1801 – First edition of New York Evening Post
1907 – 12th Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama tie 6-6 in Birmingham
1908 – Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY’s Metropolitan Opera
1939 – Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
1941 – German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
1944 – US 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
1957 – Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89
1957 – “Copper and Brass” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
1989 – South African President F. W. de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
2003 – 55th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Matt Kenseth wins
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 15th November 2019
1926 – ATandT sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
1936 – Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
1937 – First US congressional session in air-conditioned chambers
1969 – An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States
1973 – Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war
1974 – Ringo Starr releases “Goodnight Vienna” and “Only You” in UK
1979 – In Parliament Sir Anthony Blunt, art advisor to the Queen, exposed as 4th man in Soviet spy ring. He was then stripped of his knighthood and fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge
1983 – 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
2011 – “Take Care” 2nd studio album by Drake is released (Grammy Award Best Rap Album 2013)
2012 – The Eurozone economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.1% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.2% in the previous quarter
Historical Events for 14th November 2019
1698 – Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1755 – Henry Fox appointed British ‘Secretary of State for the Southern Department’
1834 – William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
1940 – During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1960 – 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1976 – Cleveland Browns’ Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1984 – NASA launches NATO-3D
1985 – Holmfriour Karlsdottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
2012 – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2”, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is released
2013 – Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes
Historical Events for 13th November 2019
1868 – American Philological Association organized in NY
1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription
1930 – WA Drake’s “Grand Hotel” premieres in NYC
1952 – False fingernails 1st sold
1961 – Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
1984 – Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1997 – “Lion King” opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada
2005 – French tennis star Amélie Mauresmo beats countrywoman Mary Pierce 5–7, 7–6, 6–4 for the season ending WTA Tour Championship at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
2018 – Four members of a family arrested for the Rhoden family massacre where eight people were shot, south of Columbus, Ohio in 2016
Historical Events for 12th November 2019
1775 – General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks
1920 – Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
1926 – The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers
1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power
1955 – 1st West German officers sworn in
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos elected 10th President of Philippines
1978 – “Platinum” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 33 performances
1980 – Baltimore’s Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1990 – “The Body Bag Game” – after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly “they’ll have to be carted off in body bags” the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
1998 – Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.
Historical Events for 11th November 2019
1887 – Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.
1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates
1925 – Robert A. Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1928 – WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1985 – Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
1987 – “Roza” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
1993 – Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
2013 – Novak Đoković claims back-to-back ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final in London, England
2014 – The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
2018 – Democratic Republic of Congo announces its worst-ever outbreak of Ebola with 198 deaths
Historical Events for 10th November 2019
1911 – Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath)
1937 – Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims “Estado novo”
1944 – Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
1960 – Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” finally goes on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial
1969 – “Sesame Street” premieres on PBS TV
1971 – US table tennis team arrived in China
1974 – Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
1978 – Israel’s top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1990 – John Hughes’ film “Home Alone” directed by Chris Columbus and starring Macaulay Culkin premieres in Chicago
2017 – BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women
Historical Events for 9th November 2019
1720 – Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire
1764 – Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
1842 – The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City
1862 – US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
1864 – 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia to a foreign country
1864 – Sherman issues preliminary plans for his “March to the Sea”
1927 – Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars and motors
1984 – Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 – Tanzania government of Malecela forms
2015 – World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a “state-supported” doping programme
Historical Events for 8th November 2019
1926 – George Gershwin’s musical “Oh, Kay” premieres in NYC
1959 – KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1965 – Vietnam War: US, Australian and New Zealand forces launch Operation Hump, a search-and-destroy operation near Bien Hoa in South Vietnam
1968 – Londonderry Corporation agreed to a Nationalist request to introduce a points system in the allocation of public sector housing in Northern Ireland
1974 – British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
1975 – Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St Paul, to become NWA champ
1989 – “Byker Grove” begins broadcasting on the BBC
1992 – “Solitary Confinement” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 25 performances
1994 – Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
2016 – Indian PM Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes during an unscheduled live televised address, canceling 86% of the notes in circulation in a battle against corruption
Historical Events for 7th November 2019
1651 – King Louis XIV of France (13) declared of full age
1934 – Arthur L. Mitchell, becomes first African American Democratic US congressman (Illinois)
1953 – WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1978 – Marion Barry Jr. elected as Washington, D.C.’s first African American mayor
1983 – Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
1989 – Balt’s Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
2000 – “TP-2.com” 4th studio album by R. Kelly is released (American Music Awards Favorite Male Soul/RandB Artist 2001, Billboard Album of the Year 2001)
2000 – Hillary Clinton is elected to the US Senate, becoming first US First Lady to win public office and while still the First Lady
2018 – US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appoints Matthew Whitaker in his place as acting Attorney General