Monday, November 14, 2011

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 8 - 13 November


 November 13: General Interest
1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated

Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was common in other memorials. Read more...


American Revolution
1775 : Patriots take Montreal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriots-take-montreal

Automotive
1974 : Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/karen-silkwood-dies-in-mysterious-one-car-crash

Civil War
1861 : Union General McClellan snubs President Lincoln
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcclellan-snubs-lincoln

Cold War
1953 : Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communistic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indiana-textbook-commission-member-charges-that-robin-hood-is-communistic

Crime
1955 : Police search John Graham's home and find bomb-making materials
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/police-search-john-grahams-home-and-find-bomb-making-materials

Disaster
1970 : Tidal wave ravages East Pakistan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tidal-wave-ravages-east-pakistan

General Interest
1789 : First presidential tour concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-tour-concludes
1970 : East Pakistan devastated by cylcone
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-pakistan-devastated-by-cylcone
1985 : The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-eruption-of-nevado-del-ruiz

Hollywood
1955 : Whoopi Goldberg born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/whoopi-goldberg-born

Literary
1850 : Robert Louis Stevenson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-louis-stevenson-is-born

Music
1999 : "Chris Gaines," Garth Brooks' rock alter ego, performs on Saturday Night Live
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quotchris-gainesquot8212garth-brooks39-rock-alter-ego8212performs-on-saturday-night-live

Old West
1909 : Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ballinger-pinchot-scandal-erupts

Presidential
1945 : Truman announces inquiry into Jewish settlement in Palestine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-announces-inquiry-into-jewish-settlement-in-palestine

Sports
1979 : Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/darryl-dawkins-breaks-his-first-backboard

Vietnam War
1967 : President receives optimistic reports
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-receives-optimistic-reports
1969 : "March Against Death" commences in Washington, D.C.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-against-death-commences-in-washington-dc

World War I
1916 : British statesman expresses criticism of war effort
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-statesman-expresses-criticism-of-war-effort

World War II
1941 : Congress revises the Neutrality Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-revises-the-neutrality-act


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November 12: General Interest
1954: Ellis Island closes

On this day in 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, an estimated 40 percent of all Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for merchant Samuel Ellis, who owned the land in the 1770s. Read more...


American Revolution
1775 : Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abigail-adams-leads-rhetorical-charge-against-britain

Automotive
1965 : Goldenrod sets the land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/goldenrod-sets-the-land-speed-record

Civil War
1864 : The destruction of Atlanta begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-destruction-of-atlanta-begins

Cold War
1982 : Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yuri-andropov-assumes-power-in-the-soviet-union

Crime
1996 : High school sweethearts murder their newborn child
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/high-school-sweethearts-murder-their-newborn-child
2004 : Scott Peterson convicted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/scott-peterson-convicted

Disaster
2001 : Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crashes-in-rockaway-new-york

General Interest
1799 : First meteor shower on record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-meteor-shower-on-record
1948 : Japanese war criminals sentenced
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-war-criminals-sentenced
1980 : Voyager I flies near Saturn
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/voyager-i-flies-near-saturn
1990 : Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/akihito-enthroned-as-emperor-of-japan

Hollywood
1981 : William Holden, star of Sunset Boulevard and Network, dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-holden-star-of-sunset-boulevard-and-network-dies

Literary
1889 : DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader's Digest, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dewitt-wallace-founder-of-readers-digest-is-born

Music
2003 : Toby Keith has his third straight #1 country album with Shock'n Y'all
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toby-keith-has-his-third-straight-1-country-album-with-shock39n-y39all

Old West
1867 : U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-reconsiders-war-with-plains-indians

Presidential
1979 : Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-shuts-down-oil-imports-from-iran

Sports
1892 : Pudge Heffelfinger becomes first pro football player
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pudge-heffelfinger-becomes-first-pro-football-player

Vietnam War
1969 : Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seymour-hersh-breaks-my-lai-story
1971 : Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-sets-new-deadline-for-next-troop-withdrawal

World War I
1918 : Allied fleet enters Dardanelles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allied-fleet-enters-dardanelles

World War II
1944 : Brits sink the battleship Tirpitz
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brits-sink-the-battleship-tirpitz

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 November 11: General Interest
1918: World War I ends

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure. Read more...


American Revolution
1778 : Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poor-leadership-leads-to-cherry-valley-massacre

Automotive
1978 : The General Lee jumps into history
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-general-lee-jumps-into-history

Civil War
1811 : Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ben-mcculloch-born

Cold War
1973 : Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-refuses-to-play-chile-in-world-cup-soccer

Crime
1988 : Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente's lawn
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/police-make-a-grisly-discovery-in-dorothea-puentes-lawn

Disaster
2000 : Skiers die in cable-car fire
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skiers-die-in-cable-car-fire

General Interest
1831 : Nat Turner executed in Virginia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nat-turner-executed-in-virginia
1885 : George Patton born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-patton-born
1921 : Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dedication-of-the-tomb-of-the-unknowns

Hollywood
1994 : Interview with the Vampire debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/interview-with-the-vampire-debuts

Literary
1852 : Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louisa-may-alcott-publishes-her-first-story

Music
1978 : Donna Summer earns her first #1 pop hit with "MacArthur Park"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/donna-summer-earns-her-first-1-pop-hit-with-quotmacarthur-parkquot

Old West
1933 : Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massive-dust-storm-sweeps-south-dakota

Presidential
1834 : Franklin Pierce marries Jane Appleton
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/franklin-pierce-marries-jane-appleton
1858 : James Garfield marries Lucretia Rudolph
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-garfield-marries-lucretia-rudolph

Sports
1981 : Fernando Valenzuela wins Cy Young Award
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fernando-valenzuela-wins-cy-young-award

Vietnam War
1967 : Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong-release-us-prisoners-of-war
1968 : Operation Commando Hunt commences
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-commando-hunt-commences
1972 : Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/long-binh-base-turned-over-to-south-vietnam

World War I
1918 : World War I ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-comes-to-an-end

World War II
1942 : Draft age is lowered to 18
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/draft-age-is-lowered-to-18

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 November 10: General Interest
1969: Sesame Street debuts

On this day in 1969, "Sesame Street," a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. "Sesame Street," with its memorable theme song ("Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street"), went on to become the most widely viewed children's program in the world. It has aired in more than 120 countries. Read more...


American Revolution
1775 : Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-of-the-us-marine-corps

Automotive
1903 : Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mary-anderson-patents-windshield-wiper

Civil War
1865 : Confederate prison camp commander Henry Wirz is executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-wirz-hanged

Cold War
1982 : Leonid Brezhnev dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leonid-brezhnev-dies

Crime
1997 : Judge reduces sentence in nanny murder case
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/judge-reduces-sentence-in-nanny-murder-case

Disaster
1975 : Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cargo-ship-suddenly-sinks-in-lake-superior

General Interest
1928 : Hirohito crowned in Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hirohito-crowned-in-japan
1975 : Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iedmund-fitzgeraldi-sinks-in-lake-superior
1995 : Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/playwright-and-activist-hanged-in-nigeria

Hollywood
1932 : Roy Scheider, star of Jaws, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roy-scheider-star-of-jaws-is-born

Literary
1973 : Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slaughterhouse-five-is-burned-in-north-dakota

Music
1958 : Future country legend Conway Twitty earns a #1 hit as a rock-and-roll idol
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/future-country-legend-conway-twitty-earns-a-1-hit-as-a-rock-and-roll-idol

Old West
1808 : Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/osage-indians-cede-missouri-and-arkansas-lands

Presidential
2001 : Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-addresses-the-united-nations-regarding-terrorism

Sports
1984 : Maryland gets a miracle in Miami
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maryland-gets-a-miracle-in-miami

Vietnam War
1964 : McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-says-that-us-has-no-plans-to-send-combat-troops-to-vietnam
1970 : No U.S. combat fatalities reported
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/no-us-combat-fatalities-reported
1971 : Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khmer-rouge-forces-attack-phnom-penh-airport

World War I
1928 : Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/remarque-publishes-all-quiet-on-the-western-front

World War II
1942 : Germans take Vichy France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-take-vichy-france

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 November 9: General Interest
1938: Nazis launch Kristallnacht

On this day in 1938, in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence, which continued through November 10 and was later dubbed "Kristallnacht," or "Night of Broken Glass," after the countless smashed windows of Jewish-owned establishments, left approximately 100 Jews dead, 7,500 Jewish businesses damaged and hundreds of synagogues, homes, schools and graveyards vandalized. An estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested, many of whom were then sent to concentration camps for several months; they were released when they promised to leave Germany. Kristallnacht represented a dramatic escalation of the campaign started by Adolf Hitler in 1933 when he became chancellor to purge Germany of its Jewish population. Read more...


American Revolution
1780 : Sumter evades Wemyss in South Carolina
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sumter-evades-wemyss-in-south-carolina

Automotive
1960 : Robert McNamara becomes president of Ford Motor Company
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-mcnamara-becomes-president-of-ford-motor-company

Civil War
1862 : Burnside assumes command of the Union Army of the Potomac
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burnside-assumes-command

Cold War
1989 : East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-germany-opens-the-berlin-wall

Crime
1971 : A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-sunday-school-teacher-murders-his-family-and-goes-undercover-for-18-years

Disaster
1872 : Fire rips through Boston
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-rips-through-boston

General Interest
1906 : Roosevelt travels to Panama
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-travels-to-panama
1923 : Nazis suppressed in Munich
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-suppressed-in-munich
1956 : Sartre renounces communists
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sartre-renounces-communists
1965 : The Great Northeast Blackout
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-northeast-blackout

Hollywood
2001 : Kodak Theatre, new home of Oscars, opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kodak-theatre-new-home-of-oscars-opens

Literary
2004 : Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/best-selling-millennium-trilogy-author-stieg-larsson-dies-at-50

Music
1990 : Willie Nelson's assets are seized by the IRS
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/willie-nelson39s-assets-are-seized-by-the-irs

Old West
1875 : Followers of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse identified as hostile
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/followers-of-sitting-bull-and-crazy-horse-identified-as-hostile

Presidential
1901 : Teddy Roosevelt establishes a naval base in the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-establishes-a-naval-base-in-the-philippines

Sports
1946 : Army and Notre Dame fight to a draw
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-and-notre-dame-fight-to-a-draw

Vietnam War
1965 : Antiwar protestor sets himself afire
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antiwar-protestor-sets-himself-afire
1967 : Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/captain-lance-sijan-shot-down-over-north-vietnam
1970 : Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam Wart
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/supreme-court-refuses-to-rule-on-legality-of-vietnam-war

World War I
1914 : Australian warship Sydney sinks German Emden
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/australian-warship-sydney-sinks-german-emden

World War II
1938 : "The Night of Broken Glass"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-night-of-broken-glass

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November 8: General Interest
1895: German scientist discovers X-rays

On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible. Rontgen's discovery occurred accidentally in his Wurzburg, Germany, lab, where he was testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass when he noticed a glow coming from a nearby chemically coated screen. He dubbed the rays that caused this glow X-rays because of their unknown nature. Read more...


American Revolution
1775 : Washington seeks to make militias into a military
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-seeks-to-make-militias-into-a-military

Automotive
1962 : Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sun-sets-on-the-ford-rotunda

Civil War
1864 : President Lincoln is re-elected
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-reelected

Cold War
1960 : John F. Kennedy elected president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president

Crime
1974 : Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ted-bundy-botches-an-abduction-attempt

Disaster
1994 : Hurricane Gordon is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-gordon-is-born

General Interest
1793 : Louvre Museum opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louvre-museum-opens
1923 : Beer Hall Putsch begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beer-hall-putsch-begins
1994 : The Republican Revolution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-republican-revolution

Hollywood
1847 : Dracula creator Bram Stoker born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dracula-creator-bram-stoker-born

Literary
1900 : Margaret Mitchell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/margaret-mitchell-is-born

Music
1994 : Salvatore "Sonny" Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salvatore-quotsonnyquot-bono-is-elected-to-the-us-congress

Old West
1887 : Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doc-holliday-dies-of-tuberculosis

Presidential
1942 : FDR broadcasts message to Vichy France leader Marshal Petain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-message-to-vichy-france-leader-marshal-petain

Sports
1951 : Yogi Berra is the AL MVP
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yogi-berra-is-the-al-mvp

Vietnam War
1965 : Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lawrence-joel-earns-medal-of-honor

World War I
1917 : New Russian leader Lenin calls for immediate armistice
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-russian-leader-lenin-calls-for-immediate-armistice

World War II
1939 : Hitler survives assassination attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-survives-assassination-attempt

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