Tag: November

November 30 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 30 History Highlights 1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transferred the Louisiana Territory to France. Just a few weeks later, France transferred the same land to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent,… Read More

November 29 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 29 History Highlights 1777 – San Jose, California, was founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. 1890 – The First Army/Navy football game tool place. Navy won 24-0. 1935 – Physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment ‘Schrödinger’s cat’, a paradox… Read More

November 28 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 28 History Highlights 1895 – The first automobile race in The United States took place, over 54 miles, from Jackson Park in Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea won in about 10 hours. 1942 – Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire, Boston Massachusettes. Nearly 500 people were killed in… Read More

November 27 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 27 History Highlights 1095 – Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. The first Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 1896 – Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss was first performed. 1927 – The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day… Read More

November 26 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 26 History Highlights 1798 – A national Thanksgiving Day was observed in the United States, as proclaimed by President George Washington, at the request of Congress. 1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the… Read More

November 25 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 25 History Highlights 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops left New York City, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1952 – Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, now the longest continuously-running play in… Read More

November 24 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 24 History Highlights Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859. 1877 – Black Beauty by Anna Sewell was published. 1963 – Jack Ruby shot and killed President Kennedy’s suspected assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. It was the first live murder shown on American television. 1971… Read More

November 22 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 22 History Highlights 1963 – President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1940 (fictional) The Justice Society met for the first time, DC Comics The Humane Society of the United States was founded on November 22, 1954. November 22,… Read More

November 21 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 21 History Highlights 1800 – The US Congress met in Washington for the first time. November 21, 2004 – Nintendo DS released, Video Game Console North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution and was admitted as the 12th U.S. state in 1789. 1992 – Starting November 21,… Read More

November 20 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 20 History Highlights Chester Gould’s friend, Al Gross invented the walkie-talkie, and that was the inspiration for Dick Tracey’s wrist radio in January 1946. In 1789, New Jersey became the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1820, An 80-ton sperm whale attacked and… Read More

November 19 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 19 History Highlights November 19, 2006 – Wii& Wii Virtual Console released, Video Game Console The Gettysburg Address was given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1963 1969 – Pele scored his 1,000 goal in soccer. The week before Thanksgiving is ‘Better Conversation Week’ If you were… Read More

November 18 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 18 History Highlights November 18 Birthday (fictional) Mickey Mouse, Disney 1993 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was approved by the US House of Representatives. 1963 – The first push-button telephones went into service. 1978 – Over 900 members of Jim Jones’ cult suicided, and… Read More

November 17 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 17 History Highlights 1869 – The Suez Canal opened. On November 17, 1968, an NFL game between the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets ended with a Raiders win, 43 to 32. That happened by 7:07 PM. The problem was, NBC has scheduled and RAN the… Read More

November 16th History, Trivia and Fun Facts November 16th History Highlights Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean, 1805. The National Rifle Association received its charter from New York State, in 1871. 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States opened. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in… Read More

November 15th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 15th History Highlights 1791 – The first US Catholic college, Georgetown University, opened. 1926 – The NBC radio network opened (24 stations). November 15, 1955 (fictional) Doc Brown fell and bumped his head, which gave him the idea for the Flux Capacitor, Back to the Future, Film… Read More

November 14th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 14th History Highlights Female journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completed the trip in 72 days, in 1889. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began radio service in the United Kingdom in 1922. Ruby… Read More

November 13th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 13th History Highlights James Braid saw a demonstration of animal magnetism, which lead to his study of a subject he eventually named hypnotism (1841) In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to traffic, being the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. Walt… Read More

November 12th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 12th History Highlights William ‘Pudge’ Heffelfinger became the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid ($250) game for the Allegheny Athletic Association, in 1892. 1927 – Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party. 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager… Read More

November 11th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 11th History Highlights The Mayflower Compact was signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod in 1620. The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity, in 1750. The United States… Read More

November 10th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 10th History Highlights In 1775, The United States Marine Corps was founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA by Samuel Nicholas. 1951 – Area Codes were introduced in the United States. The Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston… Read More

November 9th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 9th History Highlights Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower caught sight of land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1620. Thirteen people died in The Great Boston Fire of 1872. The mutilated body of Mary Jane Kelly, believed to be the final victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered in… Read More

November 8th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 8th History Highlights 1519 – Cortez and his troops took Montezuma, the Aztek Emporer, hostage, effectively taking over the nation. 1889 – Montana was admitted as the 41st U.S. state. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for… Read More

November 7th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 7th History Highlights 1811 – The Battle of Tippecanoe took place in the Indiana territory. Thomas Nast used The Elephant for the first time as the Republican symbol in Harper’s Weekly magazine (1874) 1917 – The Bolshevik Revolution began in Petrograd, Russia. 1962 – Richard M. Nixon,… Read More

November 6th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 6th History Highlights November 6, 1983 (fiction) Will Byers disappeared in Hawkins, Indiana, Stranger Things, TV Television’s Meet The Press premiered (NBC) in 1947. The show debuted in radio in 1945 Good Morning America premiered (1975) on ABC The Phil Donahue Show premiered in 1967. By 1970,… Read More

November 5th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 5th History Highlights Basketball (also MLB player and TV Star) Chuck Connors became the first NBA player to shatter a backboard at Boston Garden in 1946. The Nat King Cole Show premiered in 1956 on NBC. In 2007, the Android mobile operating system was unveiled by Google.… Read More

November 4th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 4th History Highlights 1922 – King Tut’s Tomb was discovered. 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female elected as governor in the United States. 1979 – The American Embassy in Tehran, Iran was seized. #iranianhostagecrisis If you were born on November 4th, You… Read More

November 3rd History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 3rd History Highlights “Dewey Defeats Truman” #fakenews headline from November 3, 1947 1906 – The “SOS” distress signal was adopted, and in place as of July 1, 1908. 1969 – PBS (Public Television) began in the US 1992 – The Nunavut Territory was approved in Canada. If… Read More

November 2nd History, Trivia, and Fun Facts November 2nd History Highlights 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1920 – KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasted the results of the presidential election. It was the first scheduled radio broadcast. 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiated the BBC… Read More