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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1.11.996 | "1st use of name ""Austria"" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde" |
| 1.11.1210 | King John of England begins imprisoning Jews |
| 1.11.1248 | Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor |
| 1.11.1349 | "Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells" |
| 1.11.1462 | Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna |
| 1.11.1512 | "Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, 1st exhibited" |
| 1.11.1570 | "Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed" |
| 1.11.1604 | "William Shakespeare's tragedy ""Othello"" 1st presented" |
| 1.11.1611 | "Shakespeare's romantic comedy ""Tempest"" 1st presented" |
| 1.11.1623 | "Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings" |
| 1.11.1628 | French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle |
| 1.11.1671 | French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty |
| 1.11.1721 | Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself |
| 1.11.1755 | "Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000" |
| 1.11.1765 | Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies |
| 1.11.1776 | Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California |
| 1.11.1783 | "Continental Army dissolved; George Washington's ""Farewell Address""" |
| 1.11.1784 | Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents |
| 1.11.1787 | 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens |
| 1.11.1800 | 1st president to live in white house (John Adams) |
| 1.11.1834 | 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) |
| 1.11.1848 | 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) |
| 1.11.1849 | Dutch government of Thorbecke forms |
| 1.11.1861 | Gen George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies |
| 1.11.1863 | "Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia" |
| 1.11.1863 | Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops |
| 1.11.1865 | Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens |
| 1.11.1866 | 1st Civil Rights Bill passes |
| 1.11.1867 | """Harpers Bazaar"" publishes" |
| 1.11.1869 | Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra |
| 1.11.1870 | U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) |
| 1.11.1876 | King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) |
| 1.11.1877 | Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns |
| 1.11.1878 | Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) |
| 1.11.1885 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei |
| 1.11.1889 | North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states |
| 1.11.1894 | Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris |
| 1.11.1896 | 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag |
| 1.11.1904 | "George Bernard Shaws ""John Bull's Other Island,"" premieres in London" |
| 1.11.1910 | "1st issue of ""Crisis"" published by editor W E B Du Bois" |
| 1.11.1913 | "Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively" |
| 1.11.1914 | "Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby" |
| 1.11.1914 | "German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile" |
| 1.11.1914 | "Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity" |
| 1.11.1914 | Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front |
| 1.11.1917 | "In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat" |
| 1.11.1918 | 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn |
| 1.11.1918 | Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians |
| 1.11.1920 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Emperor Jones,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.11.1920 | Warren Harding elected 29th president |
| 1.11.1921 | National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League |
| 1.11.1922 | Ottoman Empire abolished |
| 1.11.1922 | Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam |
| 1.11.1923 | Bruno E. Lucander forms Aero E/Y (Finnair) |
| 1.11.1924 | "1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded" |
| 1.11.1924 | Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals |
| 1.11.1925 | "VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam" |
| 1.11.1926 | Air Commerce Act passes |
| 1.11.1928 | 1st celebration of Author's Day |
| 1.11.1928 | "Bradman scores a century each innings (131 and 133*), NSW vs. Qld" |
| 1.11.1928 | Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km |
| 1.11.1929 | "Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps" |
| 1.11.1931 | Dupont introduces synthetic rubber |
| 1.11.1932 | Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program |
| 1.11.1935 | "T. S. Eliot's ""Murder in the Cathedral,"" premieres in London" |
| 1.11.1936 | "Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an ""axis""" |
| 1.11.1936 | Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded |
| 1.11.1938 | German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires |
| 1.11.1938 | NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP |
| 1.11.1938 | Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico |
| 1.11.1939 | 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed |
| 1.11.1939 | "1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry" |
| 1.11.1939 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae |
| 1.11.1940 | "1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa" |
| 1.11.1940 | "Dutch ""Curfew"" forms (12 AM - 4 AM)" |
| 1.11.1941 | Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia |
| 1.11.1941 | Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor |
| 1.11.1942 | 10th day of battle at El Alamein |
| 1.11.1942 | John H. Johnson publishes 1st issue of Negro Digest |
| 1.11.1942 | Vice-admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief |
| 1.11.1943 | Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area |
| 1.11.1943 | U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island |
| 1.11.1944 | "Mary Coyle Chase' ""Harvey,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.11.1944 | Zeeuws and Flanders freed |
| 1.11.1945 | 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson |
| 1.11.1946 | Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University |
| 1.11.1946 | Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated |
| 1.11.1946 | "German ""Country"" Nedersaksen forms" |
| 1.11.1946 | Marken soccer team forms |
| 1.11.1946 | New York Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 |
| 1.11.1946 | Right foot of Cleveland Indian's owner Bill Veeck is amputated |
| 1.11.1946 | WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City |
| 1.11.1946 | WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) |
| 1.11.1946 | West German state of Niedersachsen formed |
| 1.11.1947 | 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii |
| 1.11.1947 | "Howard Hughes flies ""Spruce Goose,"" a large wooden airplane" |
| 1.11.1947 | """Medium and The Telephone"" closes at Barrymore New York City after 211 performances" |
| 1.11.1947 | "U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ and UK" |
| 1.11.1948 | "Mao's Red army conquerors Mukden, Manchuria" |
| 1.11.1948 | President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey |
| 1.11.1950 | "1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft. Wayne Ind" |
| 1.11.1950 | 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov |
| 1.11.1950 | Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House |
| 1.11.1951 | "1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico" |
| 1.11.1951 | Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP |
| 1.11.1951 | Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP |
| 1.11.1951 | Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson |
| 1.11.1951 | "Johnny Mercers ""Top Banana,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.11.1951 | """Top Banana"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances" |
| 1.11.1951 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1.11.1952 | 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific |
| 1.11.1953 | Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4) |
| 1.11.1953 | "KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1953 | "KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1953 | "WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1954 | Algeria begins rebellion against French rule |
| 1.11.1954 | General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba |
| 1.11.1954 | India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements |
| 1.11.1954 | "KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1954 | U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign |
| 1.11.1955 | Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado |
| 1.11.1956 | Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union |
| 1.11.1956 | Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms |
| 1.11.1956 | "Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection" |
| 1.11.1956 | Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact |
| 1.11.1956 | "Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen" |
| 1.11.1956 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum |
| 1.11.1957 | "KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1957 | "KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, MT (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1957 | "WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1957 | World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich) |
| 1.11.1958 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 1.11.1959 | 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante) |
| 1.11.1959 | Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt |
| 1.11.1959 | Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo |
| 1.11.1959 | WOV-AM in New York City changes call letters to WADO |
| 1.11.1960 | Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year |
| 1.11.1960 | Benelux treaty goes into effect |
| 1.11.1962 | "Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases" |
| 1.11.1962 | Greece enters European Common Market |
| 1.11.1962 | "KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1962 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island |
| 1.11.1962 | U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars |
| 1.11.1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 1.11.1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1.11.1962 | "WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1962 | "WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1964 | George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts |
| 1.11.1964 | Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39) |
| 1.11.1964 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies' Golf Open |
| 1.11.1964 | Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon |
| 1.11.1965 | "1st concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco" |
| 1.11.1965 | Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing |
| 1.11.1965 | Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) |
| 1.11.1966 | Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created |
| 1.11.1966 | NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) |
| 1.11.1966 | Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner |
| 1.11.1966 | William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km |
| 1.11.1968 | Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 1.11.1968 | "Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)" |
| 1.11.1968 | """Noel Coward's Sweet Potato"" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances" |
| 1.11.1968 | U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team |
| 1.11.1968 | University of Suriname opens |
| 1.11.1969 | "Beatles' ""Abbey Road,"" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks" |
| 1.11.1970 | "1st regular season Giants-Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea" |
| 1.11.1970 | "Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die" |
| 1.11.1970 | "Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die" |
| 1.11.1970 | "KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.11.1971 | Eisenhower dollar put into circulation |
| 1.11.1972 | "1st gay theme TV movie - ""That Certain Summer""" |
| 1.11.1972 | Germaoin Gagnon scores 1st Islander hat trick |
| 1.11.1973 | """Molly"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 68 performances" |
| 1.11.1974 | Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil) |
| 1.11.1974 | U.N. affirms independence of Cyprus |
| 1.11.1976 | Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule |
| 1.11.1976 | """Don't Step on My Olive Branch"" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances" |
| 1.11.1976 | West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis |
| 1.11.1977 | Islander Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Flames 9-0-Trottier 4 goals |
| 1.11.1977 | President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 |
| 1.11.1977 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1.11.1978 | New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 1.11.1979 | "A. L. Webber musical ""Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,"" premieres" |
| 1.11.1979 | "Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, President Guevara flees" |
| 1.11.1979 | Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million |
| 1.11.1979 | Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler |
| 1.11.1979 | "Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster" |
| 1.11.1980 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 1.11.1981 | 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents |
| 1.11.1981 | "3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win" |
| 1.11.1981 | Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| 1.11.1981 | Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament |
| 1.11.1982 | "Andrew ""Dice"" Clay and George Wendt appear in ""Trick or Treatment""" |
| 1.11.1982 | Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract |
| 1.11.1984 | "1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105" |
| 1.11.1984 | Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 |
| 1.11.1984 | "Larry Shues ""Foreigner,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 1.11.1984 | "Willem de Kooning's ""Two Women"" sells for $1,980,000" |
| 1.11.1985 | Netherlands decides definative sites for cruise missiles |
| 1.11.1985 | Nostalgia Television begins on cable |
| 1.11.1986 | "Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine" |
| 1.11.1986 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita" |
| 1.11.1987 | 18th New York City Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein in 2:11:01 |
| 1.11.1987 | "22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01)" |
| 1.11.1987 | Fukumi Tani wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
| 1.11.1987 | New Orleans Saints shutout Atlanta Falcons 38-0 |
| 1.11.1987 | New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13 |
| 1.11.1988 | Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas |
| 1.11.1988 | "Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award" |
| 1.11.1988 | Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones |
| 1.11.1989 | """Les Miserables,"" opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco" |
| 1.11.1989 | Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup |
| 1.11.1989 | Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights |
| 1.11.1990 | "Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe" |
| 1.11.1990 | """Oh, Kay!"" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 77 performances" |
| 1.11.1990 | Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts |
| 1.11.1991 | New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced |
| 1.11.1992 | 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 |
| 1.11.1992 | 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29 |
| 1.11.1992 | New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games |
| 1.11.1992 | Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) lands (scheduled) |
| 1.11.1993 | Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems |
| 1.11.1993 | "Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. NZ" |
| 1.11.1993 | STS-58 (Columbia) lands |
| 1.11.1994 | Moslem fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children |
| 1.11.1995 | """Tempest"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 71 performances" |
| 1.11.1998 | Nichirei Golf International |
| 2.11.676 | Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II |
| 2.11.1327 | King Alfonso IV of Aragon crowned |
| 2.11.1355 | English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais |
| 2.11.1418 | Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein |
| 2.11.1532 | Zealand/South Holland flooded |
| 2.11.1642 | 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III |
| 2.11.1648 | "12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia" |
| 2.11.1722 | Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland |
| 2.11.1749 | English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post |
| 2.11.1772 | Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms |
| 2.11.1783 | Gen Washington bids farewell to his army |
| 2.11.1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen Jackson vs indians |
| 2.11.1813 | Treaty of Fulda |
| 2.11.1824 | Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams |
| 2.11.1835 | 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola |
| 2.11.1841 | Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan |
| 2.11.1851 | Louis Napoleon takes power in France |
| 2.11.1852 | Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S. |
| 2.11.1854 | Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts |
| 2.11.1875 | "Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast" |
| 2.11.1879 | "In a 6-day footrace a Mr. Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km" |
| 2.11.1880 | James A. Garfield (R) elected president |
| 2.11.1881 | Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms |
| 2.11.1889 | North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state |
| 2.11.1892 | Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands |
| 2.11.1895 | 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 2:11 |
| 2.11.1898 | French government-Dupuy forms |
| 2.11.1898 | Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem |
| 2.11.1899 | Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal |
| 2.11.1903 | Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St. New York City |
| 2.11.1903 | New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City |
| 2.11.1904 | "British newspaper, ""Daily Mirror,"" begins publishing" |
| 2.11.1907 | Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published |
| 2.11.1913 | St. Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League |
| 2.11.1914 | Great Britain annexes Cyprus |
| 2.11.1914 | Russia declares war on Turkey |
| 2.11.1914 | "V Herbert and H Blossoms ""Only Girl,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.11.1915 | "1st U.S. election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio" |
| 2.11.1916 | "Ft. Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France" |
| 2.11.1920 | KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station |
| 2.11.1920 | Warren G. Harding elected president |
| 2.11.1921 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Anna Christie,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.11.1922 | Allies deliberate over German mark |
| 2.11.1922 | Australian Qantas airways begins service |
| 2.11.1923 | Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists |
| 2.11.1923 | Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) |
| 2.11.1923 | "Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down" |
| 2.11.1924 | Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle |
| 2.11.1928 | "Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila" |
| 2.11.1930 | "Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty" |
| 2.11.1931 | "Warren, Dixon and Young's musical ""Laugh Parade,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.11.1934 | Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan |
| 2.11.1936 | "1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London" |
| 2.11.1937 | AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP |
| 2.11.1938 | Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager |
| 2.11.1938 | Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP |
| 2.11.1941 | German troops occupy Rostov |
| 2.11.1942 | 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir |
| 2.11.1942 | Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) |
| 2.11.1943 | Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed |
| 2.11.1944 | Auschwitz begins gassing inmates |
| 2.11.1944 | Canadian troops occupy Knokke |
| 2.11.1944 | U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald |
| 2.11.1947 | 7th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore |
| 2.11.1947 | "Howard Hughes' ""Spruce Goose"" flies for 1st (& last) time" |
| 2.11.1948 | "WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.11.1949 | Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state |
| 2.11.1950 | """Barrier"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances" |
| 2.11.1950 | Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP |
| 2.11.1953 | Pakistan becomes islamic republic |
| 2.11.1954 | "Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman" |
| 2.11.1954 | J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC) |
| 2.11.1954 | Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact |
| 2.11.1955 | Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus |
| 2.11.1955 | David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government |
| 2.11.1956 | Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion |
| 2.11.1956 | Israel captures Gaza and Sheham |
| 2.11.1957 | "1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio" |
| 2.11.1959 | "Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-""21,"" was fixed" |
| 2.11.1959 | """Girls against the Boys"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances" |
| 2.11.1960 | "Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad" |
| 2.11.1960 | "George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of New York Yankees" |
| 2.11.1960 | "Penguin Books publishes ""Lady Chatterley's Lover""" |
| 2.11.1960 | "Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222" |
| 2.11.1961 | """Kean"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances" |
| 2.11.1961 | "Max Frisch' ""Andorra,"" premieres in Zurich" |
| 2.11.1962 | John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled |
| 2.11.1963 | "Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI" |
| 2.11.1963 | """Tambourines to Glory"" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances" |
| 2.11.1964 | "CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%" |
| 2.11.1964 | Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia |
| 2.11.1966 | "KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.11.1968 | """Her First Roman"" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances" |
| 2.11.1969 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open |
| 2.11.1969 | "NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each" |
| 2.11.1970 | Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87) |
| 2.11.1971 | """Great Harp"" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances" |
| 2.11.1971 | "Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0" |
| 2.11.1972 | "Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle" |
| 2.11.1972 | Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award |
| 2.11.1972 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 2.11.1973 | """Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments"" airs on CBS TV" |
| 2.11.1973 | OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms |
| 2.11.1974 | Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs |
| 2.11.1974 | Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May |
| 2.11.1974 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 2.11.1975 | Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4 |
| 2.11.1975 | "Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89" |
| 2.11.1976 | Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president |
| 2.11.1976 | New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City |
| 2.11.1976 | San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young |
| 2.11.1977 | Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award |
| 2.11.1978 | Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 |
| 2.11.1978 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 2.11.1978 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 2.11.1979 | "Peter Shaffers musical ""Amadeus,"" premieres in London" |
| 2.11.1982 | "Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die" |
| 2.11.1982 | Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament |
| 2.11.1983 | "Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle" |
| 2.11.1983 | President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day |
| 2.11.1984 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 2.11.1985 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge" |
| 2.11.1986 | 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 |
| 2.11.1986 | 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06 |
| 2.11.1986 | Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
| 2.11.1987 | Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis |
| 2.11.1987 | "Harrison releases ""Cloud 9"" and McCartney releases ""All the Best""" |
| 2.11.1988 | 1st Mrs. America beauty pageant |
| 2.11.1988 | "Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities" |
| 2.11.1988 | Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash |
| 2.11.1988 | Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's) |
| 2.11.1989 | """Meet Me in St. Louis"" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 253 performances" |
| 2.11.1990 | "1st NBA game at Target Center, Minnesota Timberwolves beat Mavericks 98-85" |
| 2.11.1991 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou" |
| 2.11.1991 | "Jermaine Jackson releases ""Word to the Badd!!"" anti Michael song" |
| 2.11.1991 | "Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49" |
| 2.11.1992 | 1st test flight of Airbus A330 |
| 2.11.1993 | 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial |
| 2.11.1993 | Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed |
| 2.11.1993 | Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ |
| 2.11.1993 | Dow Jones hits record 3697.64 |
| 2.11.1993 | Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem |
| 2.11.1993 | Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City |
| 2.11.1994 | "Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed" |
| 2.11.1995 | """Busker Alley,"" premieres at St. James Theatre, New York" |
| 2.11.1995 | """Sacrilege"" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 21 performances" |
| 2.11.1995 | Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
| 2.11.1996 | """Hughie,"" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City" |
| 2.11.1997 | 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switz 2:28:43 |
| 2.11.1997 | 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 |
| 2.11.1997 | """Barrymore,"" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances" |
| 2.11.1997 | Ralphs Senior Golf Classic |
| 2.11.1997 | Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup |
| 2.11.1997 | Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam |
| 2.11.1997 | USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International |
| 3.11.644 | Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt |
| 3.11.1394 | Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI |
| 3.11.1493 | Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica |
| 3.11.1527 | Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary |
| 3.11.1534 | English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader |
| 3.11.1620 | Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony |
| 3.11.1629 | Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague |
| 3.11.1640 | English Long Parliament forms |
| 3.11.1655 | England and France sign miltary and economic treaties |
| 3.11.1656 | Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant |
| 3.11.1676 | Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier |
| 3.11.1679 | Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet |
| 3.11.1716 | Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom |
| 3.11.1752 | Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation |
| 3.11.1760 | "Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria" |
| 3.11.1762 | England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris |
| 3.11.1762 | Spain acquires Louisiana |
| 3.11.1783 | Washington orders Continental Army disbanded |
| 3.11.1791 | Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers |
| 3.11.1794 | French troops conquer Maastricht |
| 3.11.1796 | John Adams elected president |
| 3.11.1813 | U.S. troops under Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala |
| 3.11.1820 | Cuenca Ecuador declares independence |
| 3.11.1839 | 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks |
| 3.11.1839 | "Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed" |
| 3.11.1848 | Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force |
| 3.11.1862 | "Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana" |
| 3.11.1862 | Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) |
| 3.11.1863 | "Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana" |
| 3.11.1867 | Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi |
| 3.11.1868 | "1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)" |
| 3.11.1868 | Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) |
| 3.11.1869 | Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms |
| 3.11.1871 | "Henry M. Stanley in Tanganyka say ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume?""" |
| 3.11.1874 | "James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti" |
| 3.11.1883 | Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) |
| 3.11.1883 | U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans |
| 3.11.1885 | "Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses" |
| 3.11.1886 | Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao |
| 3.11.1888 | "Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes" |
| 3.11.1889 | Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group |
| 3.11.1896 | J. H. Hunter patents portable weighing scales |
| 3.11.1896 | Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator |
| 3.11.1896 | William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president |
| 3.11.1899 | James J. Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 3.11.1900 | 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City) |
| 3.11.1903 | Colombia grants Panama independence |
| 3.11.1908 | William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan |
| 3.11.1916 | Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar |
| 3.11.1918 | Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves |
| 3.11.1918 | Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I |
| 3.11.1920 | """Emperor Jones"" opens at Provincetown Theater" |
| 3.11.1922 | Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life |
| 3.11.1926 | 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins |
| 3.11.1926 | Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager |
| 3.11.1927 | "Rodgers and Hart's musical ""Connecticut Yankee,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.11.1927 | Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt) |
| 3.11.1927 | "22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)" |
| 3.11.1928 | Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet |
| 3.11.1930 | "1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country, Detroit - Windsor, opens" |
| 3.11.1930 | Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America |
| 3.11.1931 | 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured |
| 3.11.1934 | "Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP" |
| 3.11.1934 | Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP |
| 3.11.1935 | George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy |
| 3.11.1935 | Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) |
| 3.11.1936 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon |
| 3.11.1937 | "Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)" |
| 3.11.1937 | NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont |
| 3.11.1939 | "Clare Booth's ""Margin for Error,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.11.1941 | Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails |
| 3.11.1942 | 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault |
| 3.11.1942 | "Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP" |
| 3.11.1942 | Mort Cooper wins NL MVP |
| 3.11.1942 | William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago |
| 3.11.1943 | Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow |
| 3.11.1943 | P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland |
| 3.11.1944 | Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren |
| 3.11.1944 | German troops in Vlissingen surrenders |
| 3.11.1944 | Pro-German government of Hungary flees |
| 3.11.1944 | U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald |
| 3.11.1945 | Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Aust Services at Delhi |
| 3.11.1946 | Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution |
| 3.11.1948 | 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago |
| 3.11.1948 | "Chicago Tribune reports: ""Dewey beats Truman""" |
| 3.11.1952 | Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas |
| 3.11.1952 | Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel |
| 3.11.1953 | 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly |
| 3.11.1953 | 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) |
| 3.11.1954 | Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize |
| 3.11.1954 | Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe |
| 3.11.1955 | 1st virus crystallized (announced) |
| 3.11.1955 | Alabama woman bruised by a meteor |
| 3.11.1955 | Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua |
| 3.11.1955 | Australia takes control of Cocos Islands |
| 3.11.1955 | Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht |
| 3.11.1956 | """Wizard of Oz"" 1st televised (CBS-TV)" |
| 3.11.1957 | "U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit" |
| 3.11.1958 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 3.11.1959 | Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election) |
| 3.11.1960 | Ivory Coast adopts constitution |
| 3.11.1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award |
| 3.11.1960 | "Tammy Grimes' ""Unsinkable Molly Brown,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.11.1960 | """Unsinkable Molly Brown"" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances" |
| 3.11.1961 | General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general |
| 3.11.1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 3.11.1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3.11.1963 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open |
| 3.11.1964 | Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president |
| 3.11.1964 | Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium |
| 3.11.1965 | Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously |
| 3.11.1967 | Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young |
| 3.11.1968 | Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon |
| 3.11.1968 | "Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta" |
| 3.11.1968 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic |
| 3.11.1968 | New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 |
| 3.11.1969 | Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium |
| 3.11.1970 | Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 3.11.1970 | President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam |
| 3.11.1970 | """President's Daughter"" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances" |
| 3.11.1970 | Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile |
| 3.11.1971 | """Play Misty For Me"" premieres" |
| 3.11.1973 | Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) |
| 3.11.1973 | "Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury" |
| 3.11.1974 | Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic |
| 3.11.1974 | """Lorelei"" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances" |
| 3.11.1976 | Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf |
| 3.11.1977 | Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic |
| 3.11.1978 | "1st broadcast of ""Diff'rent strokes"" on NBC TV" |
| 3.11.1978 | Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution |
| 3.11.1978 | Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic |
| 3.11.1978 | U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty |
| 3.11.1979 | 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC |
| 3.11.1979 | "63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran)" |
| 3.11.1979 | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic |
| 3.11.1979 | Marocco offensive against Polisario |
| 3.11.1980 | "Ianford Wilsons ""5th of July,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.11.1980 | "Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's" |
| 3.11.1981 | Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 3.11.1982 | Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record |
| 3.11.1982 | Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young |
| 3.11.1983 | Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency |
| 3.11.1983 | Nashville Network begins on cable TV |
| 3.11.1984 | "3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India" |
| 3.11.1984 | Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated |
| 3.11.1985 | Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections |
| 3.11.1985 | Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament |
| 3.11.1986 | Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US |
| 3.11.1986 | Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique |
| 3.11.1986 | "John Lennon releases ""Menlove Avenue"" album" |
| 3.11.1986 | Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran |
| 3.11.1986 | Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US |
| 3.11.1987 | Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 3.11.1987 | "On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56" |
| 3.11.1988 | Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane |
| 3.11.1988 | Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill |
| 3.11.1988 | Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew |
| 3.11.1988 | Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping |
| 3.11.1989 | 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights |
| 3.11.1989 | "Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose" |
| 3.11.1989 | "Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94" |
| 3.11.1990 | Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway |
| 3.11.1991 | 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 |
| 3.11.1991 | 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 |
| 3.11.1991 | Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) |
| 3.11.1992 | Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush |
| 3.11.1992 | Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate |
| 3.11.1993 | Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game |
| 3.11.1994 | Atlantis 13 launched |
| 3.11.1994 | Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1 |
| 3.11.1994 | "Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches" |
| 3.11.1994 | Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder |
| 3.11.1994 | Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s) |
| 3.11.1995 | "1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100" |
| 3.11.1995 | "1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80" |
| 3.11.1995 | "1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat New Jersey Nets 94-79" |
| 3.11.1996 | """It's a Slippery Slope,"" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City" |
| 3.11.1996 | Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| 3.11.1996 | Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| 3.11.1996 | 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 |
| 3.11.1996 | 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 |
| 3.11.1997 | Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year |
| 3.11.1997 | California law ends affirmative-action |
| 3.11.1997 | David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club |
| 3.11.1997 | Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year |
| 4.11.922 | Richarius becomes bishop of Luik |
| 4.11.1501 | "Philip de Blank and Juana ""la Loca"" depart to Spain" |
| 4.11.1519 | Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast |
| 4.11.1520 | Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden |
| 4.11.1529 | English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested |
| 4.11.1576 | Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium |
| 4.11.1619 | Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia |
| 4.11.1631 | Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands |
| 4.11.1645 | Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly |
| 4.11.1646 | Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word |
| 4.11.1675 | Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam |
| 4.11.1771 | "Carlo Goldoni's ""Le Bourru Bienfaisant,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 4.11.1841 | 1st wagon train arrives in California |
| 4.11.1842 | "Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill" |
| 4.11.1845 | 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US |
| 4.11.1846 | Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg |
| 4.11.1854 | Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island |
| 4.11.1856 | James Buchanan elected U.S. president |
| 4.11.1861 | University of Washington founded in Seattle |
| 4.11.1862 | Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun |
| 4.11.1864 | "Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee" |
| 4.11.1864 | Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island |
| 4.11.1866 | Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia |
| 4.11.1867 | 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall |
| 4.11.1873 | Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents gold crown |
| 4.11.1874 | Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York |
| 4.11.1875 | """Pacific"" collides with ""Orpheus"" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies" |
| 4.11.1875 | Tonga adopts constitution |
| 4.11.1876 | "John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres" |
| 4.11.1879 | Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus |
| 4.11.1879 | "James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon" |
| 4.11.1880 | 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio |
| 4.11.1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st President term |
| 4.11.1886 | "Edward MacDowell's ""Ophelia,"" premieres" |
| 4.11.1889 | "Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL" |
| 4.11.1890 | Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate |
| 4.11.1890 | "Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London)" |
| 4.11.1890 | "St. Aleksandr Borodons opera ""Prins Igor,"" premieres in Petersburg" |
| 4.11.1893 | Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland |
| 4.11.1901 | "Clyde Fitch' ""Way of the World,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.11.1904 | 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) |
| 4.11.1905 | Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam |
| 4.11.1908 | "Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City" |
| 4.11.1909 | "Opera ""Il Segreto di Susanna"" is produced (Munich)" |
| 4.11.1910 | Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust) It rained |
| 4.11.1911 | Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma |
| 4.11.1911 | France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo |
| 4.11.1914 | Russia declares Turkey the war |
| 4.11.1914 | "Vogue holds 1st model show (""Fashion Fete,"" New York City)" |
| 4.11.1918 | Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors |
| 4.11.1922 | Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt |
| 4.11.1924 | "British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns" |
| 4.11.1924 | California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914) |
| 4.11.1924 | Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming) |
| 4.11.1924 | U.S. president Calvin Coolidge re-elected |
| 4.11.1928 | Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua |
| 4.11.1929 | "John Baldridge' ""Berkeley Square,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.11.1931 | "Jean Genet's ""Judith,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 4.11.1933 | "Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours" |
| 4.11.1933 | Hermann Goering and Georgi Dimitrov duel |
| 4.11.1933 | Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young |
| 4.11.1934 | Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 |
| 4.11.1939 | "1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland" |
| 4.11.1939 | "1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill" |
| 4.11.1939 | "U.S. allows ""cash and carry"" arms sales during WW II" |
| 4.11.1940 | Eggs and cake rationed in Netherlands |
| 4.11.1942 | 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing |
| 4.11.1943 | France arrests government of Lebanon |
| 4.11.1944 | German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald |
| 4.11.1944 | "RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed" |
| 4.11.1946 | """Park Avenue"" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 72 performances" |
| 4.11.1946 | "U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed" |
| 4.11.1948 | T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature |
| 4.11.1949 | """One Man's Family"" premieres on TV" |
| 4.11.1950 | """Barrier"" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances" |
| 4.11.1950 | """Consul"" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances" |
| 4.11.1950 | Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon |
| 4.11.1950 | U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea |
| 4.11.1951 | 9th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 9 -2 at Pinehurst CC NC |
| 4.11.1951 | New York Giants and New York Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns |
| 4.11.1951 | Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings |
| 4.11.1952 | Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America |
| 4.11.1952 | Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) |
| 4.11.1953 | Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia A's |
| 4.11.1953 | New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk |
| 4.11.1954 | """Fanny"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 888 performances" |
| 4.11.1954 | Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City |
| 4.11.1956 | "200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest" |
| 4.11.1956 | Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt |
| 4.11.1956 | U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest |
| 4.11.1957 | 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched |
| 4.11.1958 | Angelo G. Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII |
| 4.11.1958 | "Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns" |
| 4.11.1958 | Democrats win U.S. congressional election |
| 4.11.1959 | "Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP" |
| 4.11.1960 | """Misfits"" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe" |
| 4.11.1961 | Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece |
| 4.11.1962 | Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament |
| 4.11.1962 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island |
| 4.11.1963 | "John Lennon utters his infamous ""Rattle your jewelry"" line" |
| 4.11.1965 | Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah |
| 4.11.1966 | "Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113" |
| 4.11.1968 | Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces |
| 4.11.1968 | "WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 4.11.1968 | "WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 4.11.1970 | Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee |
| 4.11.1972 | Bangladesh adopts constitution |
| 4.11.1972 | Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders |
| 4.11.1973 | 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou |
| 4.11.1973 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic |
| 4.11.1973 | "M. Medoff's ""When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.11.1973 | "New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills" |
| 4.11.1975 | Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award |
| 4.11.1976 | "1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available" |
| 4.11.1977 | U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa |
| 4.11.1978 | "3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available" |
| 4.11.1978 | Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U |
| 4.11.1978 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 4.11.1979 | "500 Iranian ""students"" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)" |
| 4.11.1980 | Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) |
| 4.11.1980 | Libyan invasion in Chad |
| 4.11.1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide |
| 4.11.1980 | "Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires" |
| 4.11.1980 | Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards |
| 4.11.1981 | "Beth Henley's ""Crimes of the Heart,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.11.1981 | Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining |
| 4.11.1981 | Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley |
| 4.11.1982 | Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier |
| 4.11.1983 | "Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed" |
| 4.11.1983 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4 |
| 4.11.1984 | Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 4.11.1984 | Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% |
| 4.11.1987 | "Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year" |
| 4.11.1987 | "Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel" |
| 4.11.1987 | NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989 |
| 4.11.1988 | "1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93" |
| 4.11.1989 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence" |
| 4.11.1989 | "Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106" |
| 4.11.1989 | Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon |
| 4.11.1990 | 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45 |
| 4.11.1990 | 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39 |
| 4.11.1990 | """Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story"" opens at Shubert New York City for 225 performances" |
| 4.11.1990 | Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic |
| 4.11.1990 | "Iraq says it is preparing for a ""dangerous war""" |
| 4.11.1990 | Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia |
| 4.11.1991 | Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain |
| 4.11.1992 | New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR |
| 4.11.1992 | New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio |
| 4.11.1993 | "Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet" |
| 4.11.1993 | Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett |
| 4.11.1993 | "Sunday Mirror ordered to pay Elton John $518,700 for false report" |
| 4.11.1993 | """Timon of Athens"" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances" |
| 4.11.1994 | Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazahkstan |
| 4.11.1994 | "United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83" |
| 4.11.1995 | "1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal" |
| 4.11.1995 | """Indiscretions"" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances" |
| 4.11.1995 | "Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89" |
| 5.11.1228 | "Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China" |
| 5.11.1414 | Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens |
| 5.11.1492 | Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba |
| 5.11.1530 | St. Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast |
| 5.11.1556 | Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi |
| 5.11.1556 | Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu |
| 5.11.1605 | Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged |
| 5.11.1630 | Spain and England sign peace treaty |
| 5.11.1639 | 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts |
| 5.11.1678 | Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden |
| 5.11.1725 | Spain and Austria sign secret treaty |
| 5.11.1757 | Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) |
| 5.11.1781 | "John Hanson elected 1st ""President of U.S. in Congress assembled""" |
| 5.11.1789 | Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname |
| 5.11.1789 | French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law |
| 5.11.1811 | El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence |
| 5.11.1838 | Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation |
| 5.11.1846 | "Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres" |
| 5.11.1854 | "Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000" |
| 5.11.1862 | Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac |
| 5.11.1862 | "Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties" |
| 5.11.1872 | Susan B. Anthony fined for trying to vote |
| 5.11.1872 | Ulysses S. Grant re-elected U.S. president |
| 5.11.1876 | Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe |
| 5.11.1881 | French government-Ferry resigns |
| 5.11.1882 | "Bedrich Smetana's ""Ma Vlast,"" premieres" |
| 5.11.1883 | Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army |
| 5.11.1883 | "Musical ""Cordelia's Aspirations"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.11.1887 | Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship |
| 5.11.1894 | Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki |
| 5.11.1894 | "Richard Strauss' ""Till Eulenspiegels,"" premieres" |
| 5.11.1895 | "1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden" |
| 5.11.1895 | George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car |
| 5.11.1895 | "King Edward VII says ""We are all Socialists nowadays""" |
| 5.11.1895 | U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage |
| 5.11.1898 | "Gerhart Hauptmanns ""Fuhrmann Henschel,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 5.11.1911 | "Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17)" |
| 5.11.1911 | "Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica" |
| 5.11.1912 | "Arizona, Kansas and Wisconsin vote for female suffrage" |
| 5.11.1912 | Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water |
| 5.11.1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) and President Taft (R) |
| 5.11.1913 | Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria |
| 5.11.1914 | Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey |
| 5.11.1916 | Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland |
| 5.11.1916 | Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage |
| 5.11.1919 | "Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting ""soiree-musical"" on Dutch radio" |
| 5.11.1922 | Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent |
| 5.11.1925 | Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties |
| 5.11.1927 | 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas |
| 5.11.1927 | Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title |
| 5.11.1930 | "Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for ""Babbitt""" |
| 5.11.1932 | "Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals" |
| 5.11.1933 | Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0) |
| 5.11.1933 | Spanish Basques vote for autonomy |
| 5.11.1935 | Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray |
| 5.11.1935 | Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly |
| 5.11.1936 | French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime |
| 5.11.1937 | Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war |
| 5.11.1938 | "Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return" |
| 5.11.1938 | Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated |
| 5.11.1940 | Dutch submarine departs Dundee |
| 5.11.1940 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) |
| 5.11.1940 | "Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)" |
| 5.11.1941 | Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor |
| 5.11.1942 | Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris |
| 5.11.1942 | Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission |
| 5.11.1943 | Vatican bombed |
| 5.11.1944 | Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren |
| 5.11.1944 | Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord |
| 5.11.1944 | "German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die" |
| 5.11.1946 | John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives |
| 5.11.1950 | "Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record" |
| 5.11.1950 | Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis |
| 5.11.1951 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 5.11.1953 | Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke |
| 5.11.1953 | "Paul Searls saws a 32"" log in 86.4 seconds" |
| 5.11.1953 | "Terence Rattigans' ""Sleeping Prince,"" premieres in London" |
| 5.11.1955 | Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) |
| 5.11.1955 | New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) |
| 5.11.1956 | Britain and France land forces in Egypt |
| 5.11.1956 | Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized |
| 5.11.1956 | "Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba" |
| 5.11.1956 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime |
| 5.11.1957 | Felix Gaillard forms government in France |
| 5.11.1957 | "Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2 cents soccer pool ticket" |
| 5.11.1958 | "KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 5.11.1958 | """Maria Golovin"" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances" |
| 5.11.1959 | AFL announced with 8 teams |
| 5.11.1961 | India's premier Nehru arrives in New York |
| 5.11.1961 | "St. Louis Cardinals Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas" |
| 5.11.1963 | U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands |
| 5.11.1964 | U.S. launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned |
| 5.11.1966 | Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained |
| 5.11.1966 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 5.11.1967 | ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk |
| 5.11.1967 | Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open |
| 5.11.1967 | "New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24" |
| 5.11.1967 | U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam |
| 5.11.1967 | Yemen president Sallal flees |
| 5.11.1968 | "1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)" |
| 5.11.1968 | Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C. Wallace for presidency |
| 5.11.1971 | Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping |
| 5.11.1971 | NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak |
| 5.11.1972 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic |
| 5.11.1973 | BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service |
| 5.11.1974 | Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen |
| 5.11.1974 | Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman U.S. Governor not related to previous gov |
| 5.11.1974 | "Walter E. Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Washington D.C." |
| 5.11.1975 | British government sends troops to Belize |
| 5.11.1975 | Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution |
| 5.11.1976 | Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 5.11.1976 | New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters |
| 5.11.1976 | "Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 to A's for mgr Chuck Tanner" |
| 5.11.1976 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 5.11.1977 | "NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)" |
| 5.11.1978 | Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi |
| 5.11.1978 | Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran |
| 5.11.1978 | Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games |
| 5.11.1979 | Iran government of Bazargan resigns |
| 5.11.1979 | Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan |
| 5.11.1981 | "Charles Fuller's ""Soldier's Play,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.11.1981 | "Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine" |
| 5.11.1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record) |
| 5.11.1982 | "George Harrison releases ""Gone Troppo"" album" |
| 5.11.1983 | New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period |
| 5.11.1983 | Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden |
| 5.11.1985 | """News"" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances" |
| 5.11.1987 | France performs nuclear test |
| 5.11.1987 | Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic |
| 5.11.1987 | """Into the Woods"" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances" |
| 5.11.1987 | South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed |
| 5.11.1987 | "Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical ""Into the Stars,"" premieres" |
| 5.11.1987 | Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana |
| 5.11.1988 | "1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milwaukee Bucks lose to Los Angeles Clippers 111-9" |
| 5.11.1988 | "1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to Los Angeles Clippers, 111-91" |
| 5.11.1988 | "1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85" |
| 5.11.1988 | Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage |
| 5.11.1988 | France performs nuclear test |
| 5.11.1988 | Gulch wins Breeder's Cup |
| 5.11.1988 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs" |
| 5.11.1988 | Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) |
| 5.11.1989 | 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30 |
| 5.11.1989 | 20th New York City Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01 |
| 5.11.1989 | Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions |
| 5.11.1989 | Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 5.11.1989 | """Threepenny Opera"" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances" |
| 5.11.1989 | "U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup" |
| 5.11.1991 | Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan |
| 5.11.1991 | "Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA" |
| 5.11.1992 | Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade |
| 5.11.1992 | """Show Off"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances" |
| 5.11.1993 | "1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85" |
| 5.11.1994 | George Foreman KO's Michael Moorer in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 5.11.1994 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country" |
| 5.11.1994 | Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun |
| 5.11.1994 | "Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)" |
| 5.11.1994 | "Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed" |
| 5.11.1995 | "1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in OT" |
| 5.11.1995 | George Foreman beats Michael Moorer to win WBA/IBF boxing title |
| 5.11.1995 | "STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands" |
| 5.11.1995 | Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
| 5.11.1996 | Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of |
| 5.11.1997 | "2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year" |
| 5.11.1997 | "French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages" |
| 6.11.355 | Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain |
| 6.11.1153 | Treaty of Wallingford signed |
| 6.11.1534 | Zealand hit by heavy storm |
| 6.11.1572 | Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia |
| 6.11.1632 | Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies |
| 6.11.1657 | Brandenburg and Poland sign unity of Bromberg |
| 6.11.1676 | King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15) |
| 6.11.1792 | Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians |
| 6.11.1813 | Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain |
| 6.11.1844 | Spain grants Dominican Rep independence |
| 6.11.1850 | 1st Hawaiian fire engine |
| 6.11.1850 | Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use |
| 6.11.1860 | Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th pres |
| 6.11.1861 | Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres |
| 6.11.1862 | NY-SF direct telegraphic link forms |
| 6.11.1864 | "Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)" |
| 6.11.1865 | Maastricht-Venlo railway in Netherlands opens |
| 6.11.1869 | "1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)" |
| 6.11.1871 | Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa |
| 6.11.1871 | President Grant re-elected |
| 6.11.1878 | "Henrik Ibsens ""Samfundets Stotter,"" premieres in Oslo" |
| 6.11.1879 | Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day |
| 6.11.1883 | NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race |
| 6.11.1884 | British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea |
| 6.11.1884 | Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game |
| 6.11.1885 | "U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close" |
| 6.11.1888 | "Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes" |
| 6.11.1897 | Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater |
| 6.11.1900 | Battle at Bothaville: gen-mjr Charles Knox beats Boers |
| 6.11.1900 | "President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan" |
| 6.11.1903 | USA recognizea independence of Panama |
| 6.11.1906 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst |
| 6.11.1908 | "Leonid Andreyevs ""Dui Nashey Zhizni,"" premieres in St. Petersburg" |
| 6.11.1910 | SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage |
| 6.11.1911 | Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico |
| 6.11.1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa |
| 6.11.1915 | 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) |
| 6.11.1915 | Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government |
| 6.11.1918 | Republic of Poland proclaimed |
| 6.11.1918 | Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns |
| 6.11.1919 | "1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with ""Turf in you(r) ransel""" |
| 6.11.1922 | King George V proclaims Irish Free state |
| 6.11.1923 | Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver |
| 6.11.1923 | "U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day ""weeks""" |
| 6.11.1924 | Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England |
| 6.11.1928 | Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds |
| 6.11.1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for pres |
| 6.11.1928 | Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor |
| 6.11.1932 | German election - KPD defeats NSDAP |
| 6.11.1934 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0 |
| 6.11.1935 | 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft |
| 6.11.1935 | English prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott |
| 6.11.1935 | Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane |
| 6.11.1936 | RCA displays TV for press |
| 6.11.1936 | "Terence Rattigans ""French Without Tears,"" premieres in London" |
| 6.11.1938 | "3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game" |
| 6.11.1939 | "WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), 1st coml TV station, begins service" |
| 6.11.1939 | "WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, New York (CBS) 1st broadcast" |
| 6.11.1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected president |
| 6.11.1941 | "Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine" |
| 6.11.1941 | Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor |
| 6.11.1941 | USA lends Soviet Union $1 million |
| 6.11.1942 | "Nazis execute 12,000 Minsk ghetto Jews" |
| 6.11.1942 | Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta finds Ampat Serangkai |
| 6.11.1943 | Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula |
| 6.11.1943 | Soviet forces reconquer Kiev |
| 6.11.1943 | "Stalin says: ""The issue of German fascism is lost""" |
| 6.11.1945 | HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators |
| 6.11.1949 | Greeks civil war ends |
| 6.11.1950 | Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 6.11.1950 | "Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea" |
| 6.11.1950 | King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India |
| 6.11.1952 | "Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata ""About our Fatherland,"" premieres" |
| 6.11.1953 | French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy |
| 6.11.1953 | Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as manager of Baltimore Orioles |
| 6.11.1953 | "Masao Oki's symphony ""Atomic Bomb,"" premieres" |
| 6.11.1955 | "11th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch and CC California" |
| 6.11.1955 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 6.11.1956 | "Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary" |
| 6.11.1956 | President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E. Stevenson (D) |
| 6.11.1957 | Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France |
| 6.11.1957 | """Rumple"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 45 performances" |
| 6.11.1958 | "Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ" |
| 6.11.1958 | AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 |
| 6.11.1958 | Belgium government of Eyskens and Lilar forms |
| 6.11.1961 | U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith |
| 6.11.1962 | BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote |
| 6.11.1962 | Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator |
| 6.11.1962 | Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts |
| 6.11.1962 | Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more |
| 6.11.1962 | Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery |
| 6.11.1962 | U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa |
| 6.11.1964 | "WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.11.1966 | 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC) |
| 6.11.1966 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open |
| 6.11.1966 | Lunar Orbiter 2 launched |
| 6.11.1967 | "Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15" |
| 6.11.1967 | U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9 |
| 6.11.1968 | "Nixon elected 37th President of U.S., defeating Hubert Humphrey" |
| 6.11.1968 | Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike |
| 6.11.1969 | "1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Balt and Denny McLain, Det)" |
| 6.11.1970 | Boog Powell wins AL MVP |
| 6.11.1970 | Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 6.11.1971 | """Great Harp"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances" |
| 6.11.1971 | U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians |
| 6.11.1973 | Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on New York City |
| 6.11.1973 | Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit |
| 6.11.1974 | Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award |
| 6.11.1975 | 1st appearance of Sex Pistols |
| 6.11.1975 | """Hello, Dolly"" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 51 performances" |
| 6.11.1976 | "Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP" |
| 6.11.1976 | "Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years" |
| 6.11.1977 | 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 6.11.1977 | "39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga" |
| 6.11.1977 | """Hair"" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 43 performances" |
| 6.11.1978 | Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government |
| 6.11.1978 | Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule |
| 6.11.1979 | Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran |
| 6.11.1981 | Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award |
| 6.11.1981 | Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 6.11.1982 | Joe Altobelli succeeds Earl Weaver as Oriole manager |
| 6.11.1983 | Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament |
| 6.11.1983 | "Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California" |
| 6.11.1983 | Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings |
| 6.11.1983 | Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections |
| 6.11.1984 | President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D) |
| 6.11.1984 | Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award |
| 6.11.1985 | 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB |
| 6.11.1985 | "Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil" |
| 6.11.1985 | M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia |
| 6.11.1985 | Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards AFB California |
| 6.11.1986 | Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill |
| 6.11.1986 | Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern |
| 6.11.1986 | Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young |
| 6.11.1987 | Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards |
| 6.11.1988 | 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07 |
| 6.11.1988 | 19th New York City Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20 |
| 6.11.1988 | Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) |
| 6.11.1988 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 6.11.1988 | Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title |
| 6.11.1990 | Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame |
| 6.11.1990 | Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 6.11.1990 | Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages |
| 6.11.1990 | Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected |
| 6.11.1991 | Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg |
| 6.11.1991 | "Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii" |
| 6.11.1991 | Maximus 2.0 BBS released |
| 6.11.1991 | """Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin"" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances" |
| 6.11.1991 | "Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA" |
| 6.11.1991 | Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party |
| 6.11.1993 | Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44) |
| 6.11.1993 | Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavywgt boxing title |
| 6.11.1993 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter" |
| 6.11.1994 | 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37 |
| 6.11.1994 | 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 |
| 6.11.1994 | Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tadzjikistan |
| 6.11.1994 | George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship |
| 6.11.1994 | Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Golf Cup |
| 6.11.1995 | Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt |
| 6.11.1995 | "Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians" |
| 6.11.1996 | Los Angeles Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 6.11.1997 | """Proposals,"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances" |
| 6.11.1997 | San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year |
| 7.11.680 | 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens |
| 7.11.921 | Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other |
| 7.11.1512 | Medici's discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence |
| 7.11.1519 | University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther |
| 7.11.1558 | French king Henri II occupies Calais |
| 7.11.1581 | Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed |
| 7.11.1597 | Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal |
| 7.11.1631 | Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler |
| 7.11.1637 | Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic |
| 7.11.1651 | King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age |
| 7.11.1659 | Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV |
| 7.11.1665 | "1st edition of ""London Gazette""" |
| 7.11.1667 | "Jean Racines ""Andromaque,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 7.11.1722 | "Richard Steele's ""Conscious Lovers,"" premieres in London" |
| 7.11.1733 | France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty |
| 7.11.1747 | Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap |
| 7.11.1775 | "Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army" |
| 7.11.1794 | French troops conquer Nijmegen |
| 7.11.1805 | Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean |
| 7.11.1811 | "Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan" |
| 7.11.1814 | 1st sitting of States-general in Hague |
| 7.11.1820 | James Monroe elected 5th U.S. president |
| 7.11.1824 | St. Petersburg flood |
| 7.11.1831 | State Gran Colombia disbands |
| 7.11.1848 | General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US |
| 7.11.1861 | "Battle of Belmont, MO" |
| 7.11.1861 | "Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard)" |
| 7.11.1863 | "Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA" |
| 7.11.1864 | 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes |
| 7.11.1865 | "London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded" |
| 7.11.1872 | U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month |
| 7.11.1874 | "1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast" |
| 7.11.1875 | Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa |
| 7.11.1876 | "Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale)" |
| 7.11.1876 | Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College |
| 7.11.1876 | President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) |
| 7.11.1885 | Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie |
| 7.11.1893 | State Colorado accept female suffrage |
| 7.11.1907 | Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico |
| 7.11.1907 | Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins |
| 7.11.1908 | Dutch capture Venezuelan navy |
| 7.11.1909 | Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama |
| 7.11.1914 | Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai |
| 7.11.1915 | Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) |
| 7.11.1916 | Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising |
| 7.11.1916 | Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected 1st woman Representative |
| 7.11.1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president |
| 7.11.1918 | Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets |
| 7.11.1918 | United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed |
| 7.11.1918 | "Vladimir Mayakovsky's ""Misteriya Buff,"" premieres in Petrograd" |
| 7.11.1919 | U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers |
| 7.11.1921 | "Ed Wynn's musical ""Perfect Fool,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.11.1925 | Italians liberal-national party joins fascist |
| 7.11.1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) elected president |
| 7.11.1929 | Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City |
| 7.11.1931 | Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung |
| 7.11.1932 | "1st broadcast of ""Buck Rogers in the 25th century"" on CBS-radio" |
| 7.11.1932 | "Bradman scores 238 NSW vs. Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours" |
| 7.11.1933 | "Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports" |
| 7.11.1934 | "Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)" |
| 7.11.1935 | "23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12" |
| 7.11.1936 | Battle of Madrid begins |
| 7.11.1940 | Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago |
| 7.11.1940 | "Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash" |
| 7.11.1941 | "British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied" |
| 7.11.1942 | 1st U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French |
| 7.11.1942 | "Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)" |
| 7.11.1943 | "Detroit Lions 0, New York Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL" |
| 7.11.1944 | "Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)" |
| 7.11.1944 | Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die |
| 7.11.1946 | """Bal Negre"" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 54 performances" |
| 7.11.1949 | King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament |
| 7.11.1950 | "Carlo Terron's ""Processo Agli Innocenti,"" premieres in Milan" |
| 7.11.1950 | French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta |
| 7.11.1951 | Constitution of Jordan passes |
| 7.11.1953 | "WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 7.11.1954 | Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 |
| 7.11.1954 | U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan |
| 7.11.1957 | Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 7.11.1957 | "WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 7.11.1959 | 13th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 8 -3 at Eldorado CC California |
| 7.11.1960 | "KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting" |
| 7.11.1961 | France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria |
| 7.11.1962 | Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie |
| 7.11.1963 | "Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World" |
| 7.11.1963 | New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP |
| 7.11.1964 | "NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966" |
| 7.11.1965 | Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open |
| 7.11.1966 | "Jean-Claude van Itallie's ""America Hurrah,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.11.1966 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
| 7.11.1966 | Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US |
| 7.11.1967 | "Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio" |
| 7.11.1967 | Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| 7.11.1967 | "Richard G. Hatcher elected mayor of Gary, Indiana" |
| 7.11.1967 | St. Louis Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP |
| 7.11.1967 | Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon |
| 7.11.1968 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 7.11.1969 | "John and Yoko release their 2nd album ""Wedding Album"" in UK" |
| 7.11.1970 | """Purlie"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 689 performances" |
| 7.11.1970 | Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 7.11.1972 | President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D) |
| 7.11.1973 | New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league |
| 7.11.1973 | U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links |
| 7.11.1974 | 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) |
| 7.11.1975 | Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland |
| 7.11.1976 | """Gone With the Wind"" televised" |
| 7.11.1978 | Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP |
| 7.11.1978 | CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past |
| 7.11.1979 | Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 7.11.1981 | France performs nuclear test |
| 7.11.1982 | Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner) |
| 7.11.1982 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 7.11.1982 | Turkey adopts constitution |
| 7.11.1982 | """Your Arms are Too Short to Box"" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances" |
| 7.11.1983 | Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal |
| 7.11.1983 | "Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries" |
| 7.11.1984 | STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds |
| 7.11.1985 | Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice |
| 7.11.1987 | Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba |
| 7.11.1988 | MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) |
| 7.11.1988 | Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde |
| 7.11.1989 | Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year |
| 7.11.1989 | Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (D-Va) |
| 7.11.1989 | New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) |
| 7.11.1990 | "Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously" |
| 7.11.1990 | """Little Night Music"" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances" |
| 7.11.1990 | Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland |
| 7.11.1990 | """Those Were The Days"" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 126 performances" |
| 7.11.1991 | "1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95" |
| 7.11.1991 | """Brigadoon"" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 12 performances" |
| 7.11.1991 | Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers |
| 7.11.1991 | """Park Your Car in Harvard Yard"" opens at Music Box New York City" |
| 7.11.1992 | "1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105" |
| 7.11.1993 | Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
| 7.11.1995 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM |
| 7.11.1995 | "Howard Stern's 2nd book ""Miss America"" released (fastest selling ever)" |
| 7.11.1996 | """3 Sisters"" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City" |
| 7.11.1996 | "NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times" |
| 7.11.1996 | Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai vs. Saurashtra |
| 7.11.1997 | """Bean"" opens in US" |
| 8.11.392 | "Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion" |
| 8.11.618 | St. Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 8.11.911 | Duke Koenraad I chosen German king |
| 8.11.1322 | "Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht" |
| 8.11.1494 | Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy |
| 8.11.1519 | 1st meeting of Montezuma and Hernando Cortes in Mexico |
| 8.11.1575 | French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty |
| 8.11.1576 | Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant |
| 8.11.1598 | Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem |
| 8.11.1620 | "Battle of White Mountain, Prague" |
| 8.11.1627 | English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe |
| 8.11.1638 | Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts |
| 8.11.1658 | Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch |
| 8.11.1701 | William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges |
| 8.11.1731 | "In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st U.S. library" |
| 8.11.1734 | Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge |
| 8.11.1789 | "Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)" |
| 8.11.1793 | "Louvre in Paris, opens" |
| 8.11.1805 | Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean |
| 8.11.1833 | Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die |
| 8.11.1837 | Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women |
| 8.11.1838 | "Victor Hugo's ""Ruy Blas,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 8.11.1842 | Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) |
| 8.11.1861 | "Battle of Mount Ivy, KY" |
| 8.11.1861 | US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent |
| 8.11.1864 | Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president |
| 8.11.1870 | Democratic governor elected in Tennessee |
| 8.11.1880 | "Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater" |
| 8.11.1883 | English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage) |
| 8.11.1884 | German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
| 8.11.1889 | Montana admitted as 41st state |
| 8.11.1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) elected president |
| 8.11.1895 | Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays |
| 8.11.1900 | "Theodore Dreiser's novel ""Sister Carrie"" is published" |
| 8.11.1904 | President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) |
| 8.11.1910 | 1st Washington State election in which women could vote |
| 8.11.1917 | "Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants" |
| 8.11.1918 | Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs |
| 8.11.1920 | Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn |
| 8.11.1920 | Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th |
| 8.11.1923 | "Hitler stages unsuccessful ""Beer Hall Putsch"" in Munchen (Munich)" |
| 8.11.1924 | "Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt" |
| 8.11.1924 | Fortune Theatre opens in London |
| 8.11.1926 | "George Gershwin's musical ""Oh, Kay,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.11.1928 | "George and Ira Gershwin's musical ""Treasure Girl,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.11.1929 | "Jean Giraudoux' ""Amphitryon '38,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 8.11.1929 | New York City Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building |
| 8.11.1930 | "Friedrich Wolf's ""Die Matrosen von Cattaro,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 8.11.1932 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd president for 1st time |
| 8.11.1932 | """Make Mine Music,"" debuts" |
| 8.11.1933 | Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration |
| 8.11.1934 | "Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president" |
| 8.11.1938 | "1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Phila" |
| 8.11.1939 | "Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich" |
| 8.11.1939 | "H Lindsay and R Crouse' ""Life with Father,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.11.1940 | RAF bombs Munich |
| 8.11.1942 | Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) |
| 8.11.1942 | Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall |
| 8.11.1942 | "Operation ""Torch"" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr" |
| 8.11.1942 | Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US |
| 8.11.1944 | "25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor" |
| 8.11.1944 | Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders |
| 8.11.1945 | """Girl from Nantucket"" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 12 performances" |
| 8.11.1945 | "Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550" |
| 8.11.1946 | "Jean-Paul Sartre's ""La Putain Respecteuse,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 8.11.1947 | "Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria" |
| 8.11.1950 | "1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War" |
| 8.11.1950 | Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 8.11.1950 | "In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place" |
| 8.11.1950 | Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year |
| 8.11.1951 | New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards |
| 8.11.1953 | Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal |
| 8.11.1954 | AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City |
| 8.11.1956 | U.N. demands U.S.S.R. leave Hungary |
| 8.11.1957 | Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
| 8.11.1958 | """Maria Golovin"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 5 performances" |
| 8.11.1959 | "KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 8.11.1959 | Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair |
| 8.11.1960 | John F. Kennedy (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th U.S. president |
| 8.11.1961 | Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn |
| 8.11.1962 | Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape |
| 8.11.1964 | IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion |
| 8.11.1964 | "KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 8.11.1964 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open |
| 8.11.1964 | Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP |
| 8.11.1965 | British Indian Ocean Territory formed |
| 8.11.1965 | """Days of Our Lives"" premieres on TV" |
| 8.11.1966 | Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California |
| 8.11.1966 | Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-Mass) becomes 1st black elected to Senate |
| 8.11.1966 | Frank Robinson selected AL MVP |
| 8.11.1966 | President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger |
| 8.11.1967 | 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) |
| 8.11.1967 | Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London |
| 8.11.1967 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 8.11.1968 | Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John |
| 8.11.1970 | Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal |
| 8.11.1973 | Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai |
| 8.11.1974 | British Lord Lucan disappears |
| 8.11.1975 | "Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ" |
| 8.11.1978 | "Tom Stoppard's ""Night and Day,"" premieres in London" |
| 8.11.1979 | "ABC broadcasts ""Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage"" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to ""Nightline"")" |
| 8.11.1979 | "Bernard Slade's ""Romantic Comedy,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.11.1980 | Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn |
| 8.11.1981 | Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election |
| 8.11.1981 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 8.11.1983 | Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky |
| 8.11.1983 | STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad |
| 8.11.1983 | W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia |
| 8.11.1984 | "1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test" |
| 8.11.1984 | "Anna Fisher becomes 1st ""mom"" to go into orbit" |
| 8.11.1984 | STS 51-A mission; launch |
| 8.11.1985 | Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission |
| 8.11.1986 | """Song and Dance"" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances" |
| 8.11.1987 | 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes |
| 8.11.1987 | Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup |
| 8.11.1987 | "IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed" |
| 8.11.1987 | Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 8.11.1988 | 900 die as earthquake hits China |
| 8.11.1988 | "Arco Arena in Sacramento, California opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75" |
| 8.11.1988 | George Bush beats Mike Dukakis for presidency |
| 8.11.1988 | Rafael Fernandez Colon elected if President of Puerto Rico |
| 8.11.1989 | Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year |
| 8.11.1989 | David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City |
| 8.11.1989 | Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia) |
| 8.11.1990 | "100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to Persian gulf" |
| 8.11.1990 | """6 Degrees of Separation"" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 496 performances" |
| 8.11.1990 | Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 8.11.1990 | "Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World" |
| 8.11.1990 | Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula |
| 8.11.1991 | Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV |
| 8.11.1991 | Paul Coffey sets NHL defensman soring mark with 311th goal |
| 8.11.1992 | "300,000 demonstrators against racism in Berlin" |
| 8.11.1992 | Betsy King wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 8.11.1992 | """Solitary Confinement"" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 25 performances" |
| 8.11.1994 | "Cleve Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98" |
| 8.11.1994 | Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms |
| 8.11.1997 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away" |
| 8.11.1997 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild |
| 8.11.1998 | Japan Golf Classic |
| 9.11.694 | Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery |
| 9.11.1282 | Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth |
| 9.11.1492 | Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) |
| 9.11.1494 | Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence |
| 9.11.1520 | Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles |
| 9.11.1526 | Jews are expelled from Pressburg Hungary by Maria of Hapsburg |
| 9.11.1541 | Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower |
| 9.11.1569 | Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland |
| 9.11.1580 | Spanish troops lands in Ireland |
| 9.11.1673 | British king Charles II fires earl of Shaftesbury |
| 9.11.1681 | Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion |
| 9.11.1720 | Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire |
| 9.11.1729 | "Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville" |
| 9.11.1794 | Russian troops occupy Warsaw |
| 9.11.1799 | Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France |
| 9.11.1821 | "1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Phila" |
| 9.11.1848 | Post office at Clay and Pike opens |
| 9.11.1853 | Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun |
| 9.11.1854 | "Franz Liszt's ""Fest-Long,"" premieres" |
| 9.11.1857 | Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published |
| 9.11.1858 | 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra |
| 9.11.1861 | 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto) |
| 9.11.1862 | U.S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him |
| 9.11.1864 | "1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country" |
| 9.11.1864 | "Sherman issues preliminary plans for his ""March to the Sea""" |
| 9.11.1865 | Conf Gen Lee surrenders to Union Gen Grant at Appomattox |
| 9.11.1872 | "Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston" |
| 9.11.1877 | American Chemical Society chartered in New York |
| 9.11.1885 | "Opera ""Ermine,"" premieres in London" |
| 9.11.1899 | "Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack" |
| 9.11.1904 | 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes |
| 9.11.1905 | Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages |
| 9.11.1906 | T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama) |
| 9.11.1907 | "Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds" |
| 9.11.1912 | "Ferenc Moln rs ""Farkas,"" premieres in Budapest" |
| 9.11.1913 | "Storm ""Freshwater Fury"" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes" |
| 9.11.1915 | "Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272" |
| 9.11.1918 | Bavaria proclaims itself a republic |
| 9.11.1918 | Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I |
| 9.11.1918 | Republic Germany proclaimed |
| 9.11.1921 | "Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini" |
| 9.11.1923 | "Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees" |
| 9.11.1924 | Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas) |
| 9.11.1925 | German NSDAP form SS |
| 9.11.1927 | "Giant Panda discovered, China" |
| 9.11.1927 | Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars/motors |
| 9.11.1930 | 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama |
| 9.11.1932 | "Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500" |
| 9.11.1935 | Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms |
| 9.11.1935 | Japan invades Shanghai China |
| 9.11.1936 | Albanian government of Frasheri falls |
| 9.11.1937 | Japans army conquers Shanghai |
| 9.11.1937 | St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP |
| 9.11.1938 | "Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day" |
| 9.11.1938 | Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews |
| 9.11.1939 | """Ninotchka,"" with Greta Garbo premieres" |
| 9.11.1939 | Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron) |
| 9.11.1939 | Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents |
| 9.11.1940 | Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II |
| 9.11.1941 | Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster |
| 9.11.1942 | German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier |
| 9.11.1942 | Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
| 9.11.1944 | Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize |
| 9.11.1944 | Walcheren of nazi troops purged |
| 9.11.1946 | President Truman ends wage/price freeze |
| 9.11.1949 | Costa Rica adopts Constitution |
| 9.11.1950 | Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 9.11.1950 | Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year |
| 9.11.1950 | "White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930" |
| 9.11.1953 | Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union |
| 9.11.1953 | "KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 9.11.1953 | Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws |
| 9.11.1955 | "Michael Gazzo's ""Hatful of Rain,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.11.1955 | NZ all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca |
| 9.11.1955 | U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics |
| 9.11.1956 | "Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ" |
| 9.11.1961 | "Paddy Chayefsky's ""Gideon,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.11.1961 | PGA eliminates caucasians only rule |
| 9.11.1961 | "USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m" |
| 9.11.1962 | Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World |
| 9.11.1962 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 9.11.1963 | 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train |
| 9.11.1963 | 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) |
| 9.11.1963 | """Tovarich"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances" |
| 9.11.1964 | """Comedy in Music-Opus 2"" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances" |
| 9.11.1964 | Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan |
| 9.11.1965 | 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis |
| 9.11.1965 | "5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout)" |
| 9.11.1965 | Hurricane hits north east US/Canada |
| 9.11.1965 | Willie Mays named NL MVP |
| 9.11.1966 | """Let's Sing Yiddish"" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances" |
| 9.11.1966 | Oakland Coliseum Arena opens |
| 9.11.1967 | 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module |
| 9.11.1967 | Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon |
| 9.11.1968 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 9.11.1970 | Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins |
| 9.11.1971 | "David Storey's ""Changing Room,"" premieres in London" |
| 9.11.1971 | John List kills family and moves to Colorado |
| 9.11.1972 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 9.11.1973 | "Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan)" |
| 9.11.1973 | Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support |
| 9.11.1973 | "Ringo releases ""Ringo"" album" |
| 9.11.1976 | "Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career" |
| 9.11.1976 | U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa |
| 9.11.1977 | Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP |
| 9.11.1978 | NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions |
| 9.11.1980 | Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran |
| 9.11.1980 | Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 9.11.1982 | "Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously" |
| 9.11.1982 | Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time |
| 9.11.1983 | Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped |
| 9.11.1983 | Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center |
| 9.11.1984 | "1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B" |
| 9.11.1984 | Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 9.11.1984 | "Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43" |
| 9.11.1984 | "Vietnam Veterans Memorial (""3 Servicemen"") completed" |
| 9.11.1985 | Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion |
| 9.11.1985 | """News"" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances" |
| 9.11.1985 | Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba |
| 9.11.1985 | "Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed" |
| 9.11.1986 | Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 9.11.1986 | Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore |
| 9.11.1988 | "MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)" |
| 9.11.1988 | """Prince of Central Park"" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances" |
| 9.11.1989 | East Berlin opens its borders |
| 9.11.1990 | Tanzania government of Malecela forms |
| 9.11.1991 | Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts |
| 9.11.1992 | Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI) |
| 9.11.1992 | "Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for ""Texaco""" |
| 9.11.1993 | """Cinderella"" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances" |
| 9.11.1993 | "Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died" |
| 9.11.1994 | Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka |
| 9.11.1995 | """Danny Gans on Broadway"" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City" |
| 9.11.1997 | """Cherry Orchard,"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City" |
| 9.11.1997 | Energizer Senior Golf Tour Championship |
| 9.11.1997 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| 9.11.1997 | """Scarlet Pimpernel,"" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City" |
| 9.11.1997 | Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| 10.11.461 | St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 10.11.911 | Conrad I elecect German King |
| 10.11.1444 | "Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders" |
| 10.11.1526 | John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary |
| 10.11.1544 | Antwerps painter John Matsys banished |
| 10.11.1567 | Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots |
| 10.11.1584 | Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland |
| 10.11.1630 | Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France |
| 10.11.1674 | Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English |
| 10.11.1687 | Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor |
| 10.11.1697 | English parliament accept army reduction |
| 10.11.1775 | Congress forms U.S. Marine Corps |
| 10.11.1785 | Netherlands and France signs treaty |
| 10.11.1793 | France ends forced worship of God |
| 10.11.1801 | Kentucky outlaws dueling |
| 10.11.1808 | Osage Treaty signed |
| 10.11.1834 | HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso |
| 10.11.1836 | Louis Napoleon banished to America |
| 10.11.1864 | Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico |
| 10.11.1864 | "Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea" |
| 10.11.1866 | Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada |
| 10.11.1871 | "Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa" |
| 10.11.1878 | "Aleksandr Ostrovsky's ""Bespridannitsa,"" premieres in Moscow" |
| 10.11.1883 | "Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship" |
| 10.11.1885 | "Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled" |
| 10.11.1891 | 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston) |
| 10.11.1891 | Granville T. Woods patents electric railway |
| 10.11.1892 | "1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5" |
| 10.11.1894 | "Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia ""Absalamu"" of Nikki" |
| 10.11.1898 | Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed) |
| 10.11.1905 | Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia |
| 10.11.1908 | 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room |
| 10.11.1911 | Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) |
| 10.11.1911 | Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) |
| 10.11.1917 | 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House |
| 10.11.1917 | "Faure's 2nd Violo Sonate, premieres" |
| 10.11.1917 | New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary) |
| 10.11.1918 | German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland |
| 10.11.1918 | Independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski |
| 10.11.1919 | 1st observance of National Book Week |
| 10.11.1919 | American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) |
| 10.11.1920 | "George Bernard Shaw's ""Heartbreak House,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1923 | German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany |
| 10.11.1926 | Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden |
| 10.11.1926 | Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 |
| 10.11.1926 | Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou) |
| 10.11.1926 | Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA |
| 10.11.1928 | Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan |
| 10.11.1933 | Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic |
| 10.11.1937 | "Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims ""Estado novo""" |
| 10.11.1938 | "8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska" |
| 10.11.1938 | Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) |
| 10.11.1940 | Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game |
| 10.11.1942 | "Philip Barry's ""Without Love,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1942 | U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria |
| 10.11.1942 | U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco |
| 10.11.1944 | "German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany" |
| 10.11.1944 | U.S. 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery |
| 10.11.1945 | """Are You with It?"" opens at Century Theater New York City for 264 performances" |
| 10.11.1945 | College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 |
| 10.11.1945 | General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania |
| 10.11.1945 | Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by U.S. |
| 10.11.1946 | Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election |
| 10.11.1950 | "After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau" |
| 10.11.1950 | "Clifford Odet's ""Country Girl,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1950 | Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala |
| 10.11.1950 | Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner |
| 10.11.1950 | Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar |
| 10.11.1951 | 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance |
| 10.11.1952 | Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN |
| 10.11.1953 | "Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)" |
| 10.11.1954 | Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington |
| 10.11.1954 | Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled |
| 10.11.1955 | """Vamp"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances" |
| 10.11.1956 | "Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical ""Li'l Abner,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1957 | "Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0" |
| 10.11.1957 | "NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA" |
| 10.11.1958 | "Bertolt Brecht's ""Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui,"" premieres" |
| 10.11.1958 | "WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 10.11.1959 | Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World |
| 10.11.1960 | Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill |
| 10.11.1962 | """Nowhere to Go, But Up"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances" |
| 10.11.1963 | Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545 |
| 10.11.1963 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open |
| 10.11.1964 | Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium |
| 10.11.1964 | """Something More!"" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances" |
| 10.11.1965 | Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels |
| 10.11.1965 | Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg |
| 10.11.1965 | Willie Mays wins NL MVP |
| 10.11.1966 | Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier |
| 10.11.1966 | Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon |
| 10.11.1967 | "KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 10.11.1968 | Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open |
| 10.11.1968 | "Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight" |
| 10.11.1968 | Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed |
| 10.11.1969 | """Sesame Street"" premieres on PBS TV" |
| 10.11.1970 | """2 by 2"" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 343 performances" |
| 10.11.1970 | "Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched" |
| 10.11.1970 | "R Rodgers/M Charnins musical ""Two by Two,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1971 | "Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP" |
| 10.11.1971 | U.S. table tennis team arrived in China |
| 10.11.1974 | "2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win" |
| 10.11.1974 | Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0 |
| 10.11.1975 | Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior |
| 10.11.1975 | PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City |
| 10.11.1975 | "Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career" |
| 10.11.1975 | U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism |
| 10.11.1976 | Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore |
| 10.11.1977 | Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested |
| 10.11.1977 | Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) |
| 10.11.1978 | Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks |
| 10.11.1978 | Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 10.11.1978 | "Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin" |
| 10.11.1980 | Poland acknowledges Solidarity union |
| 10.11.1981 | "Ernest Thompson's ""West Side Waltz,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1981 | """Oh, Brother!"" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances" |
| 10.11.1982 | IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy |
| 10.11.1982 | "Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns ""Foxfire,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.11.1983 | """Amen Corner"" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 83 performances" |
| 10.11.1983 | Federal government shut down |
| 10.11.1984 | "Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21" |
| 10.11.1984 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood" |
| 10.11.1984 | Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40 |
| 10.11.1985 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 10.11.1986 | Bangladesh Constitution restored |
| 10.11.1987 | Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award |
| 10.11.1988 | China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 |
| 10.11.1988 | MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) |
| 10.11.1988 | NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes |
| 10.11.1988 | Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award |
| 10.11.1989 | "Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns" |
| 10.11.1989 | Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall |
| 10.11.1990 | Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) |
| 10.11.1991 | Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception |
| 10.11.1991 | "Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30" |
| 10.11.1991 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 10.11.1991 | "Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins" |
| 10.11.1991 | "Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game" |
| 10.11.1991 | South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India |
| 10.11.1993 | """Joseph and the Amazing"" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 223 performances" |
| 10.11.1993 | Slowakije government of Meciar forms |
| 10.11.1997 | Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served |
| 10.11.1997 | """Jackie - An American Life,"" opens at Belasco Theater New York City" |
| 10.11.1997 | "Nanny Louise Woodward, murder sentenced downgrade to manslaughter" |
| 11.11.537 | St. Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 11.11.887 | Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns |
| 11.11.1158 | Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy |
| 11.11.1208 | Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king |
| 11.11.1215 | 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome |
| 11.11.1417 | Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V |
| 11.11.1493 | Columbus discovers Saba |
| 11.11.1500 | Treaty of Granada: France and Aragon divide Naples |
| 11.11.1503 | Pope Julius II elected |
| 11.11.1572 | Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem |
| 11.11.1606 | Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok |
| 11.11.1620 | "41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)" |
| 11.11.1640 | "John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London" |
| 11.11.1647 | Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law |
| 11.11.1648 | "Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands" |
| 11.11.1671 | Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine |
| 11.11.1688 | Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England |
| 11.11.1714 | "A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street" |
| 11.11.1725 | "Georg F. Handels opera ""Tamerlano,"" premieres in London" |
| 11.11.1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England |
| 11.11.1752 | Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna |
| 11.11.1778 | Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre |
| 11.11.1790 | Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China |
| 11.11.1811 | Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain |
| 11.11.1813 | Dresden surrenders to allied armies |
| 11.11.1836 | Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru |
| 11.11.1838 | Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal |
| 11.11.1851 | Alvan Clark patents telescope |
| 11.11.1862 | "Opera ""La Forza Del Destino"" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia)" |
| 11.11.1864 | "Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL" |
| 11.11.1864 | "Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia" |
| 11.11.1865 | "Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor" |
| 11.11.1865 | "Thomas Robertsons ""Society,"" premieres in London" |
| 11.11.1868 | 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) |
| 11.11.1889 | Washington admitted as 42nd state |
| 11.11.1890 | D. McCree patents portable fire escape |
| 11.11.1895 | Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony |
| 11.11.1896 | Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War |
| 11.11.1899 | "Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' ""Floradora,"" premieres in London" |
| 11.11.1901 | "Maurice Ravel composition ""Jeux d'eau"" premieres" |
| 11.11.1906 | "Ethel Smyth' ""Standrecht,"" premieres in Leipzig" |
| 11.11.1909 | Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins |
| 11.11.1909 | "J. M. Synge's ""Tinker's Wedding,"" premieres in London" |
| 11.11.1918 | Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) |
| 11.11.1918 | Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution |
| 11.11.1918 | Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates |
| 11.11.1918 | "Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice" |
| 11.11.1918 | Poland declares independence |
| 11.11.1919 | Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views |
| 11.11.1921 | President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary) |
| 11.11.1922 | Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90') |
| 11.11.1923 | "Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph" |
| 11.11.1924 | Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St. New York City |
| 11.11.1924 | Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF) |
| 11.11.1925 | Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD |
| 11.11.1925 | Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings |
| 11.11.1925 | Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement |
| 11.11.1925 | Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays |
| 11.11.1926 | Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager |
| 11.11.1928 | France's 5th government of Poincare forms |
| 11.11.1928 | KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions |
| 11.11.1928 | WGL-AM in Ft. Wayne IN begins radio transmissions |
| 11.11.1928 | WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions |
| 11.11.1928 | WOL-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions |
| 11.11.1931 | Cornerstones laid for Opera House and Veteran's Building |
| 11.11.1933 | """Great Black Blizzard"" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains" |
| 11.11.1934 | "1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful" |
| 11.11.1934 | WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM |
| 11.11.1935 | "Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD" |
| 11.11.1937 | Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph |
| 11.11.1937 | Nobel prize for physics awarded to C. J. Davisson and G. P. Thomson |
| 11.11.1938 | German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi |
| 11.11.1938 | Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David |
| 11.11.1939 | "Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's ""God Bless America""" |
| 11.11.1940 | "1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier" |
| 11.11.1940 | Blizzard strikes midwestern U.S. killing over 100 |
| 11.11.1940 | British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet |
| 11.11.1940 | Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle - Jeep |
| 11.11.1941 | Czech premier general Eliasj arrested by nazis |
| 11.11.1942 | 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz |
| 11.11.1942 | During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France |
| 11.11.1942 | Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David |
| 11.11.1942 | Last German offensive in Stalingrad |
| 11.11.1942 | Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java |
| 11.11.1942 | Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany |
| 11.11.1943 | Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP |
| 11.11.1943 | U.S. air raid on Rabaul |
| 11.11.1944 | New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4) |
| 11.11.1946 | New York Knicks' 1st game at Madison Square Garden loses 78-68 to Chic Stags |
| 11.11.1949 | "WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 11.11.1953 | Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager |
| 11.11.1957 | Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF) |
| 11.11.1958 | AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 |
| 11.11.1958 | """La Plume de Ma Tante"" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 835 performances" |
| 11.11.1959 | "1st episode of ""Rocky and His Friends"" airs" |
| 11.11.1959 | "Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished" |
| 11.11.1960 | "Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499" |
| 11.11.1961 | Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots |
| 11.11.1961 | "Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party" |
| 11.11.1961 | Stalingrad renamed Volgograd |
| 11.11.1963 | Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles |
| 11.11.1963 | Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record |
| 11.11.1964 | "Murray Schisgal's ""Luv,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.11.1965 | Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas |
| 11.11.1965 | Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith |
| 11.11.1965 | "William Alfred's ""Hogan's Goat,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.11.1966 | Gemini 12 (Lovell and Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight |
| 11.11.1966 | Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church |
| 11.11.1968 | "John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of ""2 Virgins"" album" |
| 11.11.1968 | Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic |
| 11.11.1968 | Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England |
| 11.11.1969 | "Beatles with Billy Preston release ""Get Back"" in UK" |
| 11.11.1969 | Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness |
| 11.11.1970 | Baltimore Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP |
| 11.11.1971 | "Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15" |
| 11.11.1971 | "Neil Simons ""prisoner of Second Avenue,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.11.1972 | "Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time" |
| 11.11.1972 | U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army |
| 11.11.1975 | Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day) |
| 11.11.1975 | Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs) |
| 11.11.1977 | "Wings release ""Mull of Kintyre"" and ""Girl's School""" |
| 11.11.1978 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives |
| 11.11.1979 | Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center |
| 11.11.1980 | Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37 |
| 11.11.1980 | Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars |
| 11.11.1981 | Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award |
| 11.11.1981 | """Oh, Brother!"" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 3 performances" |
| 11.11.1982 | 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars |
| 11.11.1982 | 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st coml flight |
| 11.11.1982 | Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60 |
| 11.11.1982 | Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager |
| 11.11.1982 | Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland |
| 11.11.1983 | 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain |
| 11.11.1983 | President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature |
| 11.11.1983 | "Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan at WACA" |
| 11.11.1984 | """3 Musketeers"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 9 performances" |
| 11.11.1985 | "1st AIDS theme TV movie - ""An Early Frost""" |
| 11.11.1985 | Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB |
| 11.11.1985 | Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing |
| 11.11.1986 | Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 11.11.1986 | Suriname government proclaims gold purification |
| 11.11.1987 | Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court |
| 11.11.1987 | Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns |
| 11.11.1987 | Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards |
| 11.11.1987 | """Roza"" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 12 performances" |
| 11.11.1987 | "Van Gogh's ""Irises"" sells for record $53.6 M at auction" |
| 11.11.1988 | Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science |
| 11.11.1989 | """Prince of Central Park"" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 4 performances" |
| 11.11.1989 | Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson |
| 11.11.1990 | Calif's Chuck Finley and Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between U.S. and Japanese all-star teams |
| 11.11.1990 | """Shadowlands"" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 169 performances" |
| 11.11.1992 | Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests |
| 11.11.1993 | Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder |
| 11.11.1994 | "Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's ""Codex"" for $30,800,000" |
| 11.11.1994 | Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir |
| 11.11.1996 | Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 11.11.1997 | Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award |
| 11.11.1997 | WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington D.C. |
| 11.11.1999 | "Last upside down date until January 1, 6000" |
| 12.11.295 | Origin of Era of Ascension |
| 12.11.607 | Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 12.11.954 | Lotharius becomes king of France |
| 12.11.1591 | Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza |
| 12.11.1614 | Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends |
| 12.11.1673 | Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn |
| 12.11.1682 | Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy |
| 12.11.1727 | France and Bavaria renew secret treaty |
| 12.11.1775 | General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks |
| 12.11.1813 | Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth |
| 12.11.1823 | Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens |
| 12.11.1859 | Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name |
| 12.11.1873 | Bay District Race Track opens |
| 12.11.1885 | Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game |
| 12.11.1892 | "Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football" |
| 12.11.1892 | "Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player" |
| 12.11.1899 | British troops reach Durban Natal |
| 12.11.1900 | "World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors" |
| 12.11.1906 | "C W Gregory (NSW vs. Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps" |
| 12.11.1910 | 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon |
| 12.11.1912 | Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in Antarctica |
| 12.11.1914 | Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war |
| 12.11.1915 | Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago |
| 12.11.1915 | Theodore W. Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 12.11.1918 | "Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic" |
| 12.11.1919 | Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia |
| 12.11.1920 | Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner |
| 12.11.1921 | Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments |
| 12.11.1923 | "In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power" |
| 12.11.1924 | Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron |
| 12.11.1925 | U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts |
| 12.11.1927 | "1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens" |
| 12.11.1927 | Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green |
| 12.11.1927 | Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator |
| 12.11.1928 | "British steamer ""Vestris"" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110" |
| 12.11.1931 | "Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1" |
| 12.11.1931 | "Sibelius/Ashton's ballet ""Lady of Shalott,"" premieres in London" |
| 12.11.1932 | 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion |
| 12.11.1933 | "1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0" |
| 12.11.1933 | 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is taken |
| 12.11.1933 | 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) |
| 12.11.1933 | Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany |
| 12.11.1936 | Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill |
| 12.11.1936 | Oakland Bay Bridge opens |
| 12.11.1936 | St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt |
| 12.11.1938 | Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland |
| 12.11.1939 | Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David |
| 12.11.1940 | "Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)" |
| 12.11.1941 | Germany's drive to take Moscow halted |
| 12.11.1941 | WOV-AM and WNEW-AM in New York City swaps call letters |
| 12.11.1942 | "In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began" |
| 12.11.1943 | Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands |
| 12.11.1944 | "RAF sink German battleship ""Tirpitz"" at Tromso Fjord Norway" |
| 12.11.1945 | Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN) |
| 12.11.1946 | "1st ""autobank"" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)" |
| 12.11.1946 | "Walt Disney's ""Song Of South"" released" |
| 12.11.1947 | "KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)" |
| 12.11.1947 | Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced |
| 12.11.1948 | Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal |
| 12.11.1950 | Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards |
| 12.11.1951 | 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala |
| 12.11.1951 | """Paint Your Wagon"" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performances" |
| 12.11.1952 | Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP |
| 12.11.1952 | White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape |
| 12.11.1953 | "David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel" |
| 12.11.1953 | "U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games" |
| 12.11.1954 | "Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed" |
| 12.11.1955 | 1st West German officers sworn in |
| 12.11.1955 | "Date returned to in ""Back to the Future"" and ""Back to the Future II""" |
| 12.11.1955 | "E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame" |
| 12.11.1956 | "Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted" |
| 12.11.1958 | Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1959 | White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP |
| 12.11.1960 | Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails |
| 12.11.1963 | "Train crash in Japan, kills 164" |
| 12.11.1964 | Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
| 12.11.1964 | Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH |
| 12.11.1965 | Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines |
| 12.11.1965 | General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka |
| 12.11.1965 | "Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ" |
| 12.11.1965 | Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus |
| 12.11.1966 | "Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ" |
| 12.11.1966 | Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record |
| 12.11.1966 | High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame |
| 12.11.1967 | Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic |
| 12.11.1967 | "Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7" |
| 12.11.1968 | "KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 12.11.1968 | Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional |
| 12.11.1969 | Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union |
| 12.11.1969 | Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP |
| 12.11.1969 | "U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19" |
| 12.11.1969 | "WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast" |
| 12.11.1970 | "240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die" |
| 12.11.1970 | "Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103" |
| 12.11.1970 | Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell |
| 12.11.1973 | Dmitri Shostakovitch' 14th String Quartet premieres |
| 12.11.1974 | South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies |
| 12.11.1975 | New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1975 | Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years |
| 12.11.1977 | Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New Orleans |
| 12.11.1977 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 12.11.1977 | "New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest ""Dutch"" Morial" |
| 12.11.1978 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open |
| 12.11.1978 | """Platinum"" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances" |
| 12.11.1979 | President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil |
| 12.11.1979 | Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal |
| 12.11.1979 | U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets |
| 12.11.1980 | Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1980 | "U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn" |
| 12.11.1981 | "1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V" |
| 12.11.1981 | 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) |
| 12.11.1981 | "Bill C. Davis' ""Mass Appeal,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.11.1981 | Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's |
| 12.11.1981 | Great Britain performs nuclear test |
| 12.11.1981 | "Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World" |
| 12.11.1982 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 12.11.1982 | U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader |
| 12.11.1982 | "Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215" |
| 12.11.1983 | 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas |
| 12.11.1983 | "New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3" |
| 12.11.1984 | "Paul McCartney releases ""We All Stand Together""" |
| 12.11.1984 | Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage |
| 12.11.1985 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct" |
| 12.11.1985 | R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane |
| 12.11.1985 | STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 12.11.1986 | France performs nuclear test |
| 12.11.1986 | Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously |
| 12.11.1987 | Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine |
| 12.11.1987 | """Teddy and Alice"" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances" |
| 12.11.1987 | "Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World" |
| 12.11.1988 | Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7) |
| 12.11.1988 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 12.11.1989 | Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years |
| 12.11.1989 | "George Forest's musical ""Grand Hotel,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.11.1989 | """Grand Hotel"" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances" |
| 12.11.1991 | Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1991 | """Full House"" 100th episode-twins are born" |
| 12.11.1991 | Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die |
| 12.11.1992 | New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time |
| 12.11.1995 | 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 |
| 12.11.1995 | 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 |
| 12.11.1995 | Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe |
| 12.11.1995 | "Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003" |
| 12.11.1995 | New York MTA raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 |
| 12.11.1995 | "STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit" |
| 12.11.1996 | Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1997 | Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004 |
| 12.11.1997 | Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 12.11.1998 | "New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak" |
| 13.11.866 | Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra) |
| 13.11.1002 | English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers |
| 13.11.1511 | England signs on to the Saint League |
| 13.11.1553 | English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason |
| 13.11.1565 | "King Philip II's ""Letters out Segovia"" reaches Brussels" |
| 13.11.1565 | Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei |
| 13.11.1642 | "Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament" |
| 13.11.1673 | Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn |
| 13.11.1715 | Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar |
| 13.11.1715 | Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders |
| 13.11.1775 | American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal |
| 13.11.1781 | English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon |
| 13.11.1789 | "Ben Franklin writes ""Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes""" |
| 13.11.1830 | "Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes ""Old Ironsides""" |
| 13.11.1839 | "1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY" |
| 13.11.1843 | Mt. Rainier in Washington State erupts |
| 13.11.1849 | Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California |
| 13.11.1851 | "1st meeting of anti-revolutionary ""Netherlands and Orange""" |
| 13.11.1851 | Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked |
| 13.11.1854 | """New Era"" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300" |
| 13.11.1862 | "Battle of Holly Spring, MS" |
| 13.11.1865 | 1st U.S. gold certificates issued |
| 13.11.1865 | PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport |
| 13.11.1865 | U.S. issues 1st gold certificates |
| 13.11.1868 | American Philological Association organized in NY |
| 13.11.1875 | Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms |
| 13.11.1875 | National Bowling Association organized in New York City |
| 13.11.1885 | Serbian army occupies Bulgaria |
| 13.11.1895 | 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii |
| 13.11.1900 | Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League |
| 13.11.1906 | C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland |
| 13.11.1907 | French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) |
| 13.11.1909 | 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill |
| 13.11.1909 | Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game |
| 13.11.1913 | 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob |
| 13.11.1916 | British offensive at Ancre Belgium |
| 13.11.1918 | Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne |
| 13.11.1918 | Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 13.11.1918 | Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg |
| 13.11.1920 | Hudson River frozen at Albany |
| 13.11.1921 | """Sheik,"" starring Rudolph Valentino, is released" |
| 13.11.1921 | "U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty" |
| 13.11.1922 | Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY |
| 13.11.1922 | "George Cohan's musical ""Little Nellie Kelly,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 13.11.1922 | "Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's ""'49ers,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 13.11.1926 | Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java |
| 13.11.1927 | "NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens" |
| 13.11.1928 | Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC |
| 13.11.1930 | "WA Drake's ""Grand Hotel,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 13.11.1931 | Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st U.S. woman senator |
| 13.11.1933 | "1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn" |
| 13.11.1935 | Anti-British riots in Egypt |
| 13.11.1937 | NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio |
| 13.11.1938 | "America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified" |
| 13.11.1940 | "Walt Disney's ""Fantasia"" released" |
| 13.11.1941 | "British aircraft carrier ""Ark Royal"" sank in Mediterranean" |
| 13.11.1941 | German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic |
| 13.11.1942 | "Chaotic ""sea battle of Friday the 13th"" at Guadalcanal" |
| 13.11.1942 | Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 |
| 13.11.1945 | Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India |
| 13.11.1946 | "1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA" |
| 13.11.1946 | Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI vs. the MCC |
| 13.11.1948 | """As the Girls Go"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances" |
| 13.11.1950 | U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest |
| 13.11.1951 | "Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)" |
| 13.11.1952 | False fingernails 1st sold |
| 13.11.1952 | "KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 13.11.1953 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres" |
| 13.11.1955 | 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba |
| 13.11.1955 | Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president |
| 13.11.1956 | Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses |
| 13.11.1958 | New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League |
| 13.11.1960 | Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) |
| 13.11.1960 | "Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt" |
| 13.11.1961 | "WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 13.11.1964 | "Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points" |
| 13.11.1964 | Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor |
| 13.11.1965 | """Skyscraper"" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances" |
| 13.11.1965 | """Yarmouth Castle"" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89" |
| 13.11.1966 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open |
| 13.11.1967 | NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City |
| 13.11.1968 | Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP |
| 13.11.1969 | VP Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion |
| 13.11.1970 | "Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh" |
| 13.11.1970 | "Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed" |
| 13.11.1970 | Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup |
| 13.11.1971 | "Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)" |
| 13.11.1973 | """Gigi"" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances" |
| 13.11.1973 | Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously |
| 13.11.1974 | Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP |
| 13.11.1975 | """Musical Jubilee"" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances" |
| 13.11.1977 | 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot |
| 13.11.1977 | "Final Al Capp comic strip of ""Li'l Abner"" (1934-77)" |
| 13.11.1977 | Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open |
| 13.11.1978 | NASA launches HEAO |
| 13.11.1979 | "British newspaper ""Times"" resumes publishing after 1 year" |
| 13.11.1979 | Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president |
| 13.11.1979 | Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL |
| 13.11.1980 | "Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend" |
| 13.11.1980 | U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn |
| 13.11.1981 | "Ringo releases ""Wrack My Brains""" |
| 13.11.1982 | Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini |
| 13.11.1982 | Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. |
| 13.11.1983 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
| 13.11.1984 | David Levy finds his 1st comet |
| 13.11.1984 | Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award |
| 13.11.1985 | "Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award" |
| 13.11.1985 | "Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000" |
| 13.11.1986 | "Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World" |
| 13.11.1986 | NASA launches space vehicle S-199 |
| 13.11.1986 | U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran |
| 13.11.1987 | 1st condom commercial on BBC TV |
| 13.11.1989 | "Paul McCartney releases ""Figure of 8"" and ""Ou Est Le Soleil""" |
| 13.11.1990 | Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 13.11.1991 | "Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state" |
| 13.11.1991 | Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 13.11.1992 | Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title |
| 13.11.1993 | 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka |
| 13.11.1993 | "Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed" |
| 13.11.1993 | Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president |
| 13.11.1994 | Sweden agrees to join European Union |
| 13.11.1996 | Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime) |
| 13.11.1996 | Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP |
| 13.11.1996 | """Three Sisters,"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City" |
| 13.11.1997 | "Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP" |
| 13.11.1997 | """Lion King,"" opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City" |
| 13.11.1997 | U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq |
| 14.11.1380 | King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 |
| 14.11.1524 | "Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia" |
| 14.11.1550 | Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente |
| 14.11.1666 | Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) |
| 14.11.1675 | Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine |
| 14.11.1677 | Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart |
| 14.11.1698 | Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir |
| 14.11.1732 | "1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila" |
| 14.11.1755 | Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State |
| 14.11.1775 | Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces |
| 14.11.1792 | Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay |
| 14.11.1832 | 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets |
| 14.11.1833 | Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo |
| 14.11.1834 | William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months |
| 14.11.1851 | """Moby Dick,"" by Herman Melville, published" |
| 14.11.1863 | Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee |
| 14.11.1863 | "Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi" |
| 14.11.1881 | Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination |
| 14.11.1881 | Leon Gambetta forms French government |
| 14.11.1888 | "St. Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes" |
| 14.11.1888 | USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game |
| 14.11.1889 | "New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6" |
| 14.11.1889 | New York World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip |
| 14.11.1893 | "Gerhart Hauptmanns ""Hanneles Himmelfahrt,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 14.11.1894 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez""" |
| 14.11.1896 | Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation |
| 14.11.1905 | "David Belasco's ""Girl of Golden West,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 14.11.1906 | Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country (Panama) |
| 14.11.1908 | Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light |
| 14.11.1908 | "Oscar Strauss' musical ""Der tapfere Soldat,"" premieres in Vienna" |
| 14.11.1910 | "1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va" |
| 14.11.1914 | Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game |
| 14.11.1915 | Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia |
| 14.11.1918 | Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president |
| 14.11.1919 | "Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia" |
| 14.11.1920 | American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards |
| 14.11.1922 | BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House |
| 14.11.1922 | German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends |
| 14.11.1927 | Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die |
| 14.11.1931 | Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England |
| 14.11.1935 | Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth |
| 14.11.1935 | Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship |
| 14.11.1936 | Bradman scores 192 for S A vs. Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000 |
| 14.11.1938 | "Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die" |
| 14.11.1939 | "Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela" |
| 14.11.1940 | "During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England" |
| 14.11.1941 | Governor-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees |
| 14.11.1942 | Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender |
| 14.11.1943 | Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7) |
| 14.11.1943 | "J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN" |
| 14.11.1945 | "H Lindsay and R Crouse's ""State of the Union,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 14.11.1945 | Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government |
| 14.11.1946 | "Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11" |
| 14.11.1952 | Greek general Papagos wins elections |
| 14.11.1953 | "WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.11.1954 | Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared |
| 14.11.1956 | Hungarian revolt put down |
| 14.11.1957 | "Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ" |
| 14.11.1957 | Henry Aaron wins NL MVP |
| 14.11.1959 | """Girls against the Boys"" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances" |
| 14.11.1959 | Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) |
| 14.11.1960 | 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech) |
| 14.11.1960 | Belgium threatens to leave United Nations due to criticism on it's Congo-policy |
| 14.11.1960 | "OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms" |
| 14.11.1960 | "Ray Charles' ""Georgia On My Mind"" reaches #1" |
| 14.11.1960 | Riot due to school integration in New Orleans |
| 14.11.1964 | Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal |
| 14.11.1964 | """Fade Out-Fade In"" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 199 performances" |
| 14.11.1964 | """Follies Bergere"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances" |
| 14.11.1964 | """Oliver!"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 774 performances" |
| 14.11.1965 | """Baker Street"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances" |
| 14.11.1965 | "George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th New York City, demolished" |
| 14.11.1965 | "KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, California (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.11.1965 | Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open |
| 14.11.1965 | "U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam" |
| 14.11.1966 | Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title |
| 14.11.1968 | 1st European lung transplant |
| 14.11.1968 | """National Turn in Your Draft Card Day"" features draft card burning" |
| 14.11.1968 | Yale University announces it is going co-educational |
| 14.11.1969 | 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US |
| 14.11.1969 | Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing |
| 14.11.1970 | "DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed" |
| 14.11.1972 | "Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)" |
| 14.11.1973 | "Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips" |
| 14.11.1973 | Canada begins production of Olympic coins |
| 14.11.1973 | """Good Evening"" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances" |
| 14.11.1973 | Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner |
| 14.11.1973 | Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously |
| 14.11.1975 | "Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara" |
| 14.11.1976 | Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks |
| 14.11.1976 | """Don't Step on My Olive Branch"" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances" |
| 14.11.1976 | War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing |
| 14.11.1977 | Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite |
| 14.11.1979 | "California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP" |
| 14.11.1980 | Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral |
| 14.11.1980 | "Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World" |
| 14.11.1980 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 14.11.1981 | 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth |
| 14.11.1981 | Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again |
| 14.11.1981 | "Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18" |
| 14.11.1981 | Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins |
| 14.11.1982 | Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed |
| 14.11.1983 | "1st cruise missile placed, Greenham Common, England" |
| 14.11.1984 | "Astronauts aboard ""Discovery"" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit" |
| 14.11.1984 | NASA launches NATO-3D |
| 14.11.1985 | Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers |
| 14.11.1985 | "Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World" |
| 14.11.1985 | "Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed" |
| 14.11.1986 | Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon |
| 14.11.1986 | FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila |
| 14.11.1986 | SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky |
| 14.11.1987 | """La Cage aux Folles"" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 1761 performances" |
| 14.11.1987 | Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett |
| 14.11.1989 | Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 14.11.1990 | "Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die" |
| 14.11.1990 | Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award |
| 14.11.1990 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 14.11.1990 | Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 14.11.1990 | Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party |
| 14.11.1991 | "Michael Jackson's ""Black or White"" video premieres on FOX TV" |
| 14.11.1991 | Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks |
| 14.11.1992 | "Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls and breaks 3 fingers" |
| 14.11.1993 | 23rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24 |
| 14.11.1993 | 24th New York City Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04 |
| 14.11.1993 | Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history |
| 14.11.1993 | """Kentucky Cycle"" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 34 performances" |
| 14.11.1993 | Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st U.S. state |
| 14.11.1993 | """Twilight of the Golds"" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 29 performances" |
| 14.11.1994 | 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel |
| 14.11.1994 | "Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands" |
| 14.11.1996 | """Chicago,"" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City" |
| 14.11.1996 | Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP |
| 14.11.1997 | Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP |
| 14.11.1997 | "Disney's ""Lion King"" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale" |
| 15.11.1315 | Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian |
| 15.11.1316 | "Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later" |
| 15.11.1348 | Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells |
| 15.11.1491 | 6 Jews and 5 Conversos accused of killing Christians in La Guardia Spain |
| 15.11.1491 | "Anna van Bretagne becomes devoted to end ""la guerre folle""" |
| 15.11.1492 | Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco |
| 15.11.1492 | "In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic" |
| 15.11.1527 | Treaty of Beautiful garden (emperor-ecclesiastical goods) |
| 15.11.1532 | Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn |
| 15.11.1533 | Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco |
| 15.11.1577 | Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington |
| 15.11.1583 | Gelders Earl Willem of the Bergh flees |
| 15.11.1660 | 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam) |
| 15.11.1679 | English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill |
| 15.11.1688 | Prince Willem III's army lands at Torbay England |
| 15.11.1715 | "Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands" |
| 15.11.1727 | "New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase ""upon the faith of a Christian"" from abjuration oath" |
| 15.11.1763 | Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland |
| 15.11.1777 | Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress |
| 15.11.1791 | "1st Catholic college in U.S., Georgetown, opens" |
| 15.11.1806 | "1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue" |
| 15.11.1806 | Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado) |
| 15.11.1813 | Allied troops occupies Groningen |
| 15.11.1813 | Tax revolt in Amsterdam |
| 15.11.1824 | Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland) |
| 15.11.1826 | Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura |
| 15.11.1827 | Creek-indians lose all their property in US |
| 15.11.1832 | "Felix Mendelssohn's ""Reformation,"" premieres" |
| 15.11.1835 | HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti |
| 15.11.1837 | Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system |
| 15.11.1845 | "Opera ""Maritana"" is produced (London)" |
| 15.11.1849 | 1st U.S. poultry show opens in Boston |
| 15.11.1864 | "1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York" |
| 15.11.1864 | Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta |
| 15.11.1869 | Free postal delivery formally inaugurated |
| 15.11.1870 | Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union |
| 15.11.1881 | American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) |
| 15.11.1882 | British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger |
| 15.11.1884 | Colonization of Africa orgainized at International conference in Berlin |
| 15.11.1887 | British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong |
| 15.11.1889 | "Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed" |
| 15.11.1899 | Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal |
| 15.11.1901 | James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 15.11.1902 | "Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist" |
| 15.11.1903 | "Eugen d'Alberts opera ""Tiefland,"" premieres in Prague" |
| 15.11.1904 | King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade |
| 15.11.1911 | Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 and $10 gold coins |
| 15.11.1914 | Ital socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia |
| 15.11.1919 | Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty) |
| 15.11.1920 | "Ernst Toller's ""Massen und Menschen,"" premieres in Neurenberg" |
| 15.11.1920 | Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection |
| 15.11.1920 | "League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva" |
| 15.11.1921 | KYW-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions |
| 15.11.1922 | British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party |
| 15.11.1924 | Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms |
| 15.11.1926 | "1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)" |
| 15.11.1926 | AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City) |
| 15.11.1932 | Walt Disney Art School created |
| 15.11.1934 | Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C. Urey (deuterium) |
| 15.11.1935 | Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated |
| 15.11.1936 | Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact |
| 15.11.1937 | 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers |
| 15.11.1938 | "1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York" |
| 15.11.1938 | Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona |
| 15.11.1939 | Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia |
| 15.11.1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. |
| 15.11.1939 | Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews |
| 15.11.1939 | Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check |
| 15.11.1940 | "1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime" |
| 15.11.1940 | 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington and AC Seagulls |
| 15.11.1940 | New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic |
| 15.11.1941 | Cow Palace opens in San Francisco |
| 15.11.1941 | Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier |
| 15.11.1944 | Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank |
| 15.11.1945 | The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of |
| 15.11.1946 | Joseph McCarthy's HUAC interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley |
| 15.11.1946 | Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP |
| 15.11.1947 | "Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 vs. Indians at the SCG" |
| 15.11.1947 | Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal |
| 15.11.1948 | William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada |
| 15.11.1949 | "KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.11.1949 | "WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 15.11.1950 | Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League |
| 15.11.1951 | "Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI vs. MCC, Lahore" |
| 15.11.1951 | New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year |
| 15.11.1953 | "WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.11.1953 | "WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.11.1954 | 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins |
| 15.11.1955 | Poland and Yugoslavia sign trade agreement |
| 15.11.1956 | "Elvis Presley's 1st film ""Love Me Tender,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 15.11.1956 | """Li'l Abner"" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 693 performances" |
| 15.11.1957 | "U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000" |
| 15.11.1959 | "Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17" |
| 15.11.1960 | Elgin Baylor of NBA Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points vs New York Knicks |
| 15.11.1960 | "USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched" |
| 15.11.1961 | Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth |
| 15.11.1961 | Roger Maris is voted AL MVP |
| 15.11.1961 | U.N. bans nuclear arms |
| 15.11.1962 | Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award |
| 15.11.1964 | Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV |
| 15.11.1964 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open |
| 15.11.1964 | "KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.11.1964 | "Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro" |
| 15.11.1964 | Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns |
| 15.11.1965 | Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) |
| 15.11.1966 | Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth |
| 15.11.1967 | Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP |
| 15.11.1967 | Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km |
| 15.11.1967 | "WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.11.1968 | "1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary ""Ball Four""" |
| 15.11.1969 | 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland) |
| 15.11.1969 | 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back) |
| 15.11.1969 | "250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War" |
| 15.11.1969 | "Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla" |
| 15.11.1969 | Wendy's Hamburgers opens |
| 15.11.1971 | Intel advertises 4004-processor |
| 15.11.1972 | Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway New York City |
| 15.11.1972 | Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays |
| 15.11.1972 | White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP |
| 15.11.1973 | Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war |
| 15.11.1974 | "Ringo releases ""Goodnight Vienna"" and ""Only You"" in UK" |
| 15.11.1975 | Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 15.11.1976 | Syrian army conquerors Beirut |
| 15.11.1977 | President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran |
| 15.11.1978 | "183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka" |
| 15.11.1978 | "Harold Pinter's ""Betrayal,"" premieres in London" |
| 15.11.1978 | Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP |
| 15.11.1979 | ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage |
| 15.11.1979 | Brit government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring |
| 15.11.1980 | "Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany," |
| 15.11.1981 | """Camelot"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances" |
| 15.11.1982 | Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev |
| 15.11.1983 | 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy |
| 15.11.1983 | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed |
| 15.11.1986 | 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts) |
| 15.11.1987 | "28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver" |
| 15.11.1987 | Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34) |
| 15.11.1987 | "Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America" |
| 15.11.1987 | "New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game" |
| 15.11.1987 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 15.11.1988 | "91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses" |
| 15.11.1988 | Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award |
| 15.11.1988 | "PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence" |
| 15.11.1988 | Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits) |
| 15.11.1989 | "Aaron Sorkin's ""Few Good Men,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 15.11.1989 | Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award |
| 15.11.1989 | """Few Good Men"" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances" |
| 15.11.1989 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 15.11.1989 | Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis and Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi |
| 15.11.1989 | Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games |
| 15.11.1990 | President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990 |
| 15.11.1990 | Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album |
| 15.11.1990 | U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit |
| 15.11.1991 | Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive) |
| 15.11.1991 | Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game |
| 15.11.1992 | "Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die" |
| 15.11.1992 | "Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 vs. SA, Durban)" |
| 15.11.1993 | Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM |
| 15.11.1993 | Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher |
| 15.11.1994 | "6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45" |
| 15.11.1994 | """Glass Menagerie"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 57 performances" |
| 15.11.1994 | Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes) |
| 15.11.1994 | Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election |
| 15.11.1995 | """Master Class"" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances" |
| 15.11.1995 | Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir |
| 15.11.1996 | """Into the Whirlwind"" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances" |
| 15.11.1997 | 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards |
| 15.11.1997 | William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd |
| 15.11.1999 | Next transit of Mercury visible in North America |
| 16.11.13 | Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany |
| 16.11.1380 | French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever |
| 16.11.1532 | Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca |
| 16.11.1572 | Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen |
| 16.11.1632 | Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein |
| 16.11.1676 | "1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass" |
| 16.11.1677 | French troops occupy Freiburg |
| 16.11.1683 | Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia |
| 16.11.1700 | Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia |
| 16.11.1763 | English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel |
| 16.11.1764 | Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac |
| 16.11.1771 | West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname |
| 16.11.1776 | 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius |
| 16.11.1776 | British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution |
| 16.11.1798 | Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress |
| 16.11.1801 | 1st edition of New York Evening Post |
| 16.11.1805 | Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French |
| 16.11.1811 | Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards |
| 16.11.1824 | New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business |
| 16.11.1835 | Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society |
| 16.11.1841 | Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) |
| 16.11.1841 | N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver |
| 16.11.1856 | Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens |
| 16.11.1859 | "Aleksandr Ostrovsky's ""Groza,"" premieres in Moscow" |
| 16.11.1863 | "Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities" |
| 16.11.1864 | "Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia" |
| 16.11.1864 | Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War |
| 16.11.1870 | Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I |
| 16.11.1875 | Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians |
| 16.11.1875 | "William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities" |
| 16.11.1882 | British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger |
| 16.11.1894 | "6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan" |
| 16.11.1894 | French capt Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa |
| 16.11.1901 | "3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds" |
| 16.11.1903 | "V Herbert and H Smith' musical ""Babette,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.11.1905 | Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia |
| 16.11.1907 | Oklahoma becomes 46th state |
| 16.11.1908 | Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera |
| 16.11.1909 | EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms |
| 16.11.1914 | Federal Reserve System formally opens |
| 16.11.1914 | Pope Benedict XV calls for peace |
| 16.11.1916 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Bound East for Cardiff,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.11.1916 | I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City |
| 16.11.1916 | "U.S.S.R. La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000" |
| 16.11.1917 | British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa |
| 16.11.1918 | Hungarian People's Republic declared |
| 16.11.1919 | Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Bela Kuns Soviet Republic |
| 16.11.1920 | 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut |
| 16.11.1922 | Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite |
| 16.11.1922 | Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help |
| 16.11.1924 | "Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record)" |
| 16.11.1925 | American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) |
| 16.11.1925 | "Philip Barry's ""In a Garden,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.11.1926 | "New York Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0" |
| 16.11.1933 | Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator |
| 16.11.1933 | Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. |
| 16.11.1935 | "Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical ""Jumbo,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.11.1936 | German air force begins bombing of Madrid |
| 16.11.1938 | K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India |
| 16.11.1939 | Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail |
| 16.11.1939 | German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland |
| 16.11.1941 | German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) |
| 16.11.1942 | Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed |
| 16.11.1944 | U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen |
| 16.11.1945 | "Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st U.S. Jewish College" |
| 16.11.1947 | "15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis" |
| 16.11.1948 | Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel |
| 16.11.1950 | Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops |
| 16.11.1950 | U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps |
| 16.11.1950 | U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat |
| 16.11.1952 | Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election |
| 16.11.1955 | 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) |
| 16.11.1955 | "Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with ""Cry Cry Cry""" |
| 16.11.1955 | KLM orders 8 DC-8's |
| 16.11.1955 | Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco |
| 16.11.1957 | Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89 |
| 16.11.1957 | """Copper and Brass"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances" |
| 16.11.1957 | Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 |
| 16.11.1959 | """Sound of Music"" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances" |
| 16.11.1960 | NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP |
| 16.11.1961 | Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries |
| 16.11.1962 | "Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)" |
| 16.11.1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks |
| 16.11.1963 | "Toledo, OH newspaper strike began" |
| 16.11.1963 | Touch-tone telephone introduced |
| 16.11.1964 | Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission |
| 16.11.1964 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 16.11.1965 | "Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)" |
| 16.11.1965 | Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow |
| 16.11.1966 | "Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury" |
| 16.11.1966 | Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP |
| 16.11.1969 | "1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported" |
| 16.11.1972 | """Dear Oscar"" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 5 performances" |
| 16.11.1973 | "John Lennon releases ""Mind Games"" album" |
| 16.11.1973 | President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline |
| 16.11.1973 | Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit |
| 16.11.1974 | "1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away" |
| 16.11.1974 | "John Lennon's only solo #1 ""Whatever Gets You Through the Night""" |
| 16.11.1974 | Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) |
| 16.11.1975 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open |
| 16.11.1976 | "Rene Levesque's ""Parti Quebecois"" wins elections in Quebec" |
| 16.11.1976 | "Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60" |
| 16.11.1977 | Rod Carew wins AL MVP award |
| 16.11.1978 | Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft |
| 16.11.1979 | "Paul McCartney releases ""Wonderful Christmas""" |
| 16.11.1980 | Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards |
| 16.11.1981 | "Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis" |
| 16.11.1981 | Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) |
| 16.11.1981 | """Merrily We Roll Along"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances" |
| 16.11.1982 | 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB |
| 16.11.1982 | Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike |
| 16.11.1982 | Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight |
| 16.11.1982 | "Tom Stoppard's ""Real Thing,"" premieres in London" |
| 16.11.1983 | "Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose" |
| 16.11.1984 | 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center |
| 16.11.1984 | Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record |
| 16.11.1984 | Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket |
| 16.11.1984 | "John Lennon releases ""Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him""" |
| 16.11.1987 | Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz |
| 16.11.1987 | "Paul McCartney releases ""Once Upon a Long Ago""" |
| 16.11.1988 | Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years |
| 16.11.1988 | Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs |
| 16.11.1988 | Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson |
| 16.11.1988 | Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election |
| 16.11.1988 | Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel |
| 16.11.1989 | 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops |
| 16.11.1989 | """Gypsy"" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 477 performances" |
| 16.11.1989 | South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act |
| 16.11.1990 | Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial |
| 16.11.1993 | """Any Given Day"" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 32 performances" |
| 16.11.1993 | "Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont" |
| 16.11.1993 | Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum |
| 16.11.1995 | Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease |
| 16.11.1995 | Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery |
| 16.11.1996 | 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards |
| 16.11.1996 | """Into the Whirlwind"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances" |
| 16.11.1997 | """1776,"" closes at Criterion Theater New York City" |
| 16.11.1997 | "CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23" |
| 17.11.1278 | 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins |
| 17.11.1511 | England and Spain sign anti-French covenant |
| 17.11.1555 | William of Orange becomes member of Council of State |
| 17.11.1558 | Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary |
| 17.11.1734 | "John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted" |
| 17.11.1785 | Church of England organizes in New England |
| 17.11.1796 | Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy |
| 17.11.1800 | Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building |
| 17.11.1800 | John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House |
| 17.11.1839 | "Giuseppe Verdi's opera ""Oberte Conti Di,"" premieres in Milan" |
| 17.11.1842 | "Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston" |
| 17.11.1842 | "Opera ""Linda di Chamounix"" is produced (London)" |
| 17.11.1853 | Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections |
| 17.11.1858 | Origin of Modified Julian Period |
| 17.11.1862 | Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns |
| 17.11.1863 | Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address |
| 17.11.1866 | "Opera ""Mignon"" is produced (Paris)" |
| 17.11.1869 | Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) |
| 17.11.1869 | "Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas" |
| 17.11.1874 | "Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, NZ" |
| 17.11.1875 | Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott |
| 17.11.1877 | "Gilbert/Sullivans operette ""Sorcerer,"" premieres in London" |
| 17.11.1884 | "Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being ""cruel""" |
| 17.11.1888 | St. Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg |
| 17.11.1889 | "Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF" |
| 17.11.1894 | Daily Racing Form founded |
| 17.11.1904 | "George Cohans musical ""Little Johnny Jones,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1913 | "1st U.S. dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct" |
| 17.11.1913 | Panama Canal opens |
| 17.11.1914 | U.S. declares Panama Canal Zone neutral |
| 17.11.1917 | "Lenin defended ""temporary"" removal of freedom of the press" |
| 17.11.1918 | Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH |
| 17.11.1922 | Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship |
| 17.11.1926 | "NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St. Pats 4-1" |
| 17.11.1927 | Tornado hits Washington D.C. |
| 17.11.1928 | Boston Garden officially opens |
| 17.11.1928 | Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years |
| 17.11.1929 | Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico |
| 17.11.1929 | Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo |
| 17.11.1930 | "Musical ""Sweet and Low"" with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1931 | "Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours" |
| 17.11.1932 | "German government of von Papen, resigns" |
| 17.11.1933 | "U.S. recognizes U.S.S.R., opens trade" |
| 17.11.1934 | Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor |
| 17.11.1936 | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio |
| 17.11.1937 | "Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement" |
| 17.11.1938 | Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws |
| 17.11.1939 | German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship |
| 17.11.1939 | "Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's ""Very Warm for May,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1940 | Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane |
| 17.11.1941 | "Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres" |
| 17.11.1945 | """Girl from Nantucket"" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 12 performances" |
| 17.11.1945 | New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF |
| 17.11.1948 | Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry |
| 17.11.1953 | St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc |
| 17.11.1956 | "Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)" |
| 17.11.1956 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 17.11.1957 | "WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 17.11.1958 | "KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 17.11.1959 | De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond |
| 17.11.1959 | Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year |
| 17.11.1959 | William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof |
| 17.11.1960 | New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada |
| 17.11.1962 | """Little Me"" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 257 performances" |
| 17.11.1962 | """Nowhere to Go, But Up"" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances" |
| 17.11.1962 | President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. |
| 17.11.1962 | "Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical ""Little Me,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 17.11.1963 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational |
| 17.11.1964 | British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa |
| 17.11.1965 | General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China PR |
| 17.11.1965 | William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball |
| 17.11.1966 | "Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)" |
| 17.11.1967 | Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names |
| 17.11.1967 | French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia |
| 17.11.1967 | Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon |
| 17.11.1968 | "John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical ""Zorba,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1968 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational |
| 17.11.1968 | "KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 17.11.1968 | "NBC cuts to show ""Heidi,"" misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32" |
| 17.11.1968 | """Zorba"" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances" |
| 17.11.1969 | SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland |
| 17.11.1970 | British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn) |
| 17.11.1970 | Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon |
| 17.11.1972 | Juan Peron returns to Argentina |
| 17.11.1973 | "Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed" |
| 17.11.1973 | "President Nixon tells AP ""...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook""" |
| 17.11.1973 | "Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on ""The Nurse""" |
| 17.11.1974 | Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic |
| 17.11.1974 | Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms |
| 17.11.1976 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 17.11.1977 | "Bernard Pomerance's ""Elephant Man,"" premieres in London" |
| 17.11.1977 | Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel |
| 17.11.1977 | "Miss World Contest - Miss U.K. wears $9,500 platinum bikini" |
| 17.11.1978 | Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin |
| 17.11.1979 | Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball |
| 17.11.1979 | Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages |
| 17.11.1979 | New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City |
| 17.11.1979 | "On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first" |
| 17.11.1980 | "John Lennon releases ""Double Fantasy"" album in U.K." |
| 17.11.1981 | """1st"" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 37 performances" |
| 17.11.1981 | "NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws" |
| 17.11.1982 | Dale Murphy wins NL MVP |
| 17.11.1983 | Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship |
| 17.11.1983 | """La Tragedie de Carmen"" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 187 performances" |
| 17.11.1983 | Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game |
| 17.11.1984 | Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110 |
| 17.11.1984 | Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers |
| 17.11.1985 | Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY |
| 17.11.1985 | New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 |
| 17.11.1986 | """Oh Coward!"" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 56 performances" |
| 17.11.1987 | George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP |
| 17.11.1988 | "Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World" |
| 17.11.1988 | "Neil Simon's ""Rumors,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 17.11.1989 | "Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract" |
| 17.11.1991 | 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV) |
| 17.11.1991 | """Brigadoon"" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 12 performances" |
| 17.11.1991 | Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs Los Angeles Rams |
| 17.11.1992 | Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft |
| 17.11.1992 | "Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test" |
| 17.11.1992 | Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole |
| 17.11.1992 | """Gypsy Passion"" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 55 performances" |
| 17.11.1993 | Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed |
| 17.11.1993 | """Grand Night For Singing"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances" |
| 17.11.1993 | U.S. House of Representatives approve Nafta |
| 17.11.1994 | 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms |
| 17.11.1994 | Irish government of Reynolds resigns |
| 17.11.1994 | """Sunset Boulevard"" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 977 performances" |
| 17.11.1996 | """Present Laughter"" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City" |
| 17.11.1996 | Sam's Town Bowling Invitational |
| 17.11.1997 | Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame |
| 18.11.794 | Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto |
| 18.11.1105 | Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I |
| 18.11.1210 | Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV |
| 18.11.1307 | William Tell shoots apple off his son's head |
| 18.11.1421 | "Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed" |
| 18.11.1421 | "Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands" |
| 18.11.1424 | Storm flood ravages Dutch coast |
| 18.11.1477 | "1st English printed book ""Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers""" |
| 18.11.1494 | French king Charles VIII occupies Florence |
| 18.11.1497 | Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope |
| 18.11.1626 | "St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated" |
| 18.11.1667 | Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC |
| 18.11.1718 | "Voltaires ""Oedipe,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 18.11.1738 | France and Austria sign peace |
| 18.11.1742 | Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant |
| 18.11.1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle |
| 18.11.1755 | Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report |
| 18.11.1776 | "Hessians capture Ft. Lee, NJ" |
| 18.11.1787 | "1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston" |
| 18.11.1793 | Louvre officially opens in Paris |
| 18.11.1803 | "Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French" |
| 18.11.1804 | Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape |
| 18.11.1805 | "30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes" |
| 18.11.1805 | "Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America" |
| 18.11.1805 | "Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent" |
| 18.11.1820 | Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Capt Nathaniel B. Palmer |
| 18.11.1833 | Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven |
| 18.11.1835 | Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti |
| 18.11.1852 | State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) |
| 18.11.1865 | "Mark Twain publishes ""Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County""" |
| 18.11.1874 | National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland |
| 18.11.1883 | "Antonin Dvorak's ""Husitska,"" premieres" |
| 18.11.1883 | Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada |
| 18.11.1889 | Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii |
| 18.11.1893 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus |
| 18.11.1894 | "1st comic strip ""Origin of a New Species,"" by Richard Outcault" |
| 18.11.1894 | 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) |
| 18.11.1899 | Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld |
| 18.11.1902 | Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt |
| 18.11.1903 | Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama |
| 18.11.1905 | "George Bernard Shaws ""Major Barbara,"" premieres in London" |
| 18.11.1905 | Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway |
| 18.11.1906 | "Langdon Mitchells ""New York Idea,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 18.11.1909 | "U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya" |
| 18.11.1911 | Britain's 1st seaplane flies |
| 18.11.1911 | "Opera ""Lobetanz"" 1st American performance" |
| 18.11.1912 | Albania declares independence from Turkey |
| 18.11.1913 | Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego) |
| 18.11.1916 | Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe |
| 18.11.1918 | Brussels free Stofnar |
| 18.11.1918 | Latvia declares independence from Russia |
| 18.11.1919 | "H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical ""Irene,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 18.11.1920 | "Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City" |
| 18.11.1922 | Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief |
| 18.11.1926 | Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico |
| 18.11.1928 | "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in ""Steamboat Willie""" |
| 18.11.1929 | "Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates ""kinescope""" |
| 18.11.1929 | Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places |
| 18.11.1929 | Stalin routes troops to Manchuria |
| 18.11.1930 | "Musical ""Smiles"" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City" |
| 18.11.1930 | "Sjostakovitch' opera ""The Nose,"" premiers in Lenningrad" |
| 18.11.1932 | 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March |
| 18.11.1932 | """Flowers and Trees"" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon" |
| 18.11.1936 | Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco |
| 18.11.1936 | Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined |
| 18.11.1939 | "Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die" |
| 18.11.1940 | George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb |
| 18.11.1941 | "British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa" |
| 18.11.1941 | "Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' ""Junior Miss,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 18.11.1941 | Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia |
| 18.11.1942 | "Thornton Wilders ""Skin of our Teeth,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 18.11.1943 | "1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated" |
| 18.11.1943 | 444 British bombers attack Berlin |
| 18.11.1943 | U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean |
| 18.11.1945 | "Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres" |