1783 – Annapolis, Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)
1897 – Portable pencil sharpener patented by American inventor John Lee Love
1931 – Nationally Crisis Committee forms in The Hague
1954 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash
1963 – Following the protocol after Abraham Lincoln’s death, JFK’s body lies in repose in the East Room of the White House and viewed by officials and heads of state
1976 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 – National Black Independent Party forms
2017 – Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 22nd November 2025
1862 – Opera “La Forza del Destino” by Giuseppe Verdi debuts at Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia [Nov 10 O.S.]
1914 – Indian troops take Basra in Mesopotamia
1945 – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “The Day Before Spring” opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 167 performances
1956 – Boston shooting guard Bill Sharman hits 10 free throws in Celtics 101-78 over Philadelphia Warriors at Philadelphia Civic Center
1972 – US ends 22 year travel ban to China
2015 – 43rd American Music Awards: Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, One Direction and Luke Bryan win
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
2018 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa’s tilt is reduced by 4 cm in a 20 year project to stabilize it
Historical Events for 21st November 2025
1902 – 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1924 – British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin cancels Labour contract with USSR
1925 – Red Grange plays his final University of Illinois game and signs with the Chicago Bears
1938 – Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
1979 – Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
1993 – “Cyrano – The Musical” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
1995 – Israel grants jailed US spy Jonathan Pollard citizenship
1995 – Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 for 1st time
Historical Events for 20th November 2025
1616 – Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs and War
1941 – German “auxiliary cruiser” (armed merchant raider) Kormoran sinks near Australia
1981 – Charles Fuller’s stage drama “A Soldier’s Play”, featuring Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, opens at Theater Four, NYC; runs for 468 performances, wins Pulitzer Prize
1990 – Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages
1995 – Diana, Princess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
2004 – 69th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-13 in Tuscaloosa
2005 – 57th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
2013 – Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony
Historical Events for 19th November 2025
1905 – The steamer “Hilda” sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
1919 – US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 to 39; Congress two years later approves resolution ending hostilities with Germany and Austria-Hungary
1942 – Joseph Goebbels visits “German Theatre in the Netherlands”
1969 – Apollo 12’s Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the 3rd and 4th humans on the Moon
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1983 – Robert Whitney (79) conducts his final concert, leading the Louisville Orchestra at the opening of the Whitney Concert Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky
1994 – Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World
2023 – Brazil records its highest-ever temperature – 44.8C (112.6F) in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais state
Historical Events for 18th November 2025
1105 – Maginulf is elected Antipope Sylvester IV
1494 – French King Charles VIII occupies Florence
1750 – The original Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London is opened in a midnight ceremony
1958 – 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1959 – “Ben-Hur” directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premieres in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)
1970 – Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
1997 – FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
2012 – Brad Keselowski driving for Penske Racing finishes 5th in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway to clinch the Nascar Sprint Cup
Historical Events for 17th November 2025
1785 – Church of England organizes in New England
1798 – Beginning of a 5 day New England Blizzard that covers thousands of houses and kills hundreds
1863 – Abraham Lincoln begins first draft of his Gettysburg Address
1953 – St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1960 – New MLB Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
2001 – 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
2013 – 50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia
2021 – Garbiñe Muguruza becomes first Spanish player to win WTA Finals defeating Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6–3, 7–5 in Zapopan, Mexico
Historical Events for 16th November 2025
1839 – US diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood first reach the ruins of the Maya city of Copan (modern Honduras)
1925 – American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY)
1973 – Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1978 – Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
1990 – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega claims the US denied him a fair trial
1995 – Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery
2008 – 60th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
2013 – Sachin Tendulkar plays his very last cricket match before retiring in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium against the West Indies
Historical Events for 15th November 2025
1679 – English House of Commons accepts Exclusion Bill
1715 – Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands
1813 – Tax revolt in Amsterdam
1939 – Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1944 – Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
1955 – Poland and Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
1969 – Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Florida
1983 – 75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
Historical Events for 14th November 2025
1939 – Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela
1965 – US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1965 – KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1985 – Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1993 – “Kentucky Cycle” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
2012 – Discovery of CFBDSIR 2149-0403, the closest rogue planet to Earth, located a mere 100 light-years away
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
2024 – Elton John and Jake Shears’ musical “Tammy Faye”, based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, opens at the Palace Theatre, NYC; runs for 29 performances