This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 4 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 Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1777 George Washington learns of effort to discredit him Arts & Entertainment 1990 ‘Dances with Wolves’ premieres in Los Angeles 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 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 Inventions & Science 1960 Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools LGBTQ+ History 2008 Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage Middle Eastern History 1979 Iran hostage crisis begins after U.S. embassy in Tehran is stormed Natural Disasters & Environment 2016 Paris Agreement comes into effect Sports 1924 California legalizes professional boxing after 10-year ban U.S. Government & Politics 1924 The first female governors are elected in the United States U.S. Presidents 2008 Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd 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 5 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor The Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1, instructing them to bomb Pearl Harbor, Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines in just over a month’s time. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 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 mass shooting European History 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder Plot LGBTQ+ History 2024 First openly transgender member of Congress elected 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. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1940 FDR reelected for a third term 1968 Richard Nixon elected president 1994 Ronald Reagan announces Alzheimer’s diagnosis 2024 Donald Trump becomes second president elected to a nonconsecutive term 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas Women’s History 1872 Susan B. Anthony casts a vote, prompting arrest

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 6 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia Led by Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’état against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world’s first Marxist state. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1962 UN condemns apartheid in South Africa Civil War 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president Cold War 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States 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 7 1944 FDR wins unprecedented fourth term President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential presidents. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1885 Canada’s transcontinental railway completed Arts & Entertainment 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 1972 Nixon reelected president 2000 Hillary Clinton is elected to the U.S. Senate 2000 Election results between Al Gore and George Bush too close to call 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 8 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes being abducted by serial killer Ted Bundy. DaRonch’s attempted abduction was of special interest to the Utah authorities at the time, who were trying to figure out what had happened to several young women who disappeared earlier in the fall of 1974. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis Arts & Entertainment 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 victim Debra Kent disappears in Utah 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 1895 German scientist discovers X-rays 1962 Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda Sports 1951 Yogi Berra is voted American League MVP U.S. Government and Politics 1994 The Republican Revolution 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California 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 9 1938 Nazis launch Kristallnacht German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glass." Read More Arts & Entertainment 1990 Willie Nelson’s assets are seized by the IRS 2004 Bestselling 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 Inventions & Science 1925 American scientist Robert Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays 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 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria Arts & Entertainment 1928 WWI novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is published 1969 “Sesame Street” debuts 1973 Copies of “Slaughterhouse-Five” 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 Edmund Fitzgerald 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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 11 1918 Armistice Day: World War I ends At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies near Compiégne, France. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1920s 1926 Route 66 established American Revolution 1778 Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre Arts & Entertainment 1971 “Rolling Stone” publishes “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” articles 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 1979 Jimmy Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran President Jimmy Carter responds to a potential threat to national security by stopping the importation of petroleum from Iran. This ended America’s formerly friendly association with the oil-rich nation. 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. History 1954 Ellis Island closes 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 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash American Revolution 1775 Patriots take Montreal Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander History 2020 Kim Ng named first female MLB general manager Civil War 1861 General George McClellan snubs President Lincoln Cold War 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communist Crime 1974 The Amityville murders Early 20th Century U.S. 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts 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