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Post by LuLu on Nov 5, 2012 1:51:24 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 5, 1912,
Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs.
In 1605,
the "Gunpowder Plot" failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.
In 1781,
the Continental Congress elected John Hanson of Maryland its chairman, giving him the title of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled."
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Post by LuLu on Nov 6, 2012 22:35:15 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 6, 1888,
Republican Benjamin Harrison won the presidential election, defeating Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland with an electoral vote count of 233-168, even though Cleveland led...
In 1632,
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed in battle.
In 1860,
former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 10, 2012 4:18:55 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 10, 1972,
three armed men hijacked Southern Airways Flight 49, a DC-9 with 24 other passengers on board during a stopover in Birmingham, Ala., and demanded $10 million in ransom. (The...
In 1775,
the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.
In 1871,
journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 11, 2012 2:41:48 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 11, 1918,
fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
In 1620,
41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a "body politick."
In 1831,
former slave Nat Turner, who'd led a violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Va.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 12, 2012 3:11:08 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 12, 1942,
the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over Japanese forces.)
In 1787,
severe flooding struck Dublin, Ireland, as the River Liffey rose.
In 1815,
American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, N.Y.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 13, 2012 2:10:37 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 13, 1982,
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
In 1312,
England's King Edward III was born at Windsor Castle.
In 1789,
Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, Jean-Baptiste Leroy: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
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Post by LuLu on Nov 14, 2012 2:21:44 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 14, 1862,
during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the go-ahead for Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond; the resulting Battle of...
In 1851,
Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale" was first published in the United States.
In 1881,
Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President James A. Garfield. (Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year.)
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Post by LuLu on Nov 15, 2012 3:01:56 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 15, 1942,
the naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
In 1777,
the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.
In 1806,
explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes (cq) Peak in present-day Colorado.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 16, 2012 1:51:06 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 16, 1946,
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded at the conclusion of a conference in London.
In 1776,
British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution.
In 1885,
Canadian rebel leader Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 17, 2012 3:10:55 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 17, 1962,
Washington Dulles International Airport was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy.
In 1558,
Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary.
In 1800,
Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 18, 2012 1:46:13 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 18, 1942,
"The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning allegory about the history of humankind, opened on Broadway.
In 1865,
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain was first published under the title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" in the New York Saturday Press.
In 1883,
the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 19, 2012 2:09:45 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 19, 1863,
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
In 1600,
King Charles I of England was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
In 1794,
the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 20, 2012 1:44:22 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 20, 1962,
President John F. Kennedy held a news conference in which he announced the end of the naval quarantine of Cuba imposed during the missile crisis, and the signing of an...
In 1620,
Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay; he was the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.
In 1789,
New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Right
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Post by LuLu on Nov 21, 2012 2:05:03 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 21, 1942,
the Alaska Highway, also known as the Alcan Highway, was formally opened at Soldier's Summit in the Yukon Territory.
In 1789,
North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1861,
Judah Benjamin, who had been acting Confederate Secretary of War, was formally named to the post.
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Post by LuLu on Nov 22, 2012 1:52:34 GMT -5
Today In History
On Nov. 22, 1963,
President John F. Kennedy was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same open car as the president, was seriously wounded. A suspect,...
In 1718,
English pirate Edward Teach — better known as "Blackbeard" — was killed during a battle off present-day North Carolina.
In 1862,
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Forza del Destino" had its world premiere in St. Petersburg,
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