1774 – First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, one of the oldest US military units still in service
1929 – Nikolai Bukharin is expelled from the Soviet Politburo amidst a power struggle with Joseph Stalin
1959 – William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
1973 – Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1980 – WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station
1993 – General Sani Abacha leads a military coup against Ernest Shonekan’s transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control
1996 – Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
2008 – “Twilight”, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres in Los Angeles
2018 – Protests across France against rising fuel prices leave 400 injured
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Today in History for 17th November 2023
Historical Events
1858 – Origin of Modified Julian Period
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception
1965 – William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
2002 – Australian Leyton Hewitt scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a classic 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 victory over Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in Shanghai, China
2006 – Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg).
2021 – British Columbia declares a state of emergency after an “atmospheric river” storm causes widespread rain and flooding
Famous Birthdays
1729 – Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785)
1911 – William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
1936 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
1945 – Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields)
1953 – Jilly Johnson, British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in England
1965 – Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
Famous Deaths
1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542)
1940 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879)
1940 – Eric Gill, British sculptor, engraver and typographer (Perpetua, Gill Sans), dies of cancer at 58
1942 – Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)
1995 – Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
2019 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat (Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs during Six-Day War), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 16th November 2023
1603 – Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
1706 – Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, Dutch admiral and buccaneer, dies at 64
1935 – Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
1964 – Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
1986 – Siobhán McKenna [Cionnaith], Irish stage actress (Saint Joan, The Chalk Garden), dies of lung cancer at 63
1989 – Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit priest, philosopher and human rights activist, assassinated during the Salvadoran Civil War at 59
1993 – Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1996 – John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, dies at 88
2004 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, abducted at 59 (presumed dead)
2007 – Harold Alfond, American businessman and founder of Dexter Shoe Company, dies at 93
Historical Events for 16th November 2023
1856 – Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens
1907 – Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state
1920 – 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
1950 – UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps
1984 – Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
1989 – Six Jesuit priests including Ignacio Ellacuría and two others are assassinated killed by Salvadoran army – one of the most notorious acts of the Salvadoran civil war
1996 – “Into the Whirlwind” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
2020 – Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a category four storm, just 15 km south of Hurricane Eta 13 days ago
2021 – Guanyu Zhou confirmed as China’s first F1 driver, racing for Alfa Romeo in 2022
2022 – U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives first safety approval on lab-grown meat, chicken grown from animal cells made by Upside Foods
Today in History for 16th November 2023
Historical Events
1632 – Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years’ War – Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus
1840 – New Zealand officially becomes a British colony
1917 – British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1973 – US President Richard Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline
2003 – CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Edmonton Eskimos reverse previous year result; beat Montreal Alouettes, 34-22 for 12th title
2022 – NASA’s Artemis I mission carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test mission around the Moon and back launches from Florida
Famous Birthdays
1609 – Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1730 – Gualtherus van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician, born in Philippine, Zealand, Netherlands (d. 1783)
1874 – Johanna Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons, born (d. 1946)
1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, born in Rapallo, Italy (d. 2006)
1973 – Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, born in Washington, D.C., United States
Famous Deaths
1667 – Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34
1766 – Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), dies at 81
1835 – Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1958 – J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67
1980 – O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
2005 – Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 15th November 2023
1917 – Oswald Chambers, Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement minister and writer (My Utmost for His Highest), dies at 43
1919 – Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies at 52
1967 – Michael J. Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
1981 – Walter Heitler, German physicist, quantum field theorist, philosopher, and writer (Man and Science), dies at 77
1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1973-1985), dies at 90
1994 – Janet Ahlberg (née Hall), British children’s book illustrator (The Jolly Postman; Each Peach Pear Plum), dies of breast cancer at 50
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
2000 – Gene Gutche, German-born composer, dies at 93
2005 – Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican soccer striker (16 caps; Monterrey, Villarreal), dies from a heart attack at 31
Historical Events for 15th November 2023
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
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