On November 10.1847 ; The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. source
On November 10.1847 ; The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
On November 10.1910 ; The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910. source
On November 10.1910 ; The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
On November 10.1972 ; Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where source
On November 10.1972 ; Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where
On November 11.1724 ; Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. source
On November 11.1724 ; Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
On November 11.1750 ; Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent. source
On November 11.1750 ; Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
On November 11.1750 ; The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. source
On November 11.1750 ; The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
On November 11.1839 ; The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. source
On November 11.1839 ; The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
On November 11.1869 ; The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen G source
On November 11.1869 ; The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen G
On November 11.1918 ; Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence. source
On November 11.1918 ; Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
On November 12.1905 ; Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country source
On November 12.1905 ; Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country
On November 12.1912 ; The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. source
On November 12.1912 ; The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
On November 13.1841 ;James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism. source
On November 13.1841 ;James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
On November 13.1941 ; World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day. source
On November 13.1941 ; World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
On November 13.1950 ; General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas. source
On November 13.1950 ; General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
On November 13.1994 ; In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. source
On November 13.1994 ; In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
On November 13.2012 ; A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific source
On November 13.2012 ; A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific
On November 14.1851 ; Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA. source
On November 14.1851 ; Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
On November 14.1910 ; Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher. source
On November 14.1910 ; Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
On November 14.1918 ; Czechoslovakia becomes a republic. source
On November 14.1918 ; Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
On November 14.1938 ; The Lions Gate Bridge (a National Historic Site of Canada) connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic. source
On November 14.1938 ; The Lions Gate Bridge (a National Historic Site of Canada) connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
On November 14.1973 ; In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. source
On November 14.1973 ; In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
On November 14.1991 ; Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile. source
On November 14.1991 ; Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
On November 15.1806 ; Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.) source
On November 15.1806 ; Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
On November 15.1889 ; Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. source
On November 15.1889 ; Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
On November 15.1990 ; The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. source
On November 15.1990 ; The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
On November 16.1797 ; The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III. source
On November 16.1797 ; The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
On November 16.1852 ; The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. source
On November 16.1852 ; The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
On November 16.1885 ; Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason. source
On November 16.1885 ; Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
On November 16.1904 ; English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube). source
On November 16.1904 ; English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
On November 16.1944 ; World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched. source
On November 16.1944 ; World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.