1665 – Jean Racine’s “Alexandre le Grand” premieres in Paris
1836 – Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1851 – President Louis Napoleon Boaparte’s forces crush an attempted coup d’etat in France
1864 – Romanian Jews are forbidden to practise law
1921 – The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle ends in a hung jury
1944 – Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1949 – Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
1991 – Muslim Shi’ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
1994 – 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
2013 – Xavier Bettel becomes Luxenberg’s first openly gay Prime Minister
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 3rd December 2020
1639 – 1st annulment by court decree passes
1948 – Chinese refugee ship “Kiangya” explodes in East China Sea killing 1,100
1948 – Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 123 for the Bradman XI in his own testimonial match against the Lindsay Hassett’s XI in front of 52,360 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1962 – Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
1967 – Australian Derek Clayton runs world marathon record 2:09:36.4 at the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan
1968 – NBC Elvis comeback special airs
1970 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2005 – 14th SEC Championship Game: #13 Georgia beats #3 LSU, 34-14
2005 – 10th Big 12 Championship Game: #2 Texas beats Colorado, 70-3
2018 – Dutch court in Arnhem rejects man’s request to legally be recognised 20 years younger
Historical Events for 2nd December 2020
1409 – The University of Leipzig opens
1864 – Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1948 – After one of the best seasons in baseball history, St Louis Cardinals utility Stan Musial is named NL MVP; leads NL in batting average (.365), runs (135), RBI (131), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18) and slugging (.702), with 39 HRs
1951 – Philadelphia Eagles set NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing in 35-21 win over Washington Redskins at Griffith Stadium
1952 – 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
1957 – 1st US large scale nuclear power plant for peacetime use opens, Shippingport, Pennsylvania
1964 – Ringo Starr’s tonsils are removed
1967 – CFL Grey Cup, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 24-1; Alan Ford’s 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history
1968 – US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
2020 – US Attorney General William Barr says there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, despite claims by President Donald Trump
Historical Events for 1st December 2020
1922 – Polish state Chief Marshal Józef Piłsudski resigns
1953 – WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1956 – Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets world record 1:02.0 to win the women’s 100m freestyle at the Melbourne Olympics; first of Fraser’s 3 consecutive gold medals in the event
1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation of attempted arson.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan)
1989 – “Day Without Art” – Artists demonstrate against AIDS
2001 – Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.
2001 – Nicaraguan baseball team wins the Central American Games; Ramon Padilla ends 15 year stint with the national team with 2 homers in the 9-0 finale against Guatemala
2002 – Davis Cup Tennis, Paris: Mikhail Youzhny beats Paul-Henri Mathieu 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to give Russia 3-2 win over France; only time in event history that a 2-set deficit turned around in a live 5th rubber of a Final
2018 – Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single “Thank U Next”, biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere
Historical Events for 30th November 2020
1215 – Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
1900 – The First Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by the President having examined possible routes for a canal, issues its report favoring that through Nicaragua over the Panama route
1912 – CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Alerts win their only title; beat Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
1938 – Germany bans Jews being lawyers
1939 – USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki
1953 – Edward Mutesa II, kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda
1969 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 – CFL Grey Cup, Autostade, Montreal: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 29-11; first Grey Cup game played in its entirety on a Sunday
1996 – South African cricket opening batsman Gary Kirsten follows his 1st innings 102 with 133 in the Proteas’ 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
2013 – 14th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 34-2
Historical Events for 29th November 2020
1916 – US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1918 – Serbia annexes Montenegro
1921 – Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
1924 – NHL’s Montreal Forum opens
1943 – US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1961 – Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
1962 – Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1989 – 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
2015 – British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to win his 3rd overall, and 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship by 59 points from teammate Nico Rosberg
2017 – American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC’s “Today” show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
Historical Events for 28th November 2020
1843 – Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
1854 – Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
1925 – NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies 4 months later of TB
1951 – Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1962 – Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored
1964 – 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants
1970 – 35th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 33-28 in Birmingham
1981 – “Merrily We Roll Along” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
1985 – 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
2018 – French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women, adding to four already made public
Historical Events for 27th November 2020
1911 – Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
1941 – Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1945 – General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
1960 – Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville, Congo
1960 – Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
1972 – Yanks trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses
1973 – Neil Simon’s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1983 – Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India
2011 – German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes 2nd in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to retain his F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 122 points from Jenson Button
2019 – US President Donald Trump signs two bills backing Hong Kong protesters, which check the territories autonomy and ban the sale of munitions to Hong Kong police, angering China
Historical Events for 26th November 2020
1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, carrying the Llangollen canal 126 feet above the River Dee
1950 – China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1953 – Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1956 – “The Price Is Right” debuts on NBC
1969 – Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon
1980 – Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP
1990 – Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend
1990 – Premier Mazowiecki of Poland resigns
1999 – Steve Yzerman scores his 600th career goal
2017 – Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests
Historical Events for 25th November 2020
1034 – Malcolm II, King of Scots (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) (b. 980) dies; Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
1839 – Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people
1950 – CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts claim 9th title; shutout Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 13-0
1952 – George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
1962 – WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1971 – 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
1981 – Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
1986 – Oliver North’s secretary, Fawn Hall, smuggles documents out of his office
1990 – CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 10th Championship: beat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11; Winnipeg’s 28 points in 3rd quarter is Grey Cup record
2018 – British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to claim his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 88 points from Sebastian Vettel; Mercedes’ 5th straight Constructors title