22nd November 1963: Assassination of John F. Kennedy
At 12.30pm on Friday November 22nd 1963, President John F. Kennedy of the United States of...
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21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub ...
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20th November 1945: First Nuremberg Trial begins
On the 20th November 1945 the first, and best known, of the Nuremberg Trials ...
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19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first...
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18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends
On the 18th November 1916, the Battle of the Somme ended when German troops retired from the...
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17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik ...
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16th November 1945: Foundation of UNESCO
On the 16th November 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation –...
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15th November 1969: 500,000 people march on Washington in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the...
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14th November 1990: Margaret Thatcher faces leadership challenge
On the 14th November 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British...
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4th December 1956: Million Dollar Quartet record at Sun Studios
On the 4th December 1956, the Million Dollar Quartet featuring Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis,...
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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days
The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution...
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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days
The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution...
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6th December 1956: USSR and Hungary ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic match
On the 6th December 1956, the “Blood in the Water” water polo match took place between the USSR...
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7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth
The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the ...
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8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered by Mark David Chapman
At 10:50pm on the 8th December 1980, former Beatle and political activist John Lennon was...
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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles
Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in...
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7th May 1794: Robespierre establishes Cult of the Supreme Being
On the 7th May 1794, just a few weeks before the Law of 22nd Prairial that created the Great...
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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came...
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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London
On the 9th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American...
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10th May 1857: The start of the Indian Mutiny (First War of Indian Independence)
The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut. By the...
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