1944 – Temporary merger of 2 NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals, dissolves at finish of season; WWII ends before start of 1945 season, so both teams resume normal operations
1953 – Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich’ 5th String Quartet
1954 – Samuel Barber’s cantata “Prayers of Kierkegaard” premieres
1957 – 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas AandM (HB)
1958 – Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1983 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1988 – NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo
2005 – 14th SEC Championship Game: #13 Georgia beats #3 LSU, 34-14
2020 – “I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation,” warns Dr. Robert Redfield, head of US CDC about the months ahead with COVID-19
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 2nd December 2022
1620 – English language newspaper “Namloos” begins publishing in Amsterdam
1899 – Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed “The Filipino Thermopylae”, is fought.
1913 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua created in Nicaragua
1951 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson has his #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in franchise history
1961 – 26th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-0 in Birmingham
1974 – Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1988 – “Naked Gun” movie based on TV’s “Police Squad” premieres
1995 – 4th SEC Championship Game: #2 Florida beats #23 Arkansas, 34-3
2012 – 9 people are killed after 30 cars are trapped in Sasago Tunnel, Japan
2014 – The World Food Programme suspends critical food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt because of a lack of funds
Historical Events for 1st December 2022
1896 – 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
1909 – 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pennsylvania
1925 – Peace Treaty of Locarno signed between Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy
1936 – Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1980 – US Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
1984 – American boxer Greg Page KOs home town favourite Gerrie Coetzee in 8th round to win WBA heavyweight title in Sun City, South Africa
1984 – “Beverly Hills Cop” directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles
1986 – Musée d’Orsay opens in Paris
1991 – US 75th manned space mission “STS 44” Atlantis 10 lands
1997 – Golden State Warriors NBA guard Latrell Sprewell assaults head coach P.J. Carlesimo; suspended for 10 games
Historical Events for 30th November 2022
1487 – The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops
1700 – Utrecht, Overijssel, Buren, Leerdam and IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
1735 – States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
1782 – Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
1955 – “Pipe Dream” opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 245 performances
1956 – Australian Betty Cuthbert takes Olympic sprint double when she runs OR equalling 23.4s to win the 200m gold medal at the Melbourne Games; beats Christa Stubnick in repeat of 100m final 4 days earlier
1994 – Cruise ship Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1999 – In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies
2005 – The Boston Bruins trade captain Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks
2019 – Australian cricket batsman David Warner smashes 335 not out in the 2nd Test against Pakistan; second-highest Test score by an Australian (Matt Hayden 380); highest Test score at Adelaide Oval
Historical Events for 29th November 2022
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
1929 – Richard E. Byrd sends “My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole” (He was wrong)
1948 – Puppet TV show”Kukla, Fran, and Ollie” starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC
1956 – Chris Brasher becomes first Briton to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field since 1936; claims 3,000m steeplechase in 8:41.2 at the Melbourne Games; initially disqualified but reversed on appeal
1964 – Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
1966 – 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena – Warriors beat Bulls 108-101
1972 – Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
1974 – 39th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-13 in Birmingham
1981 – Revival of musical “My Fair Lady” closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 119 performances
2001 – UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
Historical Events for 28th November 2022
1670 – Pierre Corneille’s “Tite et Berenice” premieres in Paris
1814 – The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer – makes newspapers available to a mass audience
1899 – Battle of Mud River (Boer general Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)
1925 – Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
1951 – John Van Druten’s “I am a Camera” premieres in NYC
1958 – AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1959 – CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats (21-7) for a second straight year
1971 – CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Calgary Stampeders beat Toronto Argonauts, 14-11 on a slick, rain-covered field
1993 – CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 33-23; Sean Fleming lands record equalling 6 field goals
2012 – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” 1st of the Hobbit film series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand
Historical Events for 27th November 2022
1237 – Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League
1885 – 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague
1945 – General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
1950 – Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
1956 – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” premieres in Netherlands
1966 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Kathy Whitworth wins back-to-back titles by 2 shots from Judy Kimball and Mary Mills
1973 – Neil Simon’s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1982 – Davis Cup, Grenoble, France: US takes unassailable, 3-0 lead over France as John McEnroe and Peter Flemming take the doubles 6-3, 6-4, 9-7 over Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah; tie ends 4-1
2017 – 8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India for eating plants
2017 – Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
Historical Events for 26th November 2022
1841 – 1st date in James Clavell’s novel Tai-Pan
1894 – King Lafia “Absalamu” of Nikki signs accord with France
1922 – English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt
1925 – Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement
1941 – Japanese naval carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor
1942 – Anti-fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms
1995 – 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
1999 – Steve Yzerman scores his 600th career goal
2011 – NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpoint in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others
2018 – Third of a species begin dying (23,000) over a two day period, the spectacled flying foxes, unable to survive heatwave of 42 degrees in northern Queensland, Australia
Historical Events for 25th November 2022
1277 – Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
1951 – Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1970 – New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1977 – David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1987 – Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
1993 – Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1997 – “Sevens” 7th studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Grammy Award Best Country Collaboration with Vocals 1998, Billboard Album of the Year 1998)
2007 – CFL Grey Cup, Rogers Center, Toronto: Saskatchewan Roughriders win 3rd title; defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 23-19
2015 – Pope Francis begins his trip to Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic
2018 – EU leaders approve an agreement for Britain to leave the EU (Brexit)
Historical Events for 24th November 2022
1863 – Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1903 – George Ade’s “County Chairman” premieres in NYC
1905 – Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1944 – US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo
1962 – Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea
1985 – NBC miniseries “Mussolini: The Untold Story” starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
1991 – CFL Grey Cup, Winnipeg Stadium: Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders, 36-21; Argos under new ownership of LA Kings owner Bruce McNall, hockey player Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy
1996 – CFL Grey Cup, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton: MVP Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title; beat Edmonton Eskimos, 43-37
2007 – 72nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-10 in Auburn
2019 – New Zealand cricket batsman BJ Watling scores a marathon 205 off 473 balls to lead the home side to an innings and 65 run 1st Test victory over England at Mount Maunganui