Today in History

8th November

1605...Robert Catesby, charismatic ringleader of the Gunpowder plotters, is killed at Holbeche House in Staffordshire. He and Thomas Percy are apparently hit by the same musket ball, both dying soon after. Catesby's head is later taken to London and exhibited outside Parliament as a warning to others.

1957 A report into a fire at Windscale nuclear power plant in Cumbria blamed the accident on human error, poor management and faulty instruments. The fire caused an unspecified amount of radioactive iodine vapour - iodine 131 - to escape into the atmosphere.

1957 Britain conducted its first successful hydrogen bomb test, over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

1958 Melody Maker published the first British album charts.

1965 The bill abolishing the death penalty became law.

1990 The Republic of Ireland elected its first woman president, Mary Robinson. The mother-of-three had been a member of the Irish Senate for more than 20 years.
 

1789
bourbon whiskey was 1st distilled from corn by Elijah Crag in kenticky
1837
Mount Holyoke Seminary, 1st U.S. college for women was founded in South Hadley, Mass
1949
movie' All The King's Men from the Pulitzer Prize book by Robert Penn Warren,directed by Robert Rosen is released. The movie is loosely based on the ups/downs of politican Huey Long{Broderick Crawford} other cast members, Mercedes Mc Cambridge,Joanne Dru,John Ireland won 3 Oscars picture/actor{Crawford} supp actress{Mc Cambridge}
1977
Greek archaeologist, Manolis Andronkis discovered a pair of royal tombs dating from 4th century.The remains of parents of Alexander III- known as Alexander the Great
 
Nov 8th Birthdays:
1847
Bram Stoker- Irish novelist'Dracula'
1900
Margaret Mitchell- novelist' Gone With the Wind'
1927
Patti Page- singer, "I'm Dreaming, Tennessee Waltz'
1949
Bonnie Raitt- Grammy winning rock/blues guitarist/ singer/ songwriter' Nick of Time, Something to Talk About'
1973
David Muir- journalist/ anchor of ABC News
Deaths:
1674
John Milton- English poet' Paradise Lost' 65
1960
Otto Rohwedder- U.S. engineer who invented bread slicing machine 80
1968
Wendell Corey- actor 'Rear Window, 11th Hour 54
1978
Norman Rockwell- artist/illustrator of Sat. Evening Post magazine covers 84
2011
Bil Keane- cartoonist'The Family Circus' 89
 

On This Day In History, November 9th

2009 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
On this day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the last soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, and Polish ex-president and Noble Prize winner Lech Walesa walked through Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

1994 Darmstadtium created for the first time
The heavily radioactive element with an atomic number of 110 and symbol Ds, was created at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Institute for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Germany, the city after which the element is named.

1985 Youngest person to become World Chess Champion
22-year-old Russian Gary Kasparov won the 13th World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest World Chess Champion.

1967 Rolling Stone makes its debut
The biweekly popular culture magazine was founded by Jann Simon Wenner in San Francisco. The magazine launched the careers of many famous authors and published the early versions of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

1938 Night of broken glass
A pogrom against Jewish businesses, synagogues, and Jews in Germany and Austria was carried out by Sturmabteilung troops and civilians. The series of attacks that killed about 70 people and put 30,000 Jews in prison is known as the night of broken glass or Kristallnacht
 
Births On This Day, November 9th 🎂

1974 Alessandro Del Piero
Italian footballer

1970 Chris Jericho
American/Canadian wrestler, singer-songwriter, actor

1934 Carl Sagan
American astronomer, author

1928 Anne Sexton
American poet

1918 Spiro Agnew
American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, November 9th 🪦

2005 K. R. Narayanan
Indian politician, 10th President of India

2004 Stieg Larsson
Swedish writer

1970 Charles de Gaulle
French general, politician, and President of France

1953 Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabian king

1940 Neville Chamberlain
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 
1620
after 2 months at sea, the ship 'The Mayflower' spots land {Cape Cod}
1857
magazine Atlantic Monthly is 1st published
1961
after giving a lunch time performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, Eng, The Beatles meet the man who will become their future manager,Brian Epstein
2014
25th anniv of the fall of the Berlin Wall were celebrated in Germany.White balloons marked a stretch of the wall symbolizing its disappearance
 
Nov 9th Birthdays:
1874
Gail Borden- inventor of condensed milk
1914
Hedy Lamarr- actress 'Samson&Deliah,Ecstasy
1934
Carl Sagan- scientist/ astronomer/ author' Contact, Cosmos, was known for his research into extrastrial life
1945
Charlie Robinson- actor best known TV role' Mac' on NBC sitcom 'Night Court'
1955
Karen Dotrice- British actress best known film role as"Jane Banks' in movie 'Mary Poppins'
Deaths:
1953
Dylan Thomas- Welsh poet/writer 39
1970
Charles de Galle- French President '58-'69 79
2003
Art Carney- actor best known TV role' Ed Norton' on sitcom' The Honeymooners , movies Harry&Tonto, Going in Style, Izzy &Moe, Muppets take Manhattan'. He won Best Actor Oscar for 'Harry&Tonto' 85
2017
John Hillerman- actor best known TV role' Higgins' in the original CBS show' Magnum,PI, movies:
Blazing Saddles,Chinatown 84
 
On This Day In History, November 10th

1969 Sesame Street premieres
Sesame Street, the long-running American children's television series, premiered on TV stations.

1951 North American Numbering Plan begins
The plan standardized distance calling and gave phone numbers in cities a fixed 3-digit prefix also called an area code. This made making long-distance calls faster and easier without the involvement of an operator. The first call under the plan was made between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey, and Alameda, California.

1903 Windshield wiper patented
The US patent office granted inventor Mary Anderson a patent for automatic windshield wipers - a device that is used to remove or wipe the front and back windshields in automobiles.

1898 Wilmington riots begin
Thought to be one of the only incidents of insurrection against a local government in the United States, the Wilmington Race Riots of 1898, or the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 began after an election voted in a biracial city council. In retaliation, white supremacists overthrew the council, destroyed a lot of property, and killed many black people in the city over the course of a few days.

1775 US Marine Corps is created
The elite military force capable of operating on land, sea, and air was founded in Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War. A resolution of the Second Continental Congress formed two battalions of Continental Marines that became the forerunners of today's marine corps.
 
Births On This Day, November 10th 🎂

1968 Tracy Morgan
American comedian, actor

1960 Neil Gaiman
English author, illustrator, screenwriter

1928 Ennio Morricone
Italian composer, conductor

1759 Friedrich Schiller
German poet, playwright, historian

1483 Martin Luther
German monk, priest, and leader of the Protestant Reformation

Deaths On This Day, November 10th 🪦

2015 Helmut Schmidt
German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany

2007 Norman Mailer
American author, journalist

1982 Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet politician

1938 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkish army officer, politician, 1st President of Turkey

1917 Harry Trott
Australian cricketer
 
1940
animator, Walt Disney became an informant with the FBI in Los Angeles office. His job was to report information about people who were Communist sympathizers
1957
at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a NFL record crowd of 102,368 saw a NFL game between L.A. Rams vs SF 49'ers
1969
debut of children's educational show' Sesame St on PBS brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney. She wanted a program to teach generations of young kids about the alphabet, how to count. She hired puppeteer, Jim Henson who created well known characters for the show 'Bert&Ernie, Oscar the Grouch,Cookie Monster,Big Bird
1975
ore ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald with a crew of 29 was lost in a storm on Lake Superior.Canadian singer/ songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot composed classic hit single in '76 about this accident, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
2020
according to the Collins English Dictionary, the word of the year was 'Lockdown'
 
Nov 10th Birthdays:
1925
Richard Burton- Welsh actor, Cleopatra,The Spy Who Came in from The Cold, Who's Afraid of Virigina Woolf'
1932
Roy Schneider- actor -The French Connection, Jaws, Marathon Man, All That Jazz
1944
Tim Rice- British lyricist' The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Chess
1963
Hugh Bonneville- British actor best known TV role' Robert Crawley' in British TV show' Downtown Abbey'
1989
Taron Egerton- Welsh actor/ singer ,'Rocketman{played Elton John}, Sing{voice} Kingsman: Secret Service
Deaths:
1956
Victor Young- composer' Street of Dreams, Love Letters, I Dont Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You' 57
1986
King Clancy- Canadian NHL hockey defensman,won 3 Stanley Cups with Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators 84
1992
Chuck Connors- actor best known TV role' Lucas McCain' in ABC western' The Rifleman' 71
2001
Ken Kesey author' One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest 66
2015
Allan Touissant- pianist/ composer 'Mother In Law,Working in A Coal Mine, Southern Nights, 77
 
On This Day In History, November 11th

1999 House of Lords Act 1999 passed
The act removed the right to a place in the House of Lords based on peerage and hereditary rights.

1975 Angola independence
Angola gained its independence after over 300 years of Portuguese rule.

1965 Rhodesia declares its independence
Rhodesia, a region that is comprised of present-day Zimbabwe declared its freedom from the United Kingdom under the leadership of predominantly white leaders. It lasted for 14 years when it was renamed the Republic of Zimbabwe after being recognized by the UN and the UK.

1926 Approval of numbered highways in the US
Under this system, odd-numbered highways run north to south while even-numbered highways run east to west. Lower odd numbers are in the west, and higher odd numbers are in the east. Lower even numbers are in the south, and higher even numbers are in the north.

1918 World War I ends
An armistice was signed to formally end the war. With 17 million casualties, the First World War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history.
 
Births On This Day, November 11th 🎂

1974 Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor, producer

1945 Daniel Ortega
Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua

1922 Kurt Vonnegut
American author

1885 George S. Patton
American general

1821 Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author

Deaths On This Day, November 11th 🪦

2004 Yasser Arafat
Palestinian engineer, politician

1938 Typhoid Mary
Irish/American carrier of Typhoid fever

1887 Haymarket affair
defendants:

1880 Ned Kelly
Australian murderer

1855 Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, author
 
Holiday and Events on this day November 11

Armistice Day- Belgium, Saint Barthélemy, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, England, Australia, NewZealand and 8 other places 01.jpg

Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo/Consitution Day- Bhutan

Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan- Malaysia

Canterbury Anniversary Day- New Zealand

Independence Day- Angola, Poland
 
1750
The 1st college fraternity aka'Flat Hat Club' was formed at Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg,Virginia
1851
Alvan Clark patents the telescope
1920
burial of unknown soldiers took place simultaneously at Westminster Abbey in London, Arc de Trimophe in Paris
1957
Sun Records releases singer/ songwriter, Jerry Lee Lewis song' Great Balls of Fire. It sold a million copies in the 1st 10 days of release
1987
Vincent Van Gogh's painting'Irises' sells for record $53.6 mill
2015
a flawless 12 carat Blue Moon diamond sells for $48.4 mill at auction in Geneva
 
Nov 11th Birthdays:
1885
George S.Patton- U.S. WW II general known as 'Old Blood&Guts'
1922
Kurt Vonnegut- author' Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Ttitan
1960
Stanley Tucci- actor 'Prizzi's Honor, The Devil Wears Prada,The Hunger Games,
1974
Leonardo DiCaprio,' Titantic, Gangs of NY,The Departed, Inception, The Revenant{won Best actor Oscar}, Catch Me If You Can
Deaths:
1945
Jerome Kern- composer 'Smoke Gets Into Your Eyes, Ol Man River,All The Things You Are,The Way You Look Tonight 60
1998
Paddy Clancy- Irish folksinger,harmonica player with Clancy Brothers 76
2016
Robert Vaughn- actor, best known TV role' Napoleon Solo' in NBC spy show' The Man From U.N.C.L.E 83
 
On This Day In History, November 12th

1991 Dili massacre
Several pro-independence protesters were shot at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor by Indonesian soldiers. about 250 people were killed in this event, which is also known as the Dili massacre or the Santa Cruz massacre

1990 Coup in Lesotho
Justin Metsing Lekhanya staged a coup against King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho and took over the government of Lesotho. Lekhanya was deposed a few months later in another military coup.

1984 First salvage operation in space
Astronauts Dale A. Gardner and Joseph P. Allen aboard the space shuttle Discovery performed a series of spacewalks to salvage parts from two satellites, the Palapa B-2 and the Westar 6 which had steered away from their orbits.

1981 STS-2 launched
The second space shuttle mission by NASA, space shuttle Columbia was launched from NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the first time a manned space shuttle had been launched twice.

1966 First images of a Solar Eclipse taken from space
The crew of Gemini 12 which included Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin were able to view and take pictures of the total solar eclipse over South America.
 
Births On This Day, November 12th 🎂

1980 Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor, singer

1945 Neil Young
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1934 Charles Manson
American cult leader, murderer

1866 Sun Yat-sen
Chinese revolutionary, politician, 1st President of the Republic of China

1840 Auguste Rodin
French sculptor created The Thinker

Deaths On This Day, November 12th 🪦

2010 Henryk Górecki
Polish composer

1969 Iskander Mirza
Pakistani politician, 1st President of Pakistan

1939 Norman Bethune
Canadian physician

1757 Colley Cibber
English poet

1035 Cnut the Great
Danish king
 
12 November 1919
Australian pilots, brothers Ross Smith and Keith Smith began their one month flight from London to Darwin which ended successfully when they landed at Darwin on 19 December 1919.
The event was dubbed the Great Air Race from England to Australia.
Six Planes set out for Australia but only two made it.
Three planes crash and one retired. Four people died in the crashes.
 

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