Events498 - After the death of
Anastasius II,
Symmachus is elected Pope in the
Lateran Palace, while
Laurentius is elected Pope in
Santa Maria Maggiore.
1718 - Off the coast of
North Carolina,
British pirate
Edward Teach (best known as "
Blackbeard") was killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant
Robert Maynard.
1830 -
Charles Grey,
2nd Earl Grey became
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom.
1864 -
American Civil War:
Sherman's March to the Sea:
Confederate General
John Bell Hood invaded
Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw
Union General
William T. Sherman from
Georgia.
1880 -
Vaudeville actress
Lillian Russell made her debut at
Tony Pastor's Theatre in
New York City.
1917 - In
Montreal,
Canada, the
National Hockey Association broke up (on
November 26 it was replaced with the
National Hockey League).
1922 -
Egyptology:
Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opened the tomb of
Tutankhamun.
1935 - The
China Clipper took off from
Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first
airmail cargo across the
Pacific Ocean (the airplane later reached its destination,
Manila, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of
mail).
1940 -
World War II: Following the Italian invasion, Greek troops advanced into Albanian soil and liberated
Korytsa.1940 -
Philip Murray succeeds founder
John L. Lewis as president of the
Congress of Industrial Organizations.
1942 -
World War II:
Battle of Stalingrad - General
Friedrich Paulus sent
Adolf Hitler a
telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded.
1943 - World War II:
War in the Pacific - U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader
Chiang Kai-Shek met in
Cairo,
Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat
Japan (see
Cairo Conference)1943 -
Lebanese Independence Day.
Lebanon gained independence from
France.
1963 -
John F. Kennedy assassination: In
Dallas, Texas, US President
John F. Kennedy was killed and
Texas Governor
John B. Connally was seriously wounded by an assassin, identified as
Lee Harvey Oswald, who was later captured and charged with the murder of
police officer J. D. Tippit. That same day, US Vice-President
Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th
President of the United States.
1967 -
UN Security Council Resolution 242 was adopted by the
UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an
Arab-
Israeli peace settlement.
1968 -
The Beatles released their 9th official album, known as
The Beatles, or more commonly
The White Album.
1972 -
Vietnam War: The
United States loses its first
B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
1974 - The
United Nations General Assembly grants the
Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
1975 -
Juan Carlos is declared
King of Spain following the death of
Francisco Franco.
1977 -
British Airways inaugurates a regular
London to
New York City supersonic
Concorde service.
1986 -
Boxing:
Mike Tyson knocks out
Trevor Berbick in the second round, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion at the age of 20 years and 4 months.
1987 - Two Chicago television stations are
hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as
Max Headroom1988 - In
Palmdale, California, the first prototype
B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
1989 - In West
Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of
Lebanese President
Rene Moawad, killing him.
1990 -
Margaret Thatcher resigns as the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2002 - In
Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the
Miss World contest.
2003 - In
Tbilisi,
Georgia, opponents of President
Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building and demand the president's resignation.
2003 -
Rugby Union:
England Beat
Australia in the Final of the Rugby World Cup to become World Champions2003 - The
Heritage Classic, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the
NHL, is played in
Edmonton, Alberta2004 - The
Orange Revolution begins in
Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.2005 -
Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of
Germany.
2006 -
Tenacious D release their second album
The Pick Of Destiny along with their first movie with the same name
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