On This Day In History. What Happened Today In History

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on this day in history



2009 20th anniversary of the fall of berlin wall
on this day, german chancellor angela merkel, the last soviet president mikhail gorbachev and polish ex-president and noble prize winner lech walesa walked through brandenburg gate in berlin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall.

1994 darmstadtium created for the first time
the heavily radioactive element with an atomic number of 110 and symbol ds, was created at gesellschaft für schwerionenforschung (institute for heavy ion research) in darmstadt, germany, the city after which the element is named.

1985 youngest person to become world chess champion
22-year-old russian gary kasparov won the 13th world chess championship against anatoly karpov to become the youngest world chess champion.

1967 rolling stone makes its debut
the biweekly popular culture magazine was founded by jann simon wenner in san francisco. The magazine launched the careers of many famous authors and published the early versions of hunter s. Thompson's fear and loathing in las vegas.

1938 night of broken glass
a pogrom against jewish businesses, synagogues, and jews in germany and austria was carried out by sturmabteilung troops and civilians. The series of attacks that killed about 70 people and put 30,000 jews in prison is known as the night of broken glass or kristallnacht


births on this day – 9 november

1974 alessandro del piero
italian footballer

1970 chris jericho
american/canadian wrestler, singer-songwriter, actor

1934 carl sagan
american astronomer, author

1928 anne sexton
american poet

1918 spiro agnew
american politician, 39th vice president of the united states


deaths on this day – 9 november

2005 k. R. Narayanan
indian politician, 10th president of india

2004 stieg larsson
swedish writer

1970 charles de gaulle
french general, politician, president of france

1953 ibn saud
saudi arabian king

1940 neville chamberlain
english politician, prime minister of the united kingdom

such an amazing day..

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Birthdays of these eminent personalities


1867 Madame Curie (Scientist)
1918 Billy Graham (Evangelist)

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On This Day In History


11 November


1999 House of Lords Act 1999 passed
The act removed the right to a place in the House of Lords based on peerage and hereditary rights.

1975 Angola independence
Angola gained its independence after over 300 years of Portuguese rule.

1965 Rhodesia declares its independence
Rhodesia, a region that is comprised of present-day Zimbabwe declared its freedom from the United Kingdom under the leadership of predominantly white leaders. It lasted for 14 years when it was renamed the Republic of Zimbabwe after being recognized by the UN and the UK.

1926 Approval of numbered highways in the US
Under this system, odd-numbered highways run north to south while even-numbered highways run east to west. Lower odd numbers are in the west, and higher odd number are in the east. Lower even numbers are in the south, and higher even numbers are in the north.

1918 World War I ends
An armistice was signed to formally end the war. With 17 million casualties, the First World War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history.

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Historical Event On 11 November

1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Saba
1675 German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1839 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1918 WWI Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11 am, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
1925 Robert A. Millikan announces the discovery of cosmic rays
1930 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
1934 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1954 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
1984 "Three Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
1994 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000
2008 Taylor Swift releases her 2nd studio album “Fearless” (2009 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Album of the Year 2010, American Music Awards 2009)
2012 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
2013 4 people are killed and 8 are injured after a building catches fire in Mumbai, India
2017 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion
2018 Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba sets a new record for their Singles Day sale, $1 billion in 85 seconds, $30.8bn in 24 hours

[Vikesh]

Historical Event On 11 November

1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Saba
1675 German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function
1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1839 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1918 WWI Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11 am, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
1925 Robert A. Millikan announces the discovery of cosmic rays
1930 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator
1934 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1954 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
1984 "Three Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
1994 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000
2008 Taylor Swift releases her 2nd studio album “Fearless” (2009 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Album of the Year 2010, American Music Awards 2009)
2012 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
2013 4 people are killed and 8 are injured after a building catches fire in Mumbai, India
2017 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion
2018 Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba sets a new record for their Singles Day sale, $1 billion in 85 seconds, $30.8bn in 24 hours

Such an amazing day..

[Nitin Kumar]

On This Day In History


2015 Terrorist attacks in Paris
A series of coordinated terrorist attacks that included suicide bombs and mass shootings took place in France's capital city. Venues attacked included the Stade de France and the Bataclan theater during a concert. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or Daesh (ISIL) took responsibility for the attacks that killed about 130 people.

1994 Sweden votes to join EU
The referendum passed with over 50% of Swedish citizens voting to join the European Union. The Nordic country officially joined the EU on January 1, 1995.

1985 Armero tragedy
The late evening eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia caused volcanic mudflows, called lahars, and flooded the city of Armero, killing 25,000 of its residents. The Armero tragedy is considered to be one of the deadliest volcano-related disasters in the 20th century.

1950 Assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
The Venezuelan president and head of the military Junta was kidnapped and killed by rebels headed by Rafael Simón Urbina. Chalbaud came to power after a coup against Rómulo Gallegos in 1948.

1887 Bloody Sunday in London
Protests by poor and unemployed Londoners over their hardships in Trafalgar Square took a violent turn when the police charged on those protesting with batons. By the end of the day, 2 or 3 people were killed and several hundred protestors were injured.


Births On This Day – 13 November

1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician, author

1955 Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, singer, talk show host

1856 Louis Brandeis
American jurist

1850 Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author, poet

354 Augustine of Hippo
Algerian bishop, theologian


Deaths On This Day – 13 November

2005 Eddie Guerrero
American wrestler

1963 Margaret Murray
English anthropologist

1903 Camille Pissarro
French painter

1868 Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer

1093 Malcolm III of Scotland

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on this day in history


2015 terrorist attacks in paris
a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that included suicide bombs and mass shootings took place in france's capital city. Venues attacked included the stade de france and the bataclan theater during a concert. The islamic state of iraq and syria (isis), also known as the islamic state of iraq and the levant or daesh (isil) took responsibility for the attacks that killed about 130 people.

1994 sweden votes to join eu
the referendum passed with over 50% of swedish citizens voting to join the european union. The nordic country officially joined the eu on january 1, 1995.

1985 armero tragedy
the late evening eruption of the nevado del ruiz volcano in colombia caused volcanic mudflows, called lahars, and flooded the city of armero, killing 25,000 of its residents. The armero tragedy is considered to be one of the deadliest volcano-related disasters in the 20th century.

1950 assassination of carlos delgado chalbaud
the venezuelan president and head of the military junta was kidnapped and killed by rebels headed by rafael simón urbina. Chalbaud came to power after a coup against rómulo gallegos in 1948.

1887 bloody sunday in london
protests by poor and unemployed londoners over their hardships in trafalgar square took a violent turn when the police charged on those protesting with batons. By the end of the day, 2 or 3 people were killed and several hundred protestors were injured.


births on this day – 13 november

1969 ayaan hirsi ali
dutch politician, author

1955 whoopi goldberg
american actress, singer, talk show host

1856 louis brandeis
american jurist

1850 robert louis stevenson
scottish author, poet

354 augustine of hippo
algerian bishop, theologian


deaths on this day – 13 november

2005 eddie guerrero
american wrestler

1963 margaret murray
english anthropologist

1903 camille pissarro
french painter

1868 gioachino rossini
italian composer

1093 malcolm iii of scotland

today such an huge amazing day..

[Nitin Kumar]

On This Day In History– 14 November

• 2010 Sebastian Vettel wins the Formula One World Drivers' Champion
  
  At 23 years old, the German competitive race driver became the youngest person to win the World Championship in Formula One.
• 1971 First spacecraft to orbit a planet
  
  NASA's Mariner 9 entered Mars' orbit after 167 days in space. Despite it being in Mars' orbit within 15 minutes, a dust storm on the planet made it impossible for Mariner 9 to take pictures of Mars until January.
• 1969 Apollo 12 launched
  
  The crew of NASA's second manned mission to the Moon included Commander Charles Conrad, Jr. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. and Alan L. Bean. It landed on the Moon on November 19 and was the first spacecraft to take a color TV camera to the Moon.
• 1889 Nelie Bly sets out to go around the world in 80 days
  
  The American journalist, whose real name was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, followed the footsteps of fictional character Phileas Fogg from Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. She started her adventure in Hoboken and came back 72 days later.
• 1851 Moby Dick Makes its Debut in the United States
  
  The epic novel by Herman Melville about Captain Ahab's quest to find and kill Moby Dick, a white whale had released in the UK in October under the name The Whale. Considered to be one of the best fictional works written in recent history, the book did not sell many copies after its launch or during Melville's lifetime.

Births On This Day – 14 November

• 1971 Adam Gilchrist
  
  Australian cricketer
• 1954 Condoleezza Rice
  
  American diplomat, 66th United States Secretary of State
• 1948 Charles, Prince of Wales
  
  
• 1917 Park Chung-hee
  
  Korean general, politician, 3rd President of South Korea
• 1898 Benjamin Fondane
  
  Romanian/French poet, critic, philosopher

Deaths On This Day – 14 November

• 1988 Haywood S. Hansell
  
  American general officer
• 1921 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
  
  
• 1915 Booker T. Washington
  
  American author, educator
• 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  
  German philosopher
• 565 Justinian I
  
  Byzantine emperor

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On This Day In History– 15 November



2006 Al Jazeera English launched
The English language 24-hour news channel is owned and run by Al Jazeera Media Network based in Doha, Qatar.

1988 State of Palestine created
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) declared the creation of the state while in exile in Algiers, Algeria. The declaration designated eastern Jerusalem as the state's capital. Today, almost 70% of all UN members state recognize it as an independent country.

1956 Elvis Presley makes his movie debut
Love Me Tender, a black-and-white musical starred the American singer, who is also sometimes called the King of Rock and Roll. The movie was named after Presley's hit single by the same name.

1949 Assassins of MK Gandhi Executed in India
Nathuram Godse, Narayan Apte and 6 other co-conspirators of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi were hanged at the Ambala jail. On January 30, 1948, Godse who was unhappy about Gandhi's accommodation of India's Muslims shot Gandhi while he was out for his evening prayers.

1920 League of Nations meets for the first time
The general assembly of the international organization got together for the first time after being founded in January 1920. The League was created as a response to World War I and was entrusted by member states to maintain peace in the world.


Births On This Day – 15 November

1942 Daniel Barenboim
Argentine/Israeli conductor, pianist

1891 Erwin Rommel
German field marshal

1887 Georgia O'Keeffe
American painter

1886 René Guénon
French/Egyptian author

1708 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom


Deaths On This Day – 15 November

1983 John Le Mesurier
English actor

1978 Margaret Mead
American anthropologist

1917 Émile Durkheim
French sociologist

1908 Empress Dowager Cixi
of China

1630 Johannes Kepler
German astronomer

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On This Day In History– 16 November



2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone released
The film version of the popular book by the same name written by author J. K. Rowling starred Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and followed Potter's first year at Hogwarts, a school for magic.

1988 Estonians declare sovereignty from USSR
Estonians issued the Estonian Sovereignty Declaration as part of the Singing Revolution. The Declaration declared Estonian sovereignty from the Soviet Union and declared Estonian laws paramount over Soviet laws. The day is now celebrated as the Day of Declaration of Sovereignty.

1965 Soviets launch Venera 3
Part of the Venera program, it was the first space probe to land on another planet - Venus. Unfortunately, due to technical issues, it was not able to send any data back to Earth. The first space probe to send data from another planet to Earth was Venera 7.

1945 UNESCO founded
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a special branch of the United Nations that promotes peace and well-being through education, scientific collaboration, and cultural understanding and exchange. It is headquartered in Paris, France and has 195 state members.

1940 Warsaw ghetto sealed
The largest Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, the Warsaw ghetto, was created in October 1940 by a German decree. According to the decree, all Jews in the city had to move to the ghetto, which was closed off by a 10 feet wall and had soldiers and police guarding it from the outside 24 hours a day. The ghetto was the scene of one of the largest Jewish uprisings during the Second World War in 1943.


Births On This Day – 16 November

1977 Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress

1952 Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer, created Mario, The Legend of Zelda

1930 Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author, poet, academic

1922 José Saramago
Portuguese author, Nobel Prize laureate

42 Tiberius
Roman emperor


Deaths On This Day – 16 November

2006 Milton Friedman
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1980 Jayan
Indian actor

1960 Clark Gable
American actor

1885 Louis Riel
Canadian politician

1724 Jack Sheppard
English criminal

[Lalitsharma]

On This Day In History– 16 November

1915 - Coca-Cola had its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.
1952 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.
1981 - A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.
2000 - Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
2001 - The movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" opened in the U.S. and U.K.
2000 - Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
2004 - A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.

[Nitin Kumar]

On This Day In History– 18 November



1978 Mass suicides in Jonestown
Over 900 people committed suicide at the behest of Jim Jones the founder and head of a group called Peoples Temple. Formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the mid-1050s, members of the group moved to Guyana in 1974 and set up a settlement outside Georgetown and called in Jonestown.

1963 Pushbutton phones are used for the first time
Bell systems started replacing rotary dial phones by push-button phone in the United States. Push-button phones use keys or buttons to dial a number.

1916 End of the Somme Offensive
The battle was fought between German forces on one side and British and French forces on the other during the First World War. Thought to be one of the bloodiest battles of the 20th century - the conflict started on July 1, 1916, and was fought on the banks of the River Somme in France.

1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed between Panama and the US
The treaty created the Panama Canal Zone and set up the terms for the construction of the Panama Canal. Until 1979, the Panama Canal Zone was a territory of the United States. The French began construction on the Panama Canal in 1881 but had to stop due to engineering problems. The US took over the construction in 1904 and finished building the canal in 1914.

1883 Canadian and American railroads adopt time zones
Prior to this, most cities had their own local time, making it difficult for railways to be on time and confusing passengers. To solve this problem, private railways decided to divide the continent into 4 distinct time zones - the lines of which are very close to the time zone lines today.


Births On This Day – 18 November

1974 Chloë Sevigny
American actress, fashion designer

1953 Alan Moore
English author, illustrator

1939 Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, author, critic

1933 Bruce Conner
American painter, photographer, director

1923 Ted Stevens
American politician


Deaths On This Day – 18 November

1987 Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist

1978 Jim Jones
American cult leader, founded the Peoples Temple

1962 Niels Bohr
Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1922 Marcel Proust
French writer

1886 Chester A. Arthur
American politician, 21st President of the United States

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On This Day In History– 18 November

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope
1626 St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's largest Christian basilica
1820 Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
1837 Letter by Göttingen Seven published protesting abolition of constitution of Kingdom of Hanover, by seven professors including Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
1912 Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire
1913 Lincoln Deachey performs first airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the 1st Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers had been killed or wounded
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
1929 Large earthquake in Atlantic breaks transatlantic cable in 28 places
1936 Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1943 444 British bombers attack Berlin
1945 Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres
1997 "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" album is released by Sony Music Soundtrax

[Nitin Kumar]

On This Day In History– 19 November



1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Israel
Sadat was the first Arab head of state to visit Israel and address the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. His visit came under severe criticism both in Israel and in the Arab world. Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 for their attempts to bring a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

1969 Second Moon Landing
The second spacecraft to land on the Moon, Apollo 12 was the 6th manned flight of NASA’s Apollo program. Crew members Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean became the 3rd and 4th humans to step on the surface of the Moon. The first 2 were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

1969 Pelé’s 1000th goal
The Brazilian footballer, often considered to be the greatest athlete of the 20th century, made his 1,000th professional goal against Vasco da Gama at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

1943 Janowska camp uprising
The concentration camp in occupied Poland was set up in 1941. In November 1943, in anticipation of the advancement of Soviet troops, the Nazis tried to evacuate the camp and used the inmates to remove traces of executions and mass killings in the past. On this day, the inmates staged an uprising and attempted to escape. Most escapees, however, were recaptured and killed.

1794 Signing of the Jay Treaty
The treaty, officially known as, Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, was signed between representatives of the United States and Britain. It called for the British to surrender northwestern posts to the U.S. and for them to consider the United States as a most favored nation for trade between the two countries.


Births On This Day – 19 November

1941 Tommy Thompson
American politician, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin

1917 Indira Gandhi
Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India

1888 José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player

1831 James A. Garfield
American politician, 20th President of the United States

1600 Charles I of England


Deaths On This Day – 19 November

1924 Thomas H. Ince
American actor, director, producer

1918 Joseph F. Smith
American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1850 Richard Mentor Johnson
American politician, 9th Vice President of the United States

1828 Franz Schubert
Austrian composer

1798 Wolfe Tone
Irish patriot

[Vikesh]

The broader and ultimate aim of the event is to promote basic humanitarian values. International Men's Day is celebrated in over 80 countries, on 19 November, and global support for the celebration is broad.
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