1908 – Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY’s Metropolitan Opera
1935 – Cole Porter’s musical “Anything Goes” closes at 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 420 performances
1945 – Two new elements discovered by Glenn Seaborg, James, Morgan and Albert Ghiorso were are announced: americium (atomic number 95) and curium (atomic number 96)
1962 – Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
1966 – “Greatest Hits” album by The Temptations is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1967)
1972 – Elektra Records releases “No Secrets’, the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles “You’re So Vain” and “The Right Thing to Do”
1982 – Tom Stoppard’s play “The Real Thing” premieres in London starring Felicity Kendal and Roger Rees
2003 – Roger Federer of Switzerland wins his first of 6 season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–0, 6–4 victory over American Andre Agassi in the final in Houston, Texas
2019 – 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
2020 – Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a category four storm, just 15 km south of Hurricane Eta 13 days ago
Author: gil7
Today in History for 16th November 2022
Historical Events
1519 – City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations
1916 – Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000
1918 – Hungarian People’s Republic declared
1990 – Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial
2019 – 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
2019 – Samoa declares state of emergency over measles epidemic closing all schools after six deaths
Famous Birthdays
1904 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (1963-66), born in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate (d. 1996)
1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist who designed the IBM mainframe, born in Flandreau, South Dakota (d. 2015)
1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (Anarchy, State, and Utopia), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1938 – Toni Brown, American guitarist, singer and keyboardist (Joy of Cooking)
1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet
1973 – Sedrick Shaw, running back (New England Patriots)
Famous Deaths
1512 – Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
1548 – Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
1934 – Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
1943 – Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1994 – Dino Valenti [Chester “Chet” Powers], American rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies at 57
2016 – Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 15th November 2022
1889 – Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat, dies at 88
1933 – Affie Jarvis, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 18 dismissals; South Australia), dies at 73
1986 – Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
1993 – Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
1994 – Volodymyr Ivashko, President of Ukraine (1990-91), dies
2003 – Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, 30th Governor of Minnesota (1961-63), dies at 95
2014 – (Bernard) “Bunny” Briggs, American tap dancer ‘Duke’s dancer’, dies at 92
2017 – Lil Peep [Gustav Åhr], American rapper, dies of a drug overdose at 21
2021 – Bobby Collins Jr., American college football coach (head coach University of Southern Mississippi; Southern Methodist University), dies at 88
Historical Events for 15th November 2022
1899 – Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal
1913 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Perth: Australian Ernie Parker beats NZ namesake Harry Parker 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1920 – Ernst Toller’s “Massen und Menschen” premieres in Nuremberg
1953 – WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1987 – Brazilian Williams driver Nelson Piquet retires from Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide with break trouble but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 12 points from Nigel Mansell
1989 – “Few Good Men” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 497 performances
1991 – Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1999 – Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
2017 – The Zimbabwean Army detains Robert Mugabe and the first family and appoints sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as interim president
2020 – World-record price for a Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim sold for €1.6m (£1.4m) at auction
Today in History for 15th November 2022
Historical Events
1870 – Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
1976 – Syrian army conquers Beirut
1978 – Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1982 – Funeral service held in Moscow’s Red Square for Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1994 – Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
2015 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Czech pair Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for a 3-2 win and 9th title for the home country
Famous Birthdays
1604 – Davis Mell, English composer, born in Wilton (d. 1662)
1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, British peer from Switzerland who founded New Bern, Carolina, born in Worb Castle, Bern, Switzerland (d. 1743)
1930 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
1930 – Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), born in Bône, Algeria (d. 2022)
1941 – Adnan Al Sharqi, Lebanese soccer manager (Lebanon 1974–76, 1987–93, 2006–08; Ansar 11 x league titles), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2021)
1993 – Saaya [Irie], Japanese actress and singer (Sweet Kiss), born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Famous Deaths
655 – Penda, King of Mercia, Anglo Saxon King
1629 – Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1934 – Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom and Dreesman), dies at 80
1993 – Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1993 – Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
2010 – Imre Polyák, Hungarian featherweight (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 14th November 2022
1825 – Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and inventor (dialectic), dies at 61
1908 – Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1915 – Booker T. Washington, American education pioneer and 1st African American on a US stamp, dies at 59
1922 – Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and politician who first coined the term “geopolitics”, dies at 58
1975 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
1996 – Vera von der Heydt, German psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1997 – Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist and filmmaker, dies at 96
2012 – Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82
Historical Events for 14th November 2022
1851 – “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville first published by Harper and Brothers in the US
1914 – Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1927 – World’s largest gas tank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explodes; 28 die
1957 – Milwaukee Brave Hank Aaron wins NL MVP
1964 – “Oliver!” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1969 – 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1993 – “Kentucky Cycle” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
2007 – the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2008 – Elizabeth Warren is appointed to chair a Congressional Oversight Panel for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
2016 – “Moana” animated Disney film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker with voices by Auli’i Cravalho and The Rock premieres in Los Angeles
Today in History for 14th November 2022
Historical Events
1832 – First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1920 – American Pro Football League’s Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded
1976 – Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten captured one day after fleeing
2007 – the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2018 – Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go.
Famous Birthdays
1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pippi Longstocking), born in Vimmerby, Sweden (d. 2002)
1921 – Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
1948 – Charles III [Charles Philip Arthur George], King of the United Kingdom (2022-) Prince of Wales (1958-2022), born in London, England
1966 – Curt Schilling, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Anchorage, Alaska
1966 – Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress who played Bond girl Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Famous Deaths
1909 – Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1990 – Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1994 – John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric and Stoflongen), dies at 83
2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young and Willing), dies at 87
2005 – Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, dies at 103
Famous Deaths for 13th November 2022
1620 – Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1841 – Caroline of Baden, Queen of Bavaria, dies at 65
1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist, dies at 61
1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1992 – Gregory Markopoulos, German/American director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies at 61
1992 – Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
1996 – Bill Doggett, American jazz and blues musician (Honky Tonk), dies from a heart attack at 80
2001 – Margaret “Peggy” Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
2020 – Paul Hornung, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1956, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1959, 60; Green Bay Packers), dies from dementia complications at 84
2021 – Sam Huff, American College / Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1958, 59; NY Giants, Washington Redskins), dies from dementia complications at 87
Historical Events for 13th November 2022
1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London
1902 – “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad is first published in one volume (previously serialized) by William Blackwood in Edinburgh
1906 – C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
1951 – Lefty O’Doul’s all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1952 – False fingernails 1st sold
1968 – Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1979 – British newspaper “The Times” resumes publishing after 1 year
1993 – Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
2001 – US President George W. Bush orders that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to capacity over the next few years
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