1886 – Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1927 – 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner, Wisconsin)
1981 – SD Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21)
1986 – 20 year old Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stops titleholder Trevor Berbick in round 2 at Las Vegas Hilton to earn the WBC title
1992 – Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in NYC; her 3rd straight end of season title
1992 – Washington Post reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women
1998 – 48th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
2008 – Patrick Roy’s #33 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
2015 – Serbian tennis star Novak Đoković makes it 4 straight season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 in the final in London, England
2017 – Ratko Mladic the “Butcher of Bosnia” is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague
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Today in History for 22nd November 2021
Historical Events
1927 – 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner, Wisconsin)
1967 – UN Security council passes resolution 242; Israel must give back occupied land
1976 – Comic strip “Cathy” by Cathy Guisewite debuts
1989 – US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
2019 – Sacha Baron Cohen says if Facebook existed in the 1930s it would have run Hitler’s ads on his “solution to the Jewish problem”, in speech to Anti-Defamation League summit
2020 – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins offensive on regional capital of Mekelle
Famous Birthdays
1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator against the rule of James I of England, born in Cobham Hall, Kent (d. 1619)
1606 – Pieter de Jode II, Flemish engraver and publisher, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1674)
1940 – Terry Gilliam, comedy author-animator (Monty Python), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1960 – Léos Carax [Alex Dupont], French film director (Annette), born in Suresnes, France
1966 – Nicholas Rowe, actor (Young Sherlock Holmes), born in London, England
1974 – Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER)
Famous Deaths
1751 – Anton Englert, German composer and organist, dies at 77
1963 – John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961-63), assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas at 46
1992 – Gene O’Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
1997 – Joanna Moore [Dorothy Cook] American actress (Bronk; The Hindenburg), dies of lung cancer at 63
2019 – Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, dies at 111
2020 – Ray Prosser, Welsh rugby union prop (22 caps Wales, 1 British and Irish Lions; Pontypool) and coach (Pontypool RFC 1969-87), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 21st November 2021
1942 – J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African General and Prime Minister (1924-39), dies at 76
1953 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1963 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
1967 – Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1986 – Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
1995 – Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
1997 – Robert Simpson, British classical composer, and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 76
2013 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 84
Historical Events for 21st November 2021
1902 – 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1945 – General Motors workers go on strike
1955 – Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1959 – Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1963 – US President John F. Kennedy flies to Texas (assassinated the next day)
1964 – Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, then the world’s longest
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
1986 – Central African Republic adopts constitution
1993 – “Cyrano – The Musical” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
2018 – RIBA’s best building in the world biennial international prize awarded to Canuanã school in Brazil
Today in History for 21st November 2021
Historical Events
1789 – North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1920 – Mussolini’s squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy
1959 – Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1978 – Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1980 – “Hi Infidelity” 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released
2020 – Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County, deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge
Famous Birthdays
1933 – Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress (The First Wives Club, Private Benjamin), born in Washington, District of Columbia
1953 – Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1979 – Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 – Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer
Famous Deaths
1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, dies at 81
1952 – Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1987 – Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1993 – Bill Bixby, American actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59
2017 – Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 20th November 2021
1527 – Wendelmoet “Weyntjen” Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1951 – Thomas Quinlan, English opera impresario, dies at 70
1968 – Helen Gardner, American silent film actress (Sandra), dies at 84
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1986 – William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher, dies at 76
2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), dies at 81
2006 – Robert Altman, American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville), dies of complications from leukemia at 81
2009 – H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
Historical Events for 20th November 2021
1889 – Gustav Mahler’s 1st Symphony premieres in Budapest and is not well received
1922 – Zoe Akins’ play “Texas Nightingale” premieres in NYC
1951 – Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
1959 – WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1964 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1993 – 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College’s first win in the series)
2011 – 38th American Music Awards: Adele, Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift win
2013 – Ben Bradlee is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony
2018 – Sell-off in technology stocks leads stock market losses wiping out all 2018 market gains
Today in History for 20th November 2021
Historical Events
1890 – Pope Leo XIII encyclical “On Slavery in the Missions”
1911 – The funeral of Paul and Laura Lafargue (daughter of Karl Marx) in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was at an end
1941 – Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1990 – Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq
2017 – Investment corporation Tencent’s market value hits $511 billion, – first Asian company to join the $500 billion club
2019 – Britain’s Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein
Famous Birthdays
1606 – Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat and historian (d. 1682)
1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, born in Devanahalli, Bangalore, India (d. 1799)
1761 – Pius VIII [Francesco Saverio Castiglioni], Italian 253rd Pope (1829-30), born in Cingoli, Marche, Papal States (d. 1830)
1841 – Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1896-1911), born in Saint-Lin, Quebec (d. 1918)
1949 – William Harry “Billy” Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1995)
1959 – James P. McGovern, American politician (Rep-D-Mass 1997-), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
1737 – Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, German born Queen of Great Britain, consort to King George II, dies at 54
1856 – Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1936 – Jose A Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (founder of Spanish Falange), executed at 33
1938 – Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), dies at 83
1952 – Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
Famous Deaths for 19th November 2021
498 – Anastasius II, Pope (496-8) dies. Referred to by Dante in his Inferno XI, 8-9
1272 – David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies
1389 – Dimitri Ivanovitch “Donskoi”, monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
1672 – John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever
1910 – Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74
1959 – Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), dies at 73
1983 – Tom Evans, English rock musician (Badfinger), commits suicide at 36
2007 – Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
2012 – Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
Historical Events for 19th November 2021
1521 – Battle at Milan: Emperor Charles V’s pontifical, Spanish and German troops beat French forces and occupy Milan
1873 – James Reed and two accomplices rob the Watt Grayson family of $30,000 in the Choctaw Nation
1939 – Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
1962 – Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria
1976 – Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
1979 – Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
1983 – Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils “a Mickey Mouse organization”
1996 – Lieutenant General Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire
1998 – Vincent van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million
2017 – Martin Truex Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch