308 – The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
1208 – Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king
1895 – Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony
1924 – Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St NYC
1977 – Wings release “Mull of Kintyre” and “Girl’s School”
1985 – Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing
1986 – Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1987 – Boston Red Sox starter Roger Clemens wins back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards; Philadelphia Phillies starter Steve Bedrosian takes NL Award
1987 – Football striker Mark Hughes plays for Wales and Bayern Munich in 2 countries on same day; appears for Wales in 2-0 European Championship loss to Czechoslovakia in Prague, then jets to Munich for 3-2 Cup win over Borussia
2014 – 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District, Pakistan
Author: gil7
Today in History for 11th November 2021
Historical Events
1811 – Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1836 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru
1963 – Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for The Beatles
1982 – Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters near Tyre; kills 60
1992 – The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests
2014 – The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence
Famous Birthdays
1748 – Carlos IV (English: Charles], King of Spain (1788-1808), born in Portici, Italy (d. 1819)
1792 – Mary Anne Disraeli, English wife of Benjamin Disraeli, born in Brampford Speke, Devon, England (d. 1872)
1883 – Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, 1918-67). and composer (Feuilles de Printemps), born in Vevey, Switzerland (d. 1969)
1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek politician, born in Kos, Greece
1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, English, rocker (The Human League, Heaven 17), born in Sheffield, England
1970 – Derry Brownson, British rock keyboardist (EMF – “Unbelievable”), born in Gloucester, England
Famous Deaths
307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies
1724 – Joseph Blake, alias “Blueskin”, a highwayman known for attacking “Thief-Taker General” (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. (b. c. 1700)
1931 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
1947 – Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
1990 – Alexis Minotis [Alexandros Minotakis], Greek actor (The Merchant of Venice, King Lear), dies at 90
1993 – H. R. Haldeman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, dies at 67
Famous Deaths for 10th November 2021
1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland
1948 – Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71
1973 – Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1976 – Theodore Besterman, British bibliographer and psychical researcher, dies at 71
1981 – Abel Gance, French movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1994 – Louis Nizer, lawyer, dies at 92
1997 – William Alland, American actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81
1999 – Robert Kramer, American actor and director, dies of meningitis at 60
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France, President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
Historical Events for 10th November 2021
1857 – First American Chess Congress is won by Paul Morphy; beats Louis Paulson, 6-2 for a tournament record of 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss
1883 – Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship
1942 – Philip Barry’s “Without Love” premieres in NYC
1950 – After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
1958 – Bertolt Brecht’s play ” The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” premieres in Stuttgart, West Germany
1990 – Chandra Shekhar becomes 8th Prime Minister of India
2014 – “Uptown Funk” single released by Bruno Mars (Billboard Song of the Year 2015, Grammy Record Of The Year, Grammy Song of the Year 2016)
2014 – Ethel Kennedy is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama
2015 – Portugal’s minority government is toppled by left-wing opposition 2 weeks after coming to power
2020 – Word of the year is “Lockdown” according to Collins English Dictionary
Today in History for 10th November 2021
Historical Events
1871 – Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’
1959 – Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1968 – Portuguese socialist Mário Soares released from banishment in Sao Tomé under new regieme of Marcello Caetano
1988 – Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1989 – Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
2014 – “The Hunger Games” Mockingjay – Part 1″ directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
Famous Birthdays
1895 – John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft designer (Northrop Air), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1981)
1918 – Oda Blinder [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep)
1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2001)
1965 – Eddie Irvine, Irish auto racer (runner-up World F1 Championship 1999), born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
1971 – Jennifer McFalls, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Arlington, Texas
1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
1670 – Geory Horn [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1937 – Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), dies from tuberculosis at 37
1992 – Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), dies at 66
2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (In My Songs) (b. 1966), dies at 40
2015 – Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany (SPD, 1974- 82), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 9th November 2021
1677 – Aert van der Neer, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73
1939 – Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
1961 – Antonius Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River), dies at 64
1988 – David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), dies at 64
1991 – Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies
1994 – Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), dies at 87
2011 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist (Nobel 1968), dies at 89
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
2017 – Hans Vermeulen, Dutch singer and guitarist (Sandy Coast), dies at 70
2018 – Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57
Historical Events for 9th November 2021
1541 – Queen Catherine Howard (Henry VIII’s fifth wife) confined in Tower of London
1912 – Ottoman garrison surrenders Thessaloniki / Salonika to the Greek army (OS Oct 27)
1922 – Frederick Soddy wins the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (announced in 1922 due to a technicality)
1953 – Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from France, within the French Union
1967 – Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1985 – “News” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 4 performances
1992 – Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for “Texaco”
1996 – Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times
2004 – 38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and Keith Urban wins
2009 – Joe Cada becomes the youngest champion of the World Series of Poker’s main event.
Today in History for 9th November 2021
Historical Events
1330 – Battle of Posada, Wallachian voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
1941 – Hitler threatens Clemens August, Graf von Galen and Bishop of Münster
1953 – Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1976 – UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1982 – Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time
2004 – 38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and Keith Urban wins
Famous Birthdays
1799 – Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1877)
1810 – Thomas Bragg, American politician, 34th Governor of North Carolina (1859-61), born in Warrenton, North Carolina (d. 1872)
1907 – Burrill Phillips, American composer (Play Ball), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)
1929 – Severn Darden, American actor (Luv, President’s Analyst, Saturday the 14th), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1995)
1944 – Phil May, English rocker (Pretty Things), born in Dartford, Kent (d. 2020)
1963 – Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player, born in Grosseto, Italy
Famous Deaths
1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire [Kostrowitsky], French poet (Alcools) and art critic (coined the term ‘Cubism’), dies during the Spanish Flu pandemic at 38
1952 – Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman and Zionist leader (1st President of Israel 1949-52), dies at 77
1977 – Fred Haney, American baseball player, dies at 81
1993 – Stanley Myers, English movie composer (The Deer Hunter), dies at 63
1994 – Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers, trumpeter, dies at 70
2011 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist (Nobel 1968), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 8th November 2021
1805 – Francois-Thomas de Baculard d’Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
1811 – Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47
1880 – Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1908 – William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
1952 – Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets), dies at 71
1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter “The Baron of the Boogie”, American RandB singer, piano player, and songwriter (“Since I Met You Baby”), dies of lung cancer at 60
1984 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 81
1990 – Anya Seton, American author (Katherine), dies at 86
1998 – Jean Marais, French actor (Donkey Skin, Orpheus), dies of cardio-vascular disease at 84
1999 – Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 58
Historical Events for 8th November 2021
1701 – William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania
1900 – Theodore Dreiser’s novel “Sister Carrie” is published
1942 – Operation Torch; began as US and British forces under Eisenhower land in French North Africa
1957 – Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1966 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
1984 – STS 51-A (Discovery), the 14th Space Shuttle mission launches
1988 – 900 die as earthquake hits China
1992 – “Solitary Confinement” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 25 performances
1994 – Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
2018 – Woolsey Fire starts near Thousand Oaks, California with Malibu and Calabasas evacuated, kills three