1715 – Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands
1777 – Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, is approved by the Continental Congress
1898 – British naval officer David Beatty promoted to commander after Sudan Campaign
1899 – Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal
1921 – KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1922 – British General Election: Conservative party wins a majority under Andrew Bonar Law
1939 – The first unemployment compensation law, under the Social Security Act, that of the District of Columbia, was approved for grants by the Social Security Board
1961 – Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1967 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
2019 – Pakistan becomes the 1st country to introduce a vaccine against typhoid, targeting 10 million children
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Today in History for 15th November 2023
Historical Events
1987 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 – 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
1995 – “Master Class” opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
2000 – New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
2003 – First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th
2004 – Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship; beats American Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
Famous Birthdays
1708 – William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner’, born in London (d. 1778)
1898 – Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer and poet (Fish-Trap) (d. 1976)
1928 – C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer (Convoy), born in Audubon, Iowa (d. 2022)
1968 – James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Nickelback “How You Remind Me”; “Photograph”), born in Hanna, Alberta
1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American NFL football player, 2005-07 (Houston Texans), born in Palo Alto, California
Famous Deaths
1988 – Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
1990 – Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
1997 – Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; “The Anniversary Song”), dies at 85
2009 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
2010 – Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78
2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
Famous Deaths for 14th November 2023
1391 – Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
1589 – Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and geographer, dies at 58
1921 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), dies in exile at 75
1929 – Joe McGinnity, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905; 5 × NL wins leader; NL ERA leader 1904; Baltimore Orioles, NY Giants), dies at 58
1965 – Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1971 – William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
1975 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
1994 – Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
1994 – John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric and Stoflongen), dies at 83
2001 – Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
Historical Events for 14th November 2023
1675 – Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1888 – USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1922 – German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth’s term ends
1954 – Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared
1957 – Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion
1964 – Lionel Bart’s musical “Oliver!”, based on Charles Dickens’ 1838 novel “Oliver Twist”, and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
1993 – Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history
2008 – Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy
2018 – Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years
2022 – Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and is no longer able to sing
Today in History for 14th November 2023
Historical Events
1881 – Leon Gambetta forms French government
1920 – The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia
1931 – Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain
1960 – Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
2018 – Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years
2018 – Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora’s Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985)
1929 – Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995)
1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, “Fear Strikes Out”), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017)
1930 – Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019)
1932 – Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
1948 – Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
Famous Deaths
1794 – Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as “Dutch Isaac Newton”), dies at 30
1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
1965 – Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1982 – Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91
2002 – Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89
2014 – Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 13th November 2023
1004 – Abbo van Fleury [Floriacensis], French abbott and saint, dies
1170 – Albert I of Brandenburg
1689 – Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German writer, dies at 75
1944 – Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (21st Premier of the Republic of China 1932-35), dies at61
1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
1975 – R. C. Sherriff, English playwright (Journey’s End), dies at 79
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, British-born town planner, dies at 79
2007 – Montague “Monty” Westmore, American 3rd generation make-up artist (Westmore family), dies of prostate cancer at 84
2016 – Leon Russell, American musician and singer-songwriter (Carny), dies at 74
Historical Events for 13th November 2023
1565 – Pope Pius IV publishes decree Professi fidei
1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes”
1922 – Marc Connelly and George Kaufman’s revue “’49ers” premieres in NYC
1942 – Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US
1948 – “As the Girls Go” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances
1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas
1952 – KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1990 – Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude
1993 – 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
2019 – 53rd Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Maren Morris and Luke Combs win
Today in History for 13th November 2023
Historical Events
1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription
1926 – Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java
1952 – False fingernails 1st sold
1966 – American comedian Flip Wilson makes his debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”; he returns 10 times
1991 – Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
2014 – Indian cricket batsman Rohit Sharma sets new world ODI record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata
Famous Birthdays
1926 – Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979-87), born in Easton, Maryland
1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian soccer striker (22 caps; Cagliari, FC Inter Milan, Juventus FC), born in Mantua, Italy
1947 – Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 1993)
1971 – Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story)
1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
1993 – Julia Michaels [Cavazos], American pop singer and songwriter, born in Davenport, Iowa
Famous Deaths
1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
1958 – Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81
1974 – Karen Silkwood, American nuclear lab technician and labor union activist killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances at 28
1999 – Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; 5/109 in Test debut 1958), dies at 67
2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
2013 – Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83
Famous Deaths for 12th November 2023
1606 – Matthäus Ludecus, German composer, dies at 79
1908 – William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), dies at 60
1941 – Abe Reles “Kid Twist”, American NY gangster and police informer, killed falling from a window under suspicious circumstances at 35
1955 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (Žedan kamen na studencu), dies at 64
1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American concert pianist and composer (Rose-Marie; The Vagabond King), dies at 92
1990 – Eve Arden [Eunice Quedens], American stage and screen actress (Stage Door; Our Miss Brooks; The Mothers-In-Law; Grease), dies at 82
1997 – William Matthews, American poet, dies at 55
2003 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (seaQuest DSV – “Lucas Wolenczak”), commits suicide at 27
2005 – Richard E. Lawyer, American USAF officer, pilot, and astronaut, dies at 73
2008 – (John) “Mitch” Mitchell, British drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience), dies at 62
Historical Events for 12th November 2023
1873 – Bay District Race Track in San Francisco opens
1919 – Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
1926 – The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers
1952 – White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
1953 – David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
1965 – Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1982 – KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union
1987 – “Teddy and Alice” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances
1995 – 25th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
2022 – New Zealand’s Black Ferns win Women’s World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd