This Month in History -- November

[duchess of malfi]

To give people something to debate other than the recent US elections.

Nov. 1
1501
Amerigo Vespucci discovers Bahia de Todos Santos on the coast of Brazil
1894
The last Czar, Nicholas II succeeds his father
1956
The Hungarian Revolution against Communist rule; Premier Imre Nagy delares Hungary a neutral state and requests help from the United Nations

November 2
1164
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket begins six year exile in France
1637
Charles Harvard arrives in Massachusetts bay Colony
1783
Congress disbands the Continental Army after the American Revolution
1917
Great Britain issues the Balfour Declaration, stating intent to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

November 3
1839
Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid I issus the "Noble Edict of the Rose Chamber", a decree granting equality to all his subjects, regardless of race or creed
1914
Mary Jacob wins patent for first bra

November 4
1918
one week before the Armistice, great English poet Wilfred Owen is killed in action
1956
Soviet tanks roll into Budapest to stop Hungary's political reform movement
1979
in Iran, the US embassy (and 90 hostages) are siezed
1995
Israei Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

November 5
1605
the Gunpowder Plot to destroy the UK Parliament is uncovered
1891
future Nobel Prize Wimmer Marie Curie enrolls for classes in the Sorbonne; on this same date in 1906 she becomes that college's first female physics professor

November 6
1600
Ishida Mitsunari is executed following his loss in the Batlle of Sekigahara; this loss assured the rise to power of the Tokugawa family, who became the Shoguns of Japan until 1868
1860
Abraham Lincoln elected as Preident of the USA
1917
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

November 7
305BC
Ptolomy assumes kingship of Egypt (last of his line will be the famous Cleopatra VII)
1917
Kerensky flees Russia, the Bolsheviks take power
1921
Mussolini is picked as leader by Italian nationals congress

November 8
392
Roman Empire outlaws paganism
1519
Cortez enters Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan
1864
Abraham Lincoln reelected as US president
1923
Adolf Hitler launches his Beer Hall Putsch, his first attempt at siezing power


more will follow later, but hopefully this can get some debates rolling on some of these events in world history.

[dlbpharmd]

1914
Mary Jacob wins patent for first bra

God Bless You Mary Jacob!

1979
in Iran, the US embassy (and 90 hostages) are siezed
1995
Israei Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

A sad day indeed.

Great idea for a thread, Duchess!

[Queeaqueg]

On November 11: The Great war came to an end and then the Treaty of Versailles was signed. I would of thought that this was one of the most important things ever to happen in November and in the whole world.

[Nathan]

Yes, the damned treaty of Versailles. If only people could restrain their desire for revenge.

[Fist and Faith]

1914
Mary Jacob wins patent for first bra

God Bless You Mary Jacob!

dlb, all this time I thought you were a guy!






damned bras *grumble grumble*

[duchess of malfi]

November 9
1799
In France, during Revolutionary years, the Consulate overthrows the Directory, opening the door to Napoleon's rise to power
1938
Kristallnacht in Germany
1989
East Germany opens the Berlin Wall (Germans begin ripping down the Wall the following day)


November 10
1885
motorcycles introduced by Gottlieb Daimler in Germany
1928
Hirohito becomes Emporer of Japan
1950
Tibet calls on the UN for help during its invasion by China
1995
playwright and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ken Saro-Wiwa executed in Nigeria despite world outcry


November 11
1918
end of World War I
1965
Rhodesian independence declared by Colonial Prime Minister Ian Smith

November 12
1905
first King of an independent Norway is approved by voters
1980
Voyager I comes within 77,000 miles of Saturn and sends back pictures that show the hundreds of rings

November 13
938
Vietnam turns back Chinese invaders at the bach Dang River, ending 1,000 years of Chinese control
1789
American statesman Benjamin Franklin declares in a letter "Nothing is sure, except death and taxes."

November 14
1553
Lady Jane Gray, age 16, Queen of England for 9 days, is arrested on charges of high treason
1840
Claude Monet is born
1885
Great Britain invades Upper Burma and deposes the last Burmese King
1965
fist major battle between US and North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang Valley

November 15
1492
Christopher Columbus descibes, in his diary, the use of tobacco by Native Americns
1532
Pizarro takes the last Incan Emporer captive
1805
Lewis & Clark reach the mouth of the Columbia River and prepare to make winter camp
1806
Zebulon Pike, on an exploratory expedition sponsored by US government, spots the great mountain which will come to be known as Pike's Peak, in Colorado
1943
Himmler, leader of the German SS, order that gypsies be sent to concentration camps

November 16
1632
Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus killed during Sweden's victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Lutzen
1776
Hessian mercenaries fighting for Britain take Long Island from American Revolutionaries
1824
Murray River discovered by Hamilton Hume in Australia
1849
Fyodor Dostoyevsky sentenced to death for antigovernment activities in Russia (his execution will be stayed at the last minute) -- 20 years later he will become a great novelist
1988
Benazir Bhutto is elected as leader of Pakistan, the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern times

more will follow

[dlbpharmd]

1914
Mary Jacob wins patent for first bra

God Bless You Mary Jacob!

dlb, all this time I thought you were a guy!






damned bras *grumble grumble*

I am. You have to crawl before you can walk, and you have to have the bra invented to have the push-up bra too.

[Cail]

I am. You have to crawl before you can walk, and you have to have the bra invented to have the push-up bra too.

And those wonderful front-openers...Finding one of those is like Christmas

[matrixman]

November 6
1917
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

That event sticks out to me. It set the stage for Soviet Communism and the Cold War with the West in the second half of the 20th century. The resulting arms race rewarded us with the capability to destroy all life on the planet. The nuclear stockpile is a legacy for all time.

Kinda makes me wish Lenin's train had derailed that day in 1917. I wish Tsar Nicholas II hadn't been such an incompetent idiot to let his country collapse to the point where a terrorist like Lenin could take over. Heck, I wish Karl Marx had just dropped dead before he wrote the Communist Manifesto. Gee, Communism. What a great idea, Karl. Thanks a million.

[Fist and Faith]

MM, if you don't mind, we're trying to have a serious discussion here!

[matrixman]

Sorry. Uh...the strapless bra: clearly one of the most crucial developments in the history of feminine undergarments...

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It's a strange, and somewhat humbling thought that every day that we live is the anniversary of some great historical event.

As MatrixMan implies, these are events that shape the future of the world, events which have led, directly or indirectly, to the world as we know it today. And today, as we speak, events occur which will make the world the place our children will experience.

Would anthing have been different if those people had realised the extent to which they were influencing the future? I doubt it.

Great thread Duchess.

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[duchess of malfi]

November 17
1558
death of Queen Mary I of England; her heir is her half sister Elizabeth I, who will become one of the world's greatest monarchs
1869
the Suez Canal in Egypt is opened
1913
the first ship passes through the Panama Canal

November 18
1497
Vasco de Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
1820
US Navy Captain Nathaniel Parker is the first person to reach Antarctica
1883
American and Canadian railroads go to four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times
1993
South Africa approves a new constitution that gives blacks the vote


November 19
1620
the Pilgrims arrive on Cape Cod in Massachusetts
1863
Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address
1942
Soviets launch a huge counteroffensive in the Battle of Stalingrad
1977
Egyptian leader Anwar Saddat travels to Jerusalem to seek peace with Israel

November 20
1818
Bolivar declares Venezuelan independence from Spain
1889
scientist Edwin Hubbel is born
1945
Nuremberg Trials begin, charging Nazi leaders with, among other things, crimes against humanity

November 21
1783
first untethered hot air balloon flight takes place in Paris
1831
scientist Michael Faraday reads the first of a series of papers about electricity in London
1843
Thomas Hancock patents vulcanized rubber in Great Britain
1877
Thomas Edison announces the invention of the phonograph


November 22
1718
Blackbeard the Pirate killed in a battle off of the North Carolina Outer banks against British Naval ships sent down from Virginia
1963
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas


more will follow

[matrixman]

November 18
1993
South Africa approves a new constitution that gives blacks the vote

The end of Apartheid in SA seemed to me to be almost as miraculous as the demise of the Soviet Union and Communism. It was amazing that those events happened one after the other within such a short span of time.

November 20
1889
scientist Edwin Hubbel is born

A great hero of astronomy (and cosmology). His discovery that the galaxies are moving away from each other showed we live in an expanding universe, which in turn implied that at one time the universe was a singular point, and thus the Big Bang theory was born. So for changing our view of the entire universe, Hubble has my vote as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

November 21
1877
Thomas Edison announces the invention of the phonograph

Sliced bread can't touch the phonograph. One of the greatest inventions ever, for music lovers anyway. There are audiophiles today who still insist the vinyl record is superior to any digital medium. Perhaps. If I get my hands on a high end turntable one day, then sure, I'd like to test that claim with my own ears.

November 22
1963
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas

The assassination is now a game simulation: the notorious "JFK: Reloaded." You can try your luck at gunning down JFK just like Lee Harvey Oswald, to see if the lone man theory holds up. Apparently there are cash prizes to be won.

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November 21
1877
Thomas Edison announces the invention of the phonograph

Sliced bread can't touch the phonograph. One of the greatest inventions ever, for music lovers anyway. There are audiophiles today who still insist the vinyl record is superior to any digital medium. Perhaps. If I get my hands on a high end turntable one day, then sure, I'd like to test that claim with my own ears.

Quality wise, if you want your CD to sound like a record, rub a bit of dirt on the lense

On the other hand, digital can only approximate the natural "analogue curve" by faking a curve with lots of little straight "lines". Personally, I can't hear the difference. But then, I'm no music lover.

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[Nathan]

On the other hand, digital can only approximate the natural "analogue curve" by faking a curve with lots of little straight "lines". Personally, I can't hear the difference. But then, I'm no music lover.

But when does the series of straight lines become similar enough to the curve to be considered a curve itself? I challenge anyone to tell the difference between an analogue curve and a digital signal with a sample rate of 24kHz.
Much less a higher quality signal like they use for professional recording. (44.1kHz or 48kHz)

[duchess of malfi]

November 23
1803
Arthur Wellesley, who will later become the Duke of Wellington, wins the Battle of Assaye in India, his first major battle as a commander (he will later go on to be a leading figure in the Napoleanic Wars in Europe)
1874
Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Madding Crowd is published
1964
The Vatican abolished Latin as the official language of the Roman Catholic Mass

November 24
1105
Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes a Talmudic dictionary
1642
Tasmania discovered by Dutch navigator Abal Tasman
1655
Oliver Cromwell bans Anglican services in favor of Puritan services in England
1859
Darwin's Origin of Species is published
1948
Ireland votes for independece from the United Kingdom

November 25
1120
heir to the English Throne, William, son of Henry I is dorwned while en route to France -- this will set off a war for the crown between Matilda and Stephen
1783
the last British troops leave the USA (from New York City) following the American Revolution
1867
dynamite is patented by Swede Alfred Nobel
1921
Hirohito becomes regent of Japan
1923
trans-Atlantic radio broadcasting begins
1947
New Zealand confirms the 1932 Statute of Westminster, which granted NZ independence from Great Britain
1948
Ed parsons invents cable TV
1965
Mobuto siezes power in the Congo, and changes the country's name to Zaire

November 26
1778
Captain John Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands
1789
George Washington proclaims a national day of Thanksgiving to honor the signing of the US Constitution
1812
the French army is desperately trying to escape Russia during the Napoleanic Wars
1861
westerners in the state of Virginia, who had previously nullified Virginia's succession from the US, meet in order to draft a constitution for what will be known as the state of West Virginia
1941
Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the modern Thanksgiving Day holiday
1942
world premiere of the classic film Casablanca
1949
independence of India

November 27
43BC
Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus form the Second Trimvirate to secure rule of Rome following the death of Julius Caesar
1826
John Walker, an English pharmacist, invents the modern friction match; he refuses to patent his invention
1834
Thomas Davenport invents the first commercially successful electric motor
1895
Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel draws up his will in Paris, places most of his fortune into a trust to establish what will become the Nobel Prizes
1945
foundation of the relief group CARE in reponse to the condition of post-WW2 Europe (it is later expanded to help all nations in all parts of the world)

November 28
1520
Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first person to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic
1582
William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay for their marriage license in Stratfor-upon-Avon, England
1893
women in New Zealand are allowed to vote; this is the first major general election where this is allowed
1943
the first B-24 Liberators are produced in the massive Ford factory in Willow Run, Michigan; soon the plant will be producing a bomber an hour as America begins its huge WW2 manufacturing effort
1948
Polaroid cameras are introduced


November 29
1787
Louis XVI gives civil status to Protestants in France
1944
the first open heart surgery takes place at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Maryland
1961
Freedom Riders (workers for civil rights) are attacked in McComb, Mississippi

November 30
1609
Galileo sees the true face of the moon for the first time
1919
women are allowed to vote in French elections
1939
Stalinist USSR attacks Finland