- 1034 Malcolm II, King of Scots (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) (b. 980) dies; Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
- 1120 'The White Ship' capsizes near the Normandy coast while crossing the English Channel transporting many nobles, including the heir to the English throne, from France to England; about 300 die, only 1 survivor
- 1165 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
- 1185 Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85, dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli (Pope Urban III)
- 1277 Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
- 1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
- 1491 The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins
Columbus Captured
1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Christopher Columbus
- 1598 Jacob Cornelius van Neck's merchant fleet reaches Bantam, West-Java on second Dutch expedition to Indonesia
- 1659 Michiel de Ruyter conquers Danish city Nyborg
- 1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1715 First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
Elizabeth of Russia
1741 Elizabeth of Russia seizes power in a coup with the aid of Imperial Russian guards in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1744 Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague
- 1755 King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
- 1758 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French
- 1766 Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
- 1783 Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United States
Banneker's Almanac
1792 Benjamin Banneker first publishes his Farmer's Almanac
- 1812 Mexican insurgents capture strategic city of Oaxaca from Royalist forces during Mexican War of Independence
- 1817 First sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
- 1826 The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy
- 1834 Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12 cents
- 1839 Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
- 1841 35 survivors of the mutiny on the slave ship Amistad return to Africa
- 1847 Friedrich von Flotow's comic romance opera "Martha" premiers at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna
- 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
- 1864 Confederate plot to burn New York city fails
- 1864 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
Andrew Johnson
1867 US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
- 1874 The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
- 1876 Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
- 1884 John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
- 1885 Banff National Park, Canada's first national park established as Rocky Mountains Park, Alberta [1]
- 1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
- 1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
- 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: General Methuen beats Farmers
Wiener Frauen
1902 Franz Lehar's opera "Wiener Frauen" premieres in Vienna
First Ad for a Radio Set
1905 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
Thaïs
1907 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" has its first American performance in New York
- 1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in Madison Square Garden marathon by 60 yds
- 1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Illinois
- 1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
- 1913 The Irish Volunteers founded in Dublin to "secure the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland"
- 1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)
- 1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
Terry and Cronin MVPs
1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
Police Head Yezhov Executed
1938 Lavrentiy Beria succeeds Nikolai Yezhov as the head of the Soviet secret police, NKVD, after Yezhov was executed on Joseph Stalin's orders
- 1940 First flights of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
Tom Harmon's
1940 Football team University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98
- 1940 Nazi Intelligence agency Sicherheitsdienst (SD) arrests Dutch resistance fighter Bernard Ijzerdraat, founder of De Geuzen
- 1940 SS Patria carrying illegal immigrants sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
- 1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
- 1941 Finland joins the anti-communist Anti-Komintern Pact
- 1941 German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
- 1941 Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player manager
- 1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
- 1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
- 1944 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
- 1947 New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
- 1947 The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies
- 1948 16-inch coastal guns removed from Fort Funston, San Francisco
- 1948 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 Gene Autry's single "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts; songwriter Johnny Marks adapted poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores
Williams AL MVP
1949 Ted Williams wins AL MVP
- 1950 UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
- 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock, Alabama
- 1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
- 1951 Cleveland halfback Dub Jones ties the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game crossing for 6 in Browns 42-21 win v Chicago Bears at Cleveland Stadium
- 1951 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
- 1952 George Meany appointed as chairman of American Federation of Labor (AFL) trade union
- 1953 Earthquake and tsnunami strike Honshu, Japan
- 1953 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
Attlee Resigns
1955 Clement Attlee resigns as leader of the UK Labour Party
- 1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
Piston's 6th Symphony
1955 Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, composed to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony, premieres, led by Charles Munch
Eisenhower's Stroke
1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
- 1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
Once Upon A Mattress
1959 Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer's musical "Once Upon A Mattress", starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC, after starting off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre, later moves to St. James
- 1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
- 1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
- 1960 First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wa
Mirabal Sisters
1960 Three of the four Mirabal sisters, opponents of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, are assassinated
- 1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
Lennon returns MBE
1969 John Lennon returns MBE to protest "against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts."
- 1969 KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
- 1970 In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt
- 1970 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
- 1971 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
Northern Ireland Withdrawal Proposed
1971 British Labour Party leader Harold Wilson proposes Britain should work towards a withdrawal from Northern Ireland, and after 15 years; the Republic of Ireland could rejoin the British Commonwealth
- 1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
- 1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos
- 1973 US cuts maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
- 1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
- 1974 Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
- 1975 A loyalist gang nicknamed the "Shankill Butchers" undertakes its first "cut-throat killing"; the gang was named for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians in Belfast
- 1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)
- 1975 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
- 1976 NYPD officer Robert Torsney shoots unarmed youth Randolph Evans while answering response at youth's Brooklyn home
O. J. Simpson
1976 O.J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
The Band's Farewell Concert
1976 The Band's farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California; guest performers include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, and the Staples Singers; concert film "The Last Waltz" directed by Martin Scorcese
- 1976 Viking 1 radio signals from Mars help prove the general theory of relativity
- 1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
Hearns vs. Hill
1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
Muldoon Re-elected
1978 New Zealand general election won by ruling Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and the National Party
- 1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
Summerall, Madden's First Broadcast
1979 Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast a game together for the first time, a pairing that lasts 22 years and becomes one of the most well-known partnerships in TV sportscasting history
- 1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
- 1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
- 1980 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
Khan's First Century
1980 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore
Leonard vs. Durán
1980 Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight boxing crown when Roberto Durán quits in the 8th round of infamous “no mas” fight at the Superdome, New Orleans
- 1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, President Lamizana flees
- 1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
Event of Interest
1981 Pope John Paul II names Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI) "Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith"
- 1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
- 1982 The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store.
Holmes vs. Frazier
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
- 1983 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
- 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
- 1984 William Schroeder is second person to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
- 1985 Chicago White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillén is named AL Rookie of Year
Iran-Contra Affair
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arms deal
Fawn Hall
1986 Oliver North's secretary, Fawn Hall, smuggles documents out of his office
- 1987 India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
Abdul Qadir
1987 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England in 1st Test at Lahore; best figures by a Pakistani, and by any bowler against England
- 1987 Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
- 1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
- 1988 German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
Chuck Berry
1988 Rock guitar legend Chuck Berry (62) pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
- 1988 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
- 1988 Widespread earthquake hits North East US, Canada, no damage reported
David Boon
1989 David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
- 1990 India bowl the Sri Lankan cricket team out for 82; Venkatapathy Raju (I) takes 6-12 off 17.5 overs
Lech Wałęsa
1990 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's first popular election
- 1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
- 1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
Sony founder Steps Down
1994 Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company
- 1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
Sevens
1997 "Sevens" 7th studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Grammy Award Best Country Collaboration with Vocals 1998, Billboard Album of the Year 1998)
- 1997 US telephone technician Richard Bliss arrested for spying in Russia
- 2000 Earthquake in Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2005 Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians showing maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, including the nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities by Soviet-controlled forces.
- 2007 The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in Romania.
- 2008 A car bomb in St. Petersburg, Russia, kills three people and injures one
- 2009 Flooding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours, killing over 150 people and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj
- 2011 Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.
- 2012 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
- 2012 16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in India
Vettel's Third Win
2012 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes 4th in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to claim his 3rd consecutive F1 World Drivers Championship by 3 points from Fernando Alonso
- 2013 17 people are killed and 37 are wounded in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2013 Disney releases “Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2015, 2014 Billboard Album of the Year)
- 2014 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting
- 2014 Protest erupt across US after a decision by Missouri grand jury not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager
- 2014 Switzerland's Bern Art Museum agrees to accept artworks looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis
- 2014 US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns, ending nearly two years in the Pentagon's top job
Pope Francis' African Visit
2015 Pope Francis begins his trip to Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic
- 2017 Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- 2017 Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson, frozen 24 years ago
- 2018 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran's Kermanshah province injuring at least 700
Hamilton's Fifth Victory
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to claim his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 88 points from Sebastian Vettel; Mercedes' 5th straight Constructors title
- 2018 EU leaders approve an agreement for Britain to leave the EU (Brexit)
- 2018 Historic north Californian Camp Fire declared 100% contained with 85 dead, 249 missing, covering 153,000 acres with 14,000 homes burnt
- 2018 LA Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers sets NFL single-game record, completing 25-straight passes in 45-10 win v Arizona Cardinals; Mark Brunell & David Carr previously share record (22); also sets NFL record for best single-game completion % (96.6)
Lamar Jackson
2019 Baltimore's 2nd-year quarterback Lamar Jackson becomes first QB in NFL history to throw for 3,000 passing yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first 2 NFL seasons as the Ravens beat LA Rams, 45-6
- 2019 Chilean performance collective Lastesis first perform feminist anthem “Un violador en tu camino” (“A Rapist in Your Path”) outside the Supreme Court in Santiago, Chile
- 2019 First defamation case in Australia by a sitting MP won by Sarah Hanson-Green over Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm, after he made sexist slurs against her
- 2019 Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany & Co. for over $16 billion
- 2019 Priceless royal jewelry stolen from Dresden Green Vault, in Germany, from one of Europe's greatest treasure collections
Sports History
2020 Caitlin Clark makes her collegiate debut for the Iowa Hawkeyes, recording 27 points, eight rebounds, and four assists against Northern Iowa
- 2020 Dead and buried mink reported rising from the ground due to bloating, after a hurried cull of millions of COVID-19 infected animals in Denmark
Film & TV History
2020 HBO announces Joss Whedon's exit from the project "The Nevers"
NY Times Greatest Actors
2020 The New York Times names its "25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (so far)", with Denzel Washington at No. 1 [1]
Trump Pardons Flynn
2020 US President Donald Trump pardons former security advisor Michael Flynn, who had pled guilty of lying to the FBI
German Toll Passes 100,000
2021 Germany's COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 (Robert Koch Institute) amid its highest surge in infections yet
- 2021 India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending, according to new government survey [1]
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 Peter Jackson's documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back" premieres on Disney+
- 2023 Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina re-elected to a third term amid a disputed election, boycotted by some opposition candidates [1]
