November 10, 1942- After the German's defeat in the Battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill stated, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning". November 11th (US)- Today is Veterans Day to acknowledge all those who fought to protect this country. November 12, 1927- Joesph Stalin takes full control of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party. November 13, 1945- General Charles De Gaulle was appointed president of the French provisional government. November 14, 1765- Steam boat inventor Robert Fulton was born in rural Pennsylvania. November 15, 1889- Brazil became a republic. November 16, 1933- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced that the United States would resume diplomatic relation with Soviet Russia.
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November 3, 1839- The first Opium War begins between Britain and China after British frigates blew up multiple Chinese junks. November 4, 1956-Soviet troops moved to crush an uprising in Hungary. November 5th- Known as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain as an anniversary of the failed "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the House of Parliament and King James I in 1605. November 6, 1860- Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first republican President. November 7, 1885- Canada's first transcontinental railway, the Canadian Pacific, was finished in British Columbia. November 8th- Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was born in Dublin, Ireland and is well known for his Dracula. November 9, 1938- Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) occurred in Germany as Nazi mobs destroyed synagogues and Jewish shops. October 27, 1904- The New York City subway began running from City Hall to West 145th Street, becoming the worlds first underground and underwater rail way system. October 28, 1949- President Harry Truman appointed Helen Anderson to be the Ambassador of Denmark, making her the first female ambassador. October 29, 1618- British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was executed for treason under King James I. October 30, 1485- Henry VII gets crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. October 31st- Today is Halloween or All Hollows Eve! The origin of Halloween can be traced back to the Celtic holiday of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. It was though that the transition of the seasons was also bridging reality to the world of the dead allowing ghouls and ghost to roam the earth. November 1, 1993- The European Union came into existence from the Maastricht Treaty. November 2, 1721- Peter I was proclaimed Emperor of all Russias. October 20, 1935- Mao Zedong's 6,000 miles "Long March" ends after his communist forces reach Yanan, in northwest China, almost a year after fleeing Chiang Kai-shek's armies in the south. October 21, 1879- Thomas Edison successfully tested a electric incandescent lamp at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. October 22, 1962- President John F. Kennedy appears on TV to inform the American population that Russia is holding missiles in Cuba. October 23, 1990- Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitaly Masol became the first high ranking Soviet official that quite due to public pressure: A mass group of students protested against him. October 24, 1922- The Irish Parliament voted to adapt a constitution for an Irish Free State, which was officially created in December. October 25, 1881- The artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. October 26, 1955- Ngo Dinh Diem proclaimed South Vietnam as a republic and announced himself president. October 13, 1775- The U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a Naval Fleet. October 14, 1964- Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest person to except a Noble Peace Prize. October 15, 1946- Just hours before his scheduled execution, Hermann Goering, a Nazi leader, commits suicide by swallowing poison in his prison cells. October 16, 1964- China detonates its first nuclear bomb at the Lop Nor test site in Sinkiang. October 17, 1912- The 263rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, John Paul I, is born in Forno di Carnale, Italy. October 18, 1685- The Edict of Nantes gets revoked by French King Louis XIV, removing protestant religious and civil liberties. October 19, 1812- Napoleons forces begin their retreat from Moscow. October 6, 1927- "Jazz Singer", the first movie with a soundtrack, premieres in New York City. October 7, 1940- Durring WWII, Germany invades romania to seize oil fields. October 8, 1993- The UN General Assembly lifts economic sanctions, imposed since the 1960s, off of South Africa. October 9, 1962- Uganda gains independence after nearly 70 years of British rule. October 10, 1780- The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills somewhere between 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean. October 11, 1884- Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City and later became the wife to Franklin D. Roosevelt. October 12, 1960- Durring a debate over colonialism at the UN, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev took of his shoe and pounded his desk repeatedly. June 1, 1926- Today is Marilyn Monroe's birthday! June 2, 1855- The 1st US alcohol prohibition law is created in Maine. June 3, 1972- Sally Jane Priesand becomes the first rabbi in the US. June 4, 1972- In the Main Station at Jessore, Bangladesh, an express train rammed into a stalled train at full speed killing 76 people and injuring over 50 June 5, 2013- 44 people are killed during a lightning storm in Bihar, India. June 6, 1872- Feminist, Susan B. Anthony, is fined for voting at a presidential election in Rochester, New York. June 7, 1654- Louis XIV is crowned king of France. May 25, 1994- Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to his homeland after 20 years of exile. May 26, 1878- Isadora Duncan, an interpretive dancer, is born in Dan Franscisco. May 27, 1937- In San Francisco, the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge is celebrated with 200,000 people walking across it. May 28, 1961- Amnesty International gets founded by London lawyer Peter Berenson. May 29, 1660- After several years of Commonwealth under Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, England's monarchy is restored by Charles II on the throne. May 30, 1783- The Pennsylvania Evening Post becomes the daily newspaper in America. May 31, 1889- During the Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania , over 2,300 people were killed. May 18, 2000- A bill was passed that removed the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina statehouse. May 19, 1962- Marilyn Monroe sang “happy birthday” to President John F. Kennedy. May 20, 1996- In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination. May 21, 1991- Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister, got assassinated in the middle of his reelection campaign by a bomb in a vase of flowers. May 22, 1761- The first life insurance policy was issued in Philadelphia. May 23, 1846- The first female attorney, Arabella Mansfield, is born near Burlington, Iowa. May 24, 1883- The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic. May 11, 1969- The Battle of "Hamburger Hill", during the Vietnam War, starts. May 12, 1937- George VI was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey in London. May 13, 1943- During WWII and the last days of the Tunis campaign, over 250,000 Germans and Italians surrendered. May 14, 1804- The Lewis and Clark expedition sets out from St. Luis. May 15, 1972- George Wallace was shot while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland for US presidency. May 16, 1929- The first Academy Awards were held on this night. May 17, 1792- The New York Stock Exchange was established. |
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