This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 13 1792 White House cornerstone laid The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1812 Sir Isaac Brock saves Canada from U.S. invasion   21st Century 2021 William Shatner goes to space   American Revolution 1775 Continental Congress authorizes first naval force   Arts & Entertainment 1975 Singer Charlie Rich protests John Denver’s big win at the CMA Awards   Crime 1999 Grand jury dismissed in JonBenét Ramsey murder case   European History 1977 Palestinians hijack German airliner   Latin American & Caribbean History 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes 2010 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground   Sports 1967 American Basketball Association debuts   World War II 1943 Italy declares war on Germany

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 14 1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat fighter during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe. He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down over France, but he... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1892 “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” published 1957 “Wake Up Little Susie” becomes the Everly Brothers’ first #1 hit 1994 “Pulp Fiction” opens in theaters   Black History 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize   Cold War 1962 Soviet missiles photographed in Cuba 1964 Nikita Khrushchev ousted as premier of Soviet Union   Crime 1975 Trial begins in Amityville murders   European History 1066 The Battle of Hastings   LGBTQ+ History 1977 Anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant is hit in the face with a pie   U.S. Presidents 1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower is born 1912 Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee   Vietnam War 1968 Military announces it will send U.S. servicemen to Vietnam for second tours   World War I 1918 Adolf Hitler wounded in British gas attack   World War II 1944 German General Erwin Rommel—aka “The Desert Fox”—dies by suicide

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 20 1947 Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood On October 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating communist influence in one of the world’s richest and most glamorous communities: Hollywood. After World War II, the Cold War began to heat up between the world’s two... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1803 U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase   African History 2011 Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi is killed   American Revolution 1774 Congress creates the Continental Association   Arts & Entertainment 1854 French poet Arthur Rimbaud is born 1962 “Monster Mash” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 1973 Sydney Opera House opens 1977 Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash 1994 Actor Burt Lancaster dies   Asian History 1935 Mao’s Long March concludes   Sports 1968 Dick Fosbury flops to an Olympic high jump record   U.S. Government and Politics 1973 Watergate special prosecutor dismissed in so-called “Saturday Night Massacre”   U.S. Presidents 1962 President Kennedy secretly plans blockade of Cuba   World War II 1944 General MacArthur returns to the Philippines

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 13 1792 White House cornerstone laid The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1812 Sir Isaac Brock saves Canada from U.S. invasion   21st Century 2021 William Shatner goes to space   American Revolution 1775 Continental Congress authorizes first naval force   Arts & Entertainment 1975 Singer Charlie Rich protests John Denver’s big win at the CMA Awards   Crime 1999 Grand jury dismissed in JonBenét Ramsey murder case   European History 1977 Palestinians hijack German airliner   Latin American & Caribbean History 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes 2010 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground   Sports 1967 American Basketball Association debuts   World War II 1943 Italy declares war on Germany

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 22 1962 JFK’s address on Cuban Missile Crisis shocks the nation In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre wins—and declines—Nobel Prize in Literature   Crime 1934 FBI agents kill fugitive “Pretty Boy” Floyd   European History 1797 First parachute jump is made over Paris   Inventions & Science 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act   Sports 2012 Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles   Vietnam War 1957 American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam 1965 173rd Airborne trooper dives onto live grenade, saving comrades 1972 South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 23 2002 Hostage crisis in Moscow theater On October 23, 2002, about 50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 800 people hostage during a sold-out performance of a popular musical. The second act of the musical “Nord Ost” was just beginning at the Moscow Ball-Bearing Plant’s Palace of Culture when an armed man walked onstage... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory   Ancient Rome 42 B.C. Brutus dies by suicide   Arts & Entertainment 1958 Boris Pasternak wins Nobel Prize for “Dr. Zhivago,” later forced to refuse the honor    Crime 1998 Doctor is killed by anti-abortion radical   Middle Eastern History 1983 Beirut barracks blown up   Sports 1993 Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter wins World Series with ninth-inning home run   Women’s History 1850 The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 24 1901 First barrel ride down Niagara Falls On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City, Michigan, around... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1861 Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line   21st Century 2003 The Concorde makes its final commercial flight   Arts & Entertainment 1962 James Brown records breakthrough “Live at the Apollo” album 1969 Richard Burton buys Elizabeth Taylor a diamond   Crime 1997 Marv Albert faces sentencing in sexual assault case   European History 1648 Thirty Years’ War ends   Landmarks 1931 George Washington Bridge is dedicated   U.S. Presidents 1951 President Truman declares war with Germany is officially over   Vietnam War 1973 President Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution   World War I 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun 1917 Battle of Caporetto 1921 Unknown Soldier is selected   World War II 1945 The United Nations is born

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 25 1929 Cabinet member found guilty in Teapot Dome scandal October 25, 1929: During the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a presidential cabinet... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1853 Native Americans attack transcontinental railroad survey crew in Utah 1881 Pablo Picasso born   Arts & Entertainment 1957 Atomic Age sci-fi thriller “The Amazing Colossal Man” premieres in New York 1980 Australian rock gods AC/DC earn their first Top 40 hit with “You Shook Me All Night Long”   Asian History 1971 The U.N. seats the People’s Republic of China and expels Taiwan   Cold War 1983 United States invades Grenada   Crime 1994 Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder   European History 1415 Battle of Agincourt 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade 1920 Greece’s King Alexander dies after being bitten by a monkey   Sports 1964 Minnesota Vikings’ Jim Marshall runs wrong way with recovered fumble   U.S. Presidents 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith   Vietnam War 1954 President Eisenhower pledges support to South Vietnam   World War II 1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins

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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. After silver was discovered nearby in 1877, Tombstone quickly grew into one of the richest mining towns in the Southwest. Wyatt Earp, a former Kansas... 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   Arts & Entertainment 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 2015 Olympic committee announces the creation of refugee team   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   Arts & Entertainment 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’ 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. The Gateway Arch, designed by Finnish-born, American-educated architect Eero... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated   Arts & Entertainment 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. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space. During the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1955 “Rebel Without a Cause” released one month after James Dean’s death 1971 Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident   Asian History 2015 China announces the end of its controversial one-child policy   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   Inventions & Science 1968 First electronic message is sent via internet precursor ARPANET   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’ “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles’ 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’ 19th-century science fiction novel The War of the Worlds... 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   Arts & Entertainment 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. In his theses, Luther condemned the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1864 The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state   1920s 1926 Celebrated magician Harry Houdini dies   1960s 1963 Freak explosion at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum kills 74   21st Century 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto publishes a paper introducing Bitcoin   American Revolution 1776 King George gives first parliamentary address after the Declaration of Independence    Arts & Entertainment 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   Native American History 1837 Hundreds of Creek Indians die in Monmouth steamboat disaster   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 02 1947 Howard Hughes’ “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... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Annual Observances 1983 MLK federal holiday declared   Arts & Entertainment 1960 “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” obscenity trial ends   Crime 1989 A nurse’s aide gets life imprisonment for murder   Middle Eastern History 1917 Balfour Declaration letter written   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

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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. As the city and the nation reeled from...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1979 Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro   1980s 1982 Massive truck explosion in Afghanistan’s Salang Tunnel   Arts & Entertainment 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray completes his novel “Barry Lyndon” 1962 The Crystals earn a #1 hit with “He’s A Rebel”—which they did not sing   Cold War 1957 Soviet Union launches a dog into space   Crime 1883 Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery   Latin American & Caribbean 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   Arts & Entertainment 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 “Dances with Wolves” premieres in Los Angeles   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   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. Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating...  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 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 2024 First openly transgender member of Congress elected   U.S. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas 2024 Donald Trump becomes second president elected to a nonconsecutive term   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. In effect from 1948 to 1993, apartheid, which comes from the Afrikaans word for... 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

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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 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 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. The violence, which continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 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 11 1918 Armistice Day: World War I ends 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 Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 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 Germans take Vichy France 1942 Draft age is lowered to 18

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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 1970s 1974 The Amityville murders 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash   American Revolution 1775 Patriots take Montreal   Asian American & 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   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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 14 1851 Herman Melville publishes “Moby-Dick” in the U.S. On November 14, 1851, Moby-Dick is published. Now considered a great classic of American literature—with one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael”—the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was originally a big flop. Its author, Herman Melville... 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   Arts & Entertainment 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