Events
43 BC - The
Second Triumvirate alliance of
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"),
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and
Mark Antony is formed. 783 - The
Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from
Mauregatus.
1778 - In the
Hawaiian Islands, Captain
James Cook becomes the first European to visit
Maui.
1789 - A national
Thanksgiving Day is observed in the
United States as recommended by
President George Washington and approved by
Congress.
1805 - Official opening of
Thomas Telford's
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
1825 - At
Union College in
Schenectady, New York a group of college students form
Kappa Alpha Society, the first
college social
fraternity.
1842 - The
University of Notre Dame is founded.
1862 - Charles Dodgson (AKA
Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of
Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old
Alice Liddell.
1863 -
American Civil War:
Mine Run -
Union forces under General
George Meade position against troops led by
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee.
1865 -
Battle of Papudo: The
Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
1909 -
Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the
City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
1917 - The
National Hockey League is formed, with the
Montreal Canadiens,
Montreal Wanderers,
Ottawa Senators,
Quebec Bulldogs, and
Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1918 - The
Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of
Serbia 1922 -
Howard Carter and
Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of
Egyptian King
Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. 1922 -
Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release
film to use two-tone
Technicolor (
The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
1939 -
Shelling of Mainila: The
Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the
Winter War with
Finland four days later.
1941 - US President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth
Thursday in
November as
Thanksgiving Day in the
United States. 1941 -
World War II:
Attack on Pearl Harbor - A fleet of six
aircraft carriers commanded by
Japanese Vice Admiral
Chuichi Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay for
Pearl Harbor under strict
radio silence. 1941 - World War II: The
Hull note ultimatum is delivered to Japan by the United States.
1942 -
Holocaust:
Shoah: 572
Norwegian Jews were deported to
Auschwitz on the cargo vessel Donau. This was the first step on the journey to the death camp
Auschwitz. Altogether the total number of Jews deported from
Norway was 767. 25 of the deported survived. 1942 - The film
Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in
New York City, as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II. 1942 - World War II:
Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the
Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at
Bihać in northwestern
Bosnia.
1944 - World War II: Germans begin
V-1 and
V-2 attacks on
Antwerp, Belgium.
1949 - The
Indian Constituent Assembly adopts
India's
constitution.
1950 -
Korean War: Troops from the
People's Republic of China move into
North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against
South Korean and
American forces (
Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
1965 - In the
Hammaguir launch facility in the
Sahara Desert,
France launches a
Diamant-A rocket with its first
satellite,
Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter
space.
1968 -
Vietnam War:
United States Air Force helicopter pilot
James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by
Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the
Medal of Honor.
1970 - In
Basse-Terre,
Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of
rain fall in a minute, the heaviest
rainfall ever on record.
1977 - '
Vrillon', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over
Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.
1983 -
Brinks Mat robbery: In
London, 6,800
gold bars worth nearly £26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at
Heathrow Airport 1986 -
Iran-Contra scandal: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the
Tower Commission.
1990 - The
Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
1998 -
Tony Blair becomes the first
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the
Republic of Ireland's parliament.
2003 -
Concorde makes its last ever flight over
Bristol,
UK.
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