Today In History
What happened this day in history?
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Today in History: November 30
Excerpts:Today in History: November 30:
In 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization in Seattle.
In 1936, London’s Crystal Palace exhibition hall was destroyed by a massive fire.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases
Today in History: November 29
Today in History: November 29:
On November 29, 1864, a Colorado militia attacked an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230, in the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
In 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning. And More.
Today in History: November 28
Today in History: November 28:
On Nov. 28, 1925, the Grand Ole Opry debuted on radio station WSM in Nashville.
In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the Straits of Magellan.
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Today in History: November 27
Today in History: November 27:
On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and city Supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were shot to death inside San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White.
In 1924, Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a “Christmas Parade” — took place in New York.
In 1934, bank robber and ‘Public Enemy Number 1’ Lester Joseph Gillis, better known as George ‘Baby Face’ Nelson, was killed in a gun battle with FBI agents
Today in History: November 26
Today in History: November 26:
On Nov. 26, 2008, teams of heavily armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India.
In 1791, President George Washington held his first full cabinet meeting.
In 2000, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner in that state’s presidential election.
Today in History: November 25
Today in History: November 25:
in 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted.
In 2016, Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to a victorious revolution in 1959, died at age 90.
Today in History: November 24
Today in History: November 24
In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald.
In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.”
In 2014, A grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri, decided against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown.
Today in History: November 23
Today in History: November 23:
In 1971, China was seated in the United Nations Security Council.
In 1980, 2500 people were killed by a series of earthquakes in southern Italy.
In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed into the water off the Comoro Islands.
And there’s more.
Today in History: November 22
Today in History: November 22:
In 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot during a motorcade in Dallas.
In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach — better known as “Blackbeard” — was killed during a battle off North Carolina.
In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win reelection to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced she would resign.
In 2005, Angela Merkel took power as Germany’s first female chancellor.