Events
of the day
International
Students' Day
474
– Emperor Leo II dies after
a reign of 10 months. He is
succeeded by his father Zeno
who becomes sole ruler of
the Byzantine Empire.
794 – Japanese Emperor Kammu
changes his residence from
Nara to Kyoto.
1183 – The Battle of Mizushima.
1292 – John Balliol becomes
King of Scotland.
1511 – Spain and England ally
against France.
1558 – Elizabethan era begins:
Queen Mary I of England dies
and is succeeded by her half-sister
Elizabeth I of England.
1603 – English explorer, writer
and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh
goes on trial for treason.
1659 – The Peace of the Pyrenees
is signed between France and
Spain.
1777 – Articles of Confederation
are submitted to the states
for ratification.
1796 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle
of Arcole – French forces
defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 – The United States Congress
holds its first session in
Washington, D.C.
1810 – Sweden declares war
on its ally the United Kingdom
to begin the Anglo-Swedish
War, although no fighting
ever takes place.
1811 – José Miguel Carrera,
Chilean founding father, is
sworn in as President of the
executive Junta of the government
of Chile.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle
of Krasnoi.
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer
becomes the first American
to see Antarctica (the Palmer
Peninsula is later named after
him).
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela
are separated from Greater
Colombia.
1839 – Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's
first opera, opens at the
Teatro alla Scala in Milan,
1855 – David Livingstone becomes
the first European to see
the Victoria Falls in what
is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1856 – American Old West:
On the Sonoita River in present-day
southern Arizona, the United
States Army establishes Fort
Buchanan in order to help
control new land acquired
in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 – Modified Julian Day
zero.
1863 – American Civil War:
Siege of Knoxville begins
– Confederate forces led by
General James Longstreet place
Knoxville, Tennessee under
siege.
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez
Canal, linking the Mediterranean
Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1871 – The National Rifle
Association is granted a charter
by the state of New York.
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's
Slavonic March is given its
première performance in Moscow.
1878 – First assassination
attempt against Umberto I
of Italy by anarchist Giovanni
Passannante. armed with a
dagger. The King survived
with a slighty wound in a
arm. Prime minister Benedetto
Cairoli blocked the aggressor,
receiving an injury in a leg.
1903 – The Russian Social
Democratic Labor Party splits
into two groups; the Bolsheviks
(Russian for "majority")
and Mensheviks (Russian for
"minority").
1911 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Incorporated, which is the
first black Greek-lettered
organization founded at an
HBCU, was founded on the campus
of Howard University in Washington,DC.
1919 – King George V of the
United Kingdom proclaims Armistice
Day (later Remembrance Day).
The idea is first suggested
by Edward George Honey.
1922 – Former Ottoman sultan
Mehmed VI goes into exile
in Italy.
1922 – The first executions
during the Irish Civil War
take place when five Irish
Republican Army members are
sent to the firing squad by
the Irish Free State.
1933 – United States recognizes
Soviet Union.
1939 – Nine Czech students
are executed as a response
to anti-Nazi demonstrations
prompted by the death of Jan
Opletal. In addition, all
Czech universities are shut
down and over 1200 Czech students
sent to concentration camps.
Since this event, International
Students' Day is celebrated
in many countries, especially
in the Czech Republic.
1947 – The Screen Actors Guild
implements an anti-Communist
loyalty oath.
1947 – American scientists
John Bardeen and Walter Brattain
observe the basic principles
of the transistor, a key element
for the electronics revolution
of the 20th Century.
1953 – The remaining human
inhabitants of the Blasket
Islands, Kerry, Ireland are
evacuated to the mainland.
1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP
of British European Airways
crashes at Ballerup after
the failure of three engines
on approach to Copenhagen
Airport. The cause is a malfunction
of the anti-icing system on
the aircraft.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy
dedicates Dulles International
Airport, serving the Washington,
D.C. region.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting
on optimistic reports that
he had been given on November
13, US President Lyndon B.
Johnson tells the nation that,
while much remained to be
done, "We are inflicting
greater losses than we're
taking...We are making progress."
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis
is condemned to death for
attempting to assassinate
Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
1968 – British European Airways
introduces the BAC One-Eleven
into commercial service.
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets
football game in the eastern
United States are denied the
opportunity to watch its exciting
finish when NBC broadcasts
Heidi instead, prompting changes
to sports broadcasting in
the U.S.
1969 – Cold War: Negotiators
from the Soviet Union and
the United States meet in
Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations
aimed at limiting the number
of strategic weapons on both
sides.
1969 – British newspaper The
Sun was first published as
a tabloid.
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant
William Calley goes on trial
for the My Lai massacre.
1970 – Luna program: The Soviet
Union lands Lunokhod 1 on
Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains)
on the Moon. This is the first
roving remote-controlled robot
to land on another world and
is released by the orbiting
Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal:
In Orlando, Florida, US President
Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated
Press managing editors "I
am not a crook".
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic
Uprising against the military
regime ends in a bloodshed
in the Greek capital.
1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway
Electrification. The first
stage from Ferny Grove to
Darra is commissioned.
1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly
from injuries sustained during
a 14-round match against Ray
Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada,
prompting reforms in the sport
of boxing.
1983 – The Zapatista Army
of National Liberation is
founded in Mexico.
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution
begins: In Czechoslovakia,
a student demonstration in
Prague is quelled by riot
police. This sparks an uprising
aimed at overthrowing the
communist government (it succeeds
on December 29).
1990 – Fugendake, part of
the Mount Unzen volcanic complex,
Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
becomes active again and erupts.
1993 – United States House
of Representatives passes
resolution to establish the
North American Free Trade
Agreement after greater authority
in trade negotiations was
granted to President George
H.W. Bush in 1991.
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62
people are killed by 6 Islamic
militants outside the Temple
of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor
massacre (The police then
kill the assailants).
2000 – A catastrophic landslide
in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia,
kills 7, and causes millions
of SIT of damage. It is one
of the worst catastrophes
in Slovenia in the past 100
years.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is
removed from office as president
of Peru.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Acisclus
Aignan of Orleans
Elisabeth of Hungary
Gennadius of Constantinople
(Greek Orthodox Church)
Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic
Church)
Gregory Thaumaturgus
Hilda of Whitby
Hugh of Lincoln
November 17 (Eastern Orthodox
liturgics)
Worldwide Prematurity and
Infant Loss Awareness Day
Earliest day on which National
Survivors of Suicide Day can
fall, while November 23 is
the latest; celebrated on
Saturday before Thanksgiving.
(United States)
International Students' Day
(International)
Polytechneio or Πολυτεχνείο
(Greece)
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Army Day (Democratic Republic
of the Congo)
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