene, Colorado are beaten with clubs by Colorado state police

1942 The Alcan Highway, which connects British Columbia to Alaska opens

1964 Staten Island and Brooklyn linked by the new Verrazano Narrows Bridge

1974 Pub Bombing By IRA at Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town, Birmingham UK

1974 Congress passes the "Freedom Of Information Act"

1980 Millions of TV viewers tune in to watch the start of the new series of Dallas and find out " Who Shot JR

1980 Fire At MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas
 
21st November

1843 Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber. In 1825 he had produced the first toy balloons in Britain, consisting of a bottle of rubber solution and a condensing syringe.

1916 HMHS Britannic, the largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line and sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic was sunk, with the loss of 30 lives. There were a total of 1,066 people on board, with 1,036 survivors taken from the water and lifeboats, about two hours after the ship sank at 9:07 am. She was the largest ship lost during the First World War.

1918 At the end of World War I, the German Fleet was surrendered to Britain at its northern naval base at Scapa Flow.

1953 The British Natural History Museum announced that the 'Piltdown Man' skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized skulls ever found, was a hoax.
 
1871
Moses F, Gale patents cigar lighter
1946
movie' The Best Years of Our Lives' is released,story of 3 veterans return home from WWII
It starred Frederic March,Myrna Loy,Dana Andrews,Harold Russell,Virgina Mayo directed by William Wyler.It won 7 Oscars including for Picture,director,actor{March} supp actor{Russell}
1980
in one of TV's most highest rated episodes at the time on CBS drama'Dallas' ' Who Shot JR' ,83 million U.S. viewers ,76% of TV's tuned in. The culprit was 'Kristen'{Mary Crosby} Sue Ellen's{Linda Gray} sister who shot 'JR{Larry Hagman}
1989
Pres. George H.W. Bush signed into law banned smoking on most domestic airline flights
 
This day in History November 22nd

1906 International Morse code distress signal or SOS Becomes World Wide Standard

1935 First Pacific Airmail delivery

1950 Two Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter trains collide Queens New York

1963 John F. Kennedy Assassinated

1977 Concord Begins Flights To US

1986 Mike Tyson becomes the youngest Heavyweight Champion in history
 
1910
Arthur KNight patents steel shaff golf clubs
1935
The 'China Clipper' with 100,000 pieces of airmail takes off from Alameda, Calif. Its the 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1965
CBS special airs' Miss Goodall&The Wild Chimpanzees' featuring primalogist/anthropologist Jane Goodall brings her international attention 25 mill viewers tune in
1995
"Toy Story" the 1st feature film created by a computer is released. The story of a boy's beloved cowboy toy'Woody"{Tom Hanks} is threatened by new birthday gift, high tech spaceman,'Buzz Lightyear{Tim Allen} Other voices in cast,Don Rickles{Mr Potato Head}, Annie POtts{Bo Peep} Wallace Shawn{Rex- dinosaur},John Ratzenberger{Hamm- pig} John Lassiter,director won a special Academy Award
2005
Angela Merkel becomes the 1st female Chancellor of Germany
 
23rd September

1852 Britain's first four pillar boxes came into service on the Channel Island of Jersey. The idea came from English novelist Anthony Trollope who worked for the General Post Office in London before becoming a writer.

1910 American born Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London after being found guilty of poisoning his wife and dismembering her body.

1962 British surgeon John Charnley developed a technique at Wrightington Hospital Lancashire that revolutionised hip replacement operations. He was later knighted for his efforts and his work became the standard procedure across the world.

1963 The BBC broadcast the first ever episode of Doctor Who, starring William Hartnell as the Doctor, and Ann Ford as his first female companion. It is the world's longest running science fiction drama.
 
1869
"Cutty Shark' is launched in Dumbarton,Scotland,one of the last clipper ships ever built
1897
John Lee Love patents portable pencil sharpener
1921
Pres. Warren G. Harding signs the Willis-Campbell Act{anti-beer bill} It forbids doctors to prescribe beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
1945
most U. S. wartime rationing of food including meat,butter ends
1991
Freddie Mercury lead singer of English rock band, Queen confirms he has AIDS,he dies the next day age 45
 
24th November

1831 Michael Faraday read his first series of papers at the Royal Society in London on ‘Experimental Research into Electricity’.

1859 Charles Darwin published his controversial and groundbreaking scientific work 'The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.

1991 Freddie Mercury, English rock singer, died at the age of 45, just one day after he publicly announced that he was HIV positive.

1993 The last 14 bottles of Scotch whisky salvaged from the SS Politician, wrecked in 1941 and the inspiration of the book and film, Whisky Galore, were sold at auction for £11,462.

2005 New laws came in force in England and Wales allowing 'round-the-clock drinking'.
 
1874
U. S. inventor, Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire
1932
FBI Crime Lab opens in Washington,DC
1954
Air Force Once, 1st Presidential airplane is christened by 1st Lady,Mamie Eisenhower. Pres Eisenhower's 1st trip he went to Atlanta, Georgia. Among the things installed on the plane are classified security&defense systems
1971
"Dan Cooper' hijacks a plane, extorts $200,000 ransom, jumps out of plane over Washington State never to be seen again
 
25th November

1703 The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reached its intensity which it maintained through to 27th November. Winds gusted up to 120 mph. The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel at the end of the month was beyond anything in living memory. John Evelyn described it in his diary as ‘not to be paralleled with anything happening in our age or in any history almost ... every moment like Job’s messengers brings the sad tidings of this universal judgement.’

1940 World War II: The first flight of the deHavilland Mosquito aircraft. The Mosquito was one of the few operational, front-line aircraft to be constructed almost entirely of wood and, as such, was nicknamed 'The Wooden Wonder' or Mossie to its crews. When it entered production in 1941 it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world.

2005 Former football star George Best died in hospital at the age of 59 after suffering multiple organ failure. He was a talented and charismatic player and became one of the first celebrity footballers. Best's subsequent extravagant lifestyle led to various problems, most notably alcoholism, which he suffered from for the rest of his adult life. A common description of his place in football history is summed up by the quote 'Maradona good; Pelé better; George Best.'
 

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