This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 26 1881 Shootout at the O.K. Corral On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1825 Erie Canal opens   American Revolution 1774 Congress petitions British king to address grievances 1775 King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion 1776 Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France   Art, Literature and Film History 1946 “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is born 1985 Whitney Houston earns her first #1 hit with “Saving All My Love For You”   Civil War 1864 “Bloody Bill” Anderson killed   Crime 1984 An Ozzy Osbourne fan dies by suicide   Inventions & Science 1984 Infant receives baboon heart   Sports 1986 Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner lets ground ball roll through his legs   U.S. Presidents 2001 George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act   World War I 1917 Brazil declares war on Germany   World War II 1942 Japanese planes destroy the U.S.S Hornet

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 27 1904 New York City subway opens At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city’s innovative new rapid transit system: the subway. While London boasts the world’s oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1994 Justice Department announces that U.S. prison population exceeds one million   Art, Literature and Film History 1932 Poet Sylvia Plath is born   Cold War 1962 The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war   Crime 1940 Mafia boss John Gotti is born 1961 Appeals court upholds Chuck Berry’s conviction   Inventions & Science 1873 Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design 2006 Chick-fil-A founder takes last Ford Taurus   Religion 1659 Quakers executed for religious beliefs   Sports 2004 Red Sox win first championship since 1918   U.S. Presidents 1858 Theodore Roosevelt is born

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 28 1965 St. Louis’s Gateway Arch is completed On October 28, 1965, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a spectacular 630-foot-high catenary curve of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated   Art, Literature and Film History 1998 President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law   Cold War 1962 Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba   Inventions & Science 1992 Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35   U.S. Government and Politics 1919 Congress overrides presidential veto of the Volstead Act, ushering in Prohibition   World War II 1940 Italy invades Greece

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 29 1998 John Glenn returns to space Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery on October 29, 1998... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1971 Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident   Black History 1965 “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” is published   Cold War 1956 Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins   European History 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh executed   Great Depression 1929 Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday   Sports 2003 LeBron James debuts in the NBA   U.S. Presidents 1901 President William McKinley’s assassin is executed   Vietnam War 1969 “Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale gagged during his trial World War I 1918 German sailors begin to mutiny

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 30 1938 Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938. Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national radio... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1864 The city of Helena, Montana, is founded after miners discover gold   1990s 1995 Quebec separatists narrowly defeated   Art, Literature and Film History 1811 “Sense and Sensibility” is published 1905 George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” premieres in New York, causing a scandal   Early 20th Century U.S. 1908 Queen of American high society dies   Natural Disasters & Environment 1948 Killer smog claims elderly victims 1991 “Perfect storm” intensifies in the North Atlantic   Sports 1974 Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle   U.S. Presidents 1735 John Adams is born   World War I 1918 Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 31 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1864 The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state   1960s 1963 Freak explosion at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum kills nearly 100   American Revolution 1776 King George gives first parliamentary address after the Declaration of Independence   Art, Literature and Film History 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand, paving the way for the British Invasion 1993 Actor River Phoenix dies   Crime 1984 Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated   European History 1961 Stalin’s body removed from Lenin’s tomb   Inventions & Science 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto publishes a paper introducing Bitcoin   Roaring Twenties 1926 Celebrated magician Harry Houdini dies   Sports 1950 Earl Lloyd becomes first Black player to suit up in the NBA 1997 Violet Palmer becomes first woman to officiate an NBA game

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 01 1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time on November 1, 1512. Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1924 Legendary western lawman is murdered   1990s 1993 European Union officially established   American Revolution 1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in the American colonies 1777 John Paul Jones sets sail   Black History 1945 The first issue of “Ebony” magazine is published   Civil War 1861 George McClellan replaces Winfield Scott   Cold War 1952 United States tests first hydrogen bomb   Crime 1950 An assassination attempt threatens President Harry S. Truman   Inventions & Science 1911 World’s first aerial bomb is dropped over Libya   Middle Eastern History 1935 Palestinian-American public intellectual Edward Said is born   Natural Disasters & Environment 1755 Earthquake takes heavy toll on Lisbon   Sports 1946 First NBA game played 1959 Montreal’s Jacques Plante becomes first NHL goaltender to wear facemask   U.S. Presidents 1800 John Adams moves into White House

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 02 1947 Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” flies The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname the Spruce Goose) the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than 700 men to battle... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1960 “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” obscenity trial ends   Crime 1989 A nurse’s aide gets life imprisonment for murder   Holidays 1983 MLK federal holiday declared   Space Exploration 2000 First residential crew arrives aboard the International Space Station   Sports 1986 Grete Waitz wins her eighth New York City Marathon   U.S. Government and Politics 1948 Truman defeats Dewey   U.S. Presidents 1795 James Polk is born 1865 Warren G. Harding is born   Vietnam War 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam   World War I 1917 Balfour Declaration letter written

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 03 2014 One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, on the site of the Twin Towers One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014. The new tower, along with the rest of the World Trade Center complex, replaced the Twin Towers and surrounding complex, which were destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1979 Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro   1980s 1982 Massive truck explosion in Afghanistan’s Salang Tunnel   Art, Literature and Film History 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray completes his novel “Barry Lyndon” 1962 The Crystals earn a #1 hit with “He’s A Rebel”   Cold War 1957 Soviet Union launches a dog into space   Crime 1883 Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery   Latin American History 1903 Panama declares independence from Colombia   Sports 1998 Former wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura is elected governor of Minnesota 2016 Chicago Cubs win first World Series title since 1908, snapping “curse”   U.S. Government and Politics 1948 Newspaper mistakenly declares “Dewey Defeats Truman” 1964 D.C. residents cast first presidential votes since 1800 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for presidency   Vietnam War 1969 President Nixon calls on the “silent majority”   Women's History 1992 Dianne Feinstein elected California Senator in the “Year of the Woman”   World War I 1918 Central Powers face rebellion on the home front

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 04 1922 Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt on November 4, 1922. When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, though the little-known King... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2016 Paris Agreement comes into effect   American Revolution 1777 George Washington learns of effort to discredit him   Art, Literature and Film History 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 “Dances with Wolves” premieres in theaters   Crime 1928 One of New York’s most notorious gamblers is shot to death 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated   Early U.S. 1791 Native Americans deliver crushing defeat at the Battle of the Wabash   European History 1956 Soviets put a brutal end to Hungarian revolution   Gay Rights 2008 Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage   Inventions & Science 1960 Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools   Middle Eastern History 1979 Iran hostage crisis begins after U.S. embassy in Tehran is stormed   Sports 1924 California legalizes professional boxing after 10-year ban   U.S. Presidents 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd 2008 Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president   Vietnam War 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam   World War I 1918 Poet Wilfred Owen killed in action

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 05 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor On November 5, 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In just over a month's time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 2007 Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies   Asian History 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar’s ascension   Civil War 1862 Lincoln removes General McClellan from Army of the Potomac   Crime 2009 Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood shooting spree   European History 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder Plot   Native American History 1862 Dakota Indian trials conclude, with more than 300 sentenced to hang   Sports 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ   U.S. Government and Politics 1968 Richard Nixon elected president   U.S. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas   Women’s History 1872 Susan B. Anthony casts a vote, prompting arrest   World War II 1940 FDR re-elected for a third term

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 06 1962 UN condemns apartheid in South Africa On November 6, 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Civil War 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president   Cold War 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States   European History 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia   Exploration 1528 Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas   Natural Disasters & Environment 1977 Dam gives way in Georgia, killing 39   Sports 1869 Rutgers beats Princeton in first college football game   U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president   World War I 1917 British victory at Passchendaele

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 07 1944 FDR wins unprecedented fourth term On November 7, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1885 Canada’s transcontinental railway completed   Art, Literature and Film History 1943 Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born 1966 John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet 1980 “King of Cool” Steve McQueen dies   Black History 1989 Two African American firsts in politics   Civil War 1861 Battle of Belmont, Missouri   Crime 1932 Supreme Court overturns Scottsboro convictions   Natural Disasters & Environment 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses   Sports 1991 Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive   U.S. Government and Politics 2000 Hillary Clinton is elected to the U.S. Senate   U.S. Presidents 2000 Election results between Al Gore and George Bush too close to call   Vietnam War 1972 Nixon re-elected president   Women's History 1916 Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to Congress   World War I 1914 First issue of “The New Republic” published   World War II 1944 Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 08 1895 German scientist discovers X-rays On November 8, 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis   Art, Literature and Film History 1900 Margaret Mitchell, author of “Gone with the Wind,” is born 1994 Salvatore “Sonny” Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress   Civil War 1864 Abraham Lincoln reelected   Crime 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt 1983 Hendricks family is found brutally murdered   European History 1923 Beer Hall Putsch begins   Hispanic History 1973 Maurice Ferré becomes first Puerto Rican to lead a major U.S. mainland city   Inventions & Science 1962 Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda   Sports 1951 Yogi Berra is voted American League MVP   U.S. Government and Politics 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California 1994 The Republican Revolution   U.S. Presidents 1906 Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president   Vietnam War 1965 Medic Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor   World War II 1939 Hitler survives assassination attempt

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 09 1938 Nazis launch Kristallnacht On November 9, 1938, in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1990 Willie Nelson’s assets are seized by the IRS 2004 Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50   Civil War 1862 Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac   Cold War 1989 East Germany opens the Berlin Wall   Crime 1971 A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years   European History 1956 Jean-Paul Sartre denounces communism   Natural Disasters & Environment 1965 The Great Northeast Blackout   Vietnam War 1965 Antiwar protestor sets himself afire 1970 Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 10 1969 “Sesame Street” debuts On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria   American Revolution 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps   Art, Literature and Film History 1973 Copies of “Slaughterhouse-Five” reported burned in North Dakota   Civil War 1865 Henry Wirz hanged for murder   Inventions & Science 1903 Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper   Native American History 1808 Osage tribe cedes Missouri and Arkansas lands   Natural Disasters & Environment 1975 Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior   Sports 1984 Maryland gets a miracle in Miami   U.S. Presidents 2001 George W. Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism   World War I 1928 WWI novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is published

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 11 1918 Armistice Day: World War I ends On this day, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiegne, France. The First World... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1778 Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre   Art, Literature and Film History 1978 ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ makes TV history with a car jump   Civil War 1864 The destruction of Atlanta begins   Crime 1988 Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente’s lawn   Slavery 1831 Nat Turner executed in Virginia   Sports 1973 Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer   U.S. Presidents 1921 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier   World War II 1942 Draft age is lowered to 18 1942 Germans take Vichy France

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 12 1954 Ellis Island closes On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2001 Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York   American Revolution 1775 Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain   Asian History 1990 Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan   Cold War 1982 Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union   Crime 1996 High school sweethearts murder their newborn child 2004 Scott Peterson convicted of murder   Inventions & Science 1799 First recorded meteor shower in North America   U.S. Presidents 1979 Jimmy Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran   Vietnam War 1969 Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai Massacre story

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 13 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts   1970s 1974 The Amityville murders 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash   American Revolution 1775 Patriots take Montreal   Civil War 1861 General George McClellan snubs President Lincoln   Cold War 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communist   European History 2015 ISIL stages series of terrorist attacks in Paris, culminating in massacre at Bataclan theater   Natural Disasters & Environment 1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, burying more than 23,000   Sports 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard 2020 Kim Ng named first female MLB general manager

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 14 1851 Herman Melville publishes “Moby-Dick” in the U.S. Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael.” Initially, though, the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was a flop. Its author, Herman Melville was born in New York... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1882 Frank Leslie kills Billy “The Kid” Claiborne   American Revolution 1776 English newspaper announces Benjamin Franklin has joined rebellion in America   Art, Literature and Film History 1941 Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” premieres   Black History 1960 Ruby Bridges desegregates her school   Cold War 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia   Inventions & Science 1832 NYC’s first mass transit debuts: a horse‑drawn streetcar   Space Exploration 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off   Sports 1970 Plane crash devastates Marshall University football team   Vietnam War 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley   World War I 1914 Ottoman Empire declares a holy war

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 15 1867 First stock ticker debuts On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1806 Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain   21st Century 2001 Microsoft releases Xbox gaming console   American Revolution 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted 1783 John Hanson, so‑called first president, dies   Art, Literature and Film History 1956 Elvis makes movie debut in “Love Me Tender”   Civil War 1864 Union General Sherman’s scorched-earth March to the Sea campaign begins   Cold War 1957 Nikita Khrushchev challenges United States to a missile “shooting match”   Crime 1923 Accused of rape, James Montgomery’s struggle for justice begins   Inventions & Science 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record 1984 Baby Fae, infant who received baboon heart transplant, dies   U.S. Presidents 1977 President Carter hosts shah of Iran   World War I 1917 Georges Clemenceau named French prime minister   World War II 1943 Himmler orders Roma to concentration camps

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 16 1532 Francisco Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor’s honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. Pizarro’s men... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1821 Trade opens on the Santa Fe Trail   American Revolution 1776 British capture Fort Washington   Art, Literature and Film History 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death 1959 “The Sound of Music” premieres on Broadway 2001 First Harry Potter film opens   Crime 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden   Early 20th Century U.S. 1907 Oklahoma enters the Union   Space Exploration 1984 The Arecibo Message, an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrials, is sent into space   World War II 1941 Joseph Goebbels publishes his screed of hate

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 17 1558 Elizabethan Age begins Queen Mary I, the monarch of England and Ireland since 1553, dies and is succeeded by her 25-year-old half-sister, Elizabeth. The two half-sisters, both daughters of King Henry VIII, had a stormy relationship during Mary’s five-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catholic, enacted... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1869 Suez Canal opens   American Revolution 1777 Articles of Confederation submitted to the states   Art, Literature and Film History 1839 Verdi’s first opera opens 1958 The Kingston Trio brings folk music to the top of the U.S. pop charts 2003 “The Terminator” becomes “The Governator” of California   Civil War 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins   Cold War 1969 SALT I negotiations begin   Crime 1972 A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son 1980 Serial killer couple Charlene Williams and Gerald Gallego apprehended 2003 Washington, D.C. sniper John Muhammad convicted   European History 1989 Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia   Sports 1968 TV viewers become outraged as football game is cut off to air “Heidi”   U.S. Presidents 1973 Nixon insists that he is “not a crook”   Vietnam War 1965 1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley 1970 My Lai trial begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 18 1978 Mass suicide at Jonestown On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of Guyana. Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch while others were forced to do so... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1883 Railroads create the first time zones   1990s 1991 Terry Waite released after four-year kidnapping in Lebanon 1999 12 die while building a bonfire at Texas A&M University   Civil War 1863 President Lincoln travels to Gettysburg   Crime 1996 High-profile expert on exotic birds is sentenced for smuggling parrots   Natural Disasters & Environment 1421 Thousands die in massive flood at European shores of North Sea   Sports 1966 L.A. Dodgers’ ace pitcher Sandy Koufax retires   U.S. Government and Politics 1987 Congress issues final report on Iran-Contra scandal   World War I 1916 Battle of the Somme ends   World War II 1940 Hitler furious over Italy’s debacle in Greece

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 19 1863 President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In fewer than 275 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Art, Literature and Film History 1975 “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” opens in theaters 2003 An arrest warrant is issued for Michael Jackson   Cold War 1985 Reagan and Gorbachev hold their first summit meeting   Crime 1976 Patty Hearst out on bail   Sports 1969 Soccer legend Pelé scores 1,000th goal 2004 NBA players and fans brawl at infamous “Malice at the Palace” game   World War II 1942 Soviets launch counterattack at Stalingrad