On This Day: November 30, 1872 – The first international football match is played
The first officially recognized international competition football held on November 30, 1872…
On This Day: November 19, 1998 – The first public impeachment hearing for President Clinton
On November 19, 1998, the House Judiciary Committee held the first public…
On This Day: 20 November 1947 – The weddings of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
One of the most prominent figures of the last hundred years was…
Today: November 21, 1694 – Voltaire is born
Although its cultural current Enlightenment it drew much of its inspiration from…
On This Day: November 22, 1819 – Author George Eliot is born
The author George Eliota controversial figure of her time, was born Mary…
On This Day: November 23, 1644 – John Milton publishes “Areopagites” against censorship
In the 16th century there was a huge "explosion" in the amount…
On This Day: November 16, 1849 – Dostoyevsky is sentenced to death
The famous Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky he was born into a…
On This Day: November 17, 1869 – The opening of the Suez Canal
OR Industrial Revolution it was instrumental in the development of shipping, drastically…
On This Day: November 18, 1940 – Hitler scolds Ciano for the progress of the Italian invasion of Greece
November 18, 1940 A rather enigmatic Ribbentrop meets me in Salzburg. Before…
On This Day: November 8, 1644 – The Qing Dynasty on the throne of China
On November 8, 1644, an important change occurred in the imperial China.…
