- 1349 Jews of the Free Imperial City of Augsburg are massacred amidst accusations of them causing the Bubonic Plague, part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- 1516 Treaty of Fribourg: the “Perpetual Peace” treaty is signed between France and the Swiss Confederation of the Thirteen Cantons
- 1573 Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga succeeds Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the 3rd Duke of Alba, as the land guardian of Netherlands
- 1581 Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, conquers Tournai after a 47-day siege
- 1729 The Dutch Republic joins the Treaty of Seville, restoring France and England’s trading privileges with Spain
- 1760 French Commandant François-Marie Picoté de Belestre surrenders Fort Detroit to Major R. Rogers
- 1775 American physician James Jay invents invisible ink
- 1777 Spanish expeditionary soldier José Joaquín Moraga establishes El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (The Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe) in California
- 1781 Zong massacre: Crew of the slave ship Zong murders more than 130 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance
- 1791 The Chatham Islands are sighted by HMS Chatham, commanded by William Broughton
The Barber of Seville
1825 Gioachino Rossini‘s comic opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville) is the first opera performed in Italian in the US, staged at New York City’s Park Theater
- 1830 November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule begins in Warsaw, Poland
- 1847 Cayuse Native Americans kill missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and 12 others at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon Country due to suspicion that they poisoned 200 Cayuse people
- 1847 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour
- 1850 The Punctation of Olmütz treaty is signed between Prussia and Austria; Prussia abandons the Erfurt Union and accepts the revival of the German Confederation
- 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders: Confederate troops under James Longstreet fail to break through Union defenses under Ambrose Burnside in Knoxville, Tennessee, resulting in 813 casualties
- 1864 Battle of Spring Hill: Confederate troops under John Bell Hood fail to attack Union forces under John M. Schofield
- 1864 Sand Creek Massacre: Third Colorado Cavalry kills and injures 150 to 600 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans, including Cheyenne Chief One Eye
- 1872 Battle of Lost River: First battle in the Modoc War begins
1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
- 1887 The US receives the sole rights to use Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for refurbishing and coaling naval ships
- 1890 First US Army-Navy football game played at West Point: Navy 24, Army 0
- 1893 Ziqiang Institute (Wuhan University) is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces in China’s Qing Dynasty
- 1897 First motorcycle race in Surrey, England, is won by Charles Jarrot
Kitchener Assumes Command
1900 General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts
- 1902 Gerhart Hauptmann‘s play “Der arme Heinrich” (Poor Heinrich) premieres in Vienna
- 1910 The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1]
- 1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California
- 1916 The US declares martial law in the Dominican Republic due to its violation of the 1907 treaty
- 1917 The Supreme Allied War Council meets at Quai d’Orsay, Paris, and at Versailles to draft war aims and resolutions
- 1921 Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
- 1923 The Dawes Commission, chaired by American banker Charles G. Dawes, is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
- 1924 NHL’s Montreal Forum opens in Montreal, Quebec
Speaker Resigns Amid Allegations
1926 Tris Speaker resigns as manager of the Cleveland Indians while facing game-fixing allegations
- 1927 Russian-French player Alexander Alekhine becomes the fourth world chess champion, defeating reigning champion Cuban José Raúl Capablanca in Buenos Aires
First Flight Over the South Pole
1929 American aviator Richard E. Byrd sends, “My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of the South Pole” during his first flight over the South Pole
Schrödinger’s cat
1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger’s cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
- 1937 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands is injured in an auto accident in Diemen, Netherlands
- 1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids a soccer match between Netherlands and Germany
- 1939 The USSR breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland
- 1941 SS Lurline passenger ship sends a radio signal reporting the sighting of a Japanese war fleet
- 1942 The US Office of Price Administration rations coffee for everyone at 1 pound (454 g) every five weeks
- 1943 German submarine U-86 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean
Committee of National Liberation
1943 Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito forms a temporary government in Jajce, Bosnia, called the National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia
- 1944 Albania is liberated from Nazi Germany control (National Day)
- 1944 Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore perform the first open-heart surgery, known as the “blue baby operation”
The Lost Weekend
1945 “The Lost Weekend,” based on Charles R. Jackson’s novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
- 1945 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed
- 1946 Dutch Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
- 1947 The UN General Assembly votes to allow the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews
- 1948 KOB TV Channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1948 Puppet TV show “Kukla, Fran and Ollie,” starring Fran Allison, debuts on NBC’s WNBQ in Chicago, Illinois
- 1948 The first opera to be televised, Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” is broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
- 1949 Uranium mine explosions in Johanngeorgenstadt, East Germany, kill 3,700
- 1951 A military coup led by Adib Shishakli forces the existing Syrian government to resign
- 1951 Operation Buster-Jangle: First underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat, Nevada, codenamed “Uncle”
- 1953 American Airlines begins the first regular commercial New York to Los Angeles air service
- 1953 WSIX-TV Channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 English athlete Chris Brasher is disqualified for interference after finishing first in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics; decision reversed on appeal
- 1957 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace baseball teams Dodgers and Giants after they relocate to the west coast
- 1958 George “Punch” Imlach becomes coach of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs
- 1959 2nd Grammy Awards: Bobby Darin for “Mack The Knife” wins Record of the Year, Frank Sinatra for “Come Dance with Me!” wins Album of the Year, Jimmy Driftwood for “The Battle of New Orleans” wins Song of the Year
- 1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy halfback
- 1961 John A. McCone replaces Allen W. Dulles as the 6th director of the CIA
Dulles Replaced by McCone
1961 The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission is launched with a chimpanzee named Enos aboard, becoming the first chimp to orbit the Earth
- 1961 The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission is launched, with a chimpanzee named Enos aboard, becoming the first chimp to orbit the Earth
- 1962 Great Britain and France decide to build the Concorde supersonic airliner jointly
- 1962 Major League Baseball decides to revert to one All-Star Game per year after four seasons in which two All-Star Games are played
- 1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” single is released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom
- 1963 Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 crashes after taking off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada, killing all 118 people
- 1964 The Roman Catholic Church in the US replaces Latin with English in Mass
- 1965 17-year-old Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups
- 1966 First NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena; San Francisco Warriors defeat Chicago Bulls 108-101
- 1966 SS Daniel J. Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, killing 28 and leaving one survivor
President of the World Bank
1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that Robert McNamara will become president of the World Bank
- 1969 The Beatles’ single “Something” / “Come Together” reaches #1
- 1970 England cricket batsman Colin Cowdrey reaches 22 on Day 3 of the drawn 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane to become Test Cricket’s leading run scorer; passes countryman Wally Hammond’s world Test-record aggregate of 7,249 runs
Yale-Princeton Football Game
1970 Modernist composer Charles Ives‘ orchestral two-minute piece “Two Halves in Two Minutes,” also known as the “Yale-Princeton Football Game,” written in 1897, premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York
- 1971 First $150,000 open golf championship at Walt Disney World
1972 Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game, at Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
- 1975 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggers the Kilauea Volcano to erupt in Hawaii
Robert Muldoon Wins Election
1975 Robert Muldoon of the National Party wins the New Zealand general election
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
1975 US President Gerald Ford signs the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, requiring states to provide free education for children with disabilities
- 1976 The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract
- 1978 UN observes “International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People,” boycotted by the US and other nations, such as Israel
- 1978 USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- 1981 Operation Tariq al-Quds: Iranian military operation to liberate Bostan in Khuzestan province
- 1983 USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- 1987 A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115
- 1987 France conducts an underground nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
- 1987 Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completes an NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
- 1987 Ranger’s Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
- 1987 The New Orleans Saints win their first season in their 21-year history
Rajiv Gandhi Resigns
1989 Rajiv Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India after losing national elections
- 1990 MLB Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
- 1990 UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991
- 1991 Dust storm in California’s San Joaquin Valley, results in massive vehicle accident on Interstate I-5 involving 93 cars and 11 truck. near Coalinga; 17 die and 150 injured
- 1991 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
- 1991 TV show “Roc” has a gay wedding episode – Can’t Help Loving that Man
My Life
1994 Mary J. Blige releases “My Life,” her second studio album (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
- 1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
- 1995 “Garden District” closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
- 1995 CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
Clinton Lifts Oil Ban
1995 US President Bill Clinton lifts ban on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973
- 1997 OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998
- 1997 USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards
- 2001 UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
Mandela’s AIDS Concerts
2003 The first of Nelson Mandela‘s 46664 AIDS benefit concerts held at Green Point Stadium, Capetown
- 2005 The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
- 2007 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique, affecting the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad
- 2007 Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila hotel after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny
- 2012 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
- 2012 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
- 2012 The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state
2015 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to win his 3rd overall, and 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship by 59 points from teammate Nico Rosberg
- 2016 Former NFL player Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in prison for a series of rapes
- 2017 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC’s “Today” show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
- 2017 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
- 2018 Opera “Prism” composed by Ellen Reid with lyrics by Roxie Perkin premieres at REDCAT in Los Angeles (2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
- 2018 Tens of thousands of Indian farmers protest the agrarian crisis at Parliament in Delhi
- 2019 K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon are sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it [1]
- 2019 Terrorist knife attack at Fishmongers’ Hall by London Bridge kills two and injures three; the attacker, previously imprisoned for a 2012 terror offense, is shot dead
Jesus Manger Fragment
2019 Wood fragment believed to be from Jesus’ manger is returned to Bethlehem by Pope Francis after 1400 years
First Female Communications Team
2020 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announce the first all-female Communications team for the White House
2021 FIFA Ballon d’Or: Argentina and PSG forward Lionel Messi wins his record 7th award from Robert Lewandowski; FC Barcelona attacking midfielder Alexia Putellas is Women’s World Player of the Year
- 2021 Honduras presidential elections: Xiomara Castro is elected as the country’s first female president (declared 2 Dec)
Dorsey Steps Down as CEO of Twitter
2021 Jack Dorsey announces he is stepping down as CEO of Twitter, to be replaced by Parag Agrawal
- 2022 For the first time, fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census [1]
- 2022 Malawi begins historic campaign against malaria by vaccinating children under five using the RTS,S vaccine (thought to provide 30% protection) [1]
- 2022 Singapore’s parliament repeals British-era Section 377A, decriminalizing gay sex, but introduces amendments to protect the current definition of marriage [1]
- 2022 Three stowaways are rescued by the Spanish coastguard after 11 days at sea, balancing on a ship’s rudder from Nigeria to the Canary Islands [1]
Thalidomide Tragedy Apology
2023 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issues a national apology to people affected by the thalidomide morning sickness drug over 60 years ago [1]
- 2023 Footage of the Vangunu rat, a rare giant rat about half a meter (1.5 feet) long, is captured for the first time on the island of Vangunu, Solomon Islands [1]
- 2023 Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage in its western Lumjung district, after becoming the second Asian country to legalize it five months earlier [1]
Spotify’s Most-Streamed
2023 Taylor Swift is Spotify’s most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, and “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is the most-streamed song [1]
- 2023 The US says it has foiled an assassination attempt by an Indian national on a US citizen who advocates for a Sikh separatist state [1]
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