Each Trump Election Win Seems to Have a Noticeable Spike in Hate Crimes

 

This is a picture of a magnet that was being sold at Strand's Book Store in New York City a few years ago. No, I did not buy it, but I liked it and took a picture, which I am sharing here now. 

As former President Ronald Reagan might have said, "Here we go again..."

The last time that Donald Trump was elected president, there was a spike in incidents of hate crimes.

Already, just a little over one week after Trump won another term in office, we have seen mass texts filled with racist slurs sent to thousands of people across the country. We have also seen white supremacist Nick Fuentes (who was just charged earlier today with assaulting a woman) declare on a social media post on X (formerly Twitter, now owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk) on November 5th (Election day) that clearly went viral “Your body, my choice. Forever.” It has been viewed over 90 million times. Not all of those views have been by people outraged over the post, either. There are reports that this has become a chant which teenage boys in a number of schools now apparently are hurling at teenage girls in their schools. It seems clear enough that this message is intended as a form of intimidation, with a threat pretty clearly insinuated.

Fuentes did not merely leave it there. In case some people might not have understood his overall point with such a post, he made it abundantly clear with his elaborations:

“Hey bitch, we control your bodies! Guess what? Guys win again. Okay? Men win again,” Fuentes continued in a blatantly misogynistic video spiel.  

“There will never ever be a female president … It’s over. Glass ceiling? Dude, it’s the ceiling made of f–king bricks. You will never break it. Your stupid face keeps hitting the brick ceiling. We will keep you down forever. You will never control your own bodies.” 

This was just one of the most influential of such social media posts, but it was hardly the only one. In fact, there has been a wave of them. Here, according to an article by Anna North of Vox, is another one:

Many of the sexist posts stem from “manosphere” influencers like Andrew Tate and their followers, according to the report — Tate, for example, posted on X on November 7, “I saw a woman crossing the road today but I just kept my foot down. Right of way? You no longer have rights.”

Charming, huh? 

Now, there is still another incident that illustrates that violent young men (most likely young, in any case) are feeling emboldened to take matters into their own hands and loudly and proudly display their hatred and sense of entitlement.

During a showing of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in one town in Michigan yesterday, a small group of masked men rallied nearby, holding Nazi flags and shouting anti-Semitic slurs. There are reports that many of those who attended the play were afraid to go out due to these neo-Nazis nearby.

Nobody is suggesting that Trump or anyone in his campaign is responsible or supports such actions. However, it nevertheless does feel a bit telling that such blatant demonstrations of racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and anti-Semitism seem to spike once Trump gains political power. It sure feels like those who are violent and in favor of a more totalitarian state feel empowered and emboldened with Trump's political rise. 

It does not help that Trump once hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner, who was brought in as a guest of Kanye West, for reasons which are, admittedly, unknown to me. Both of those men are controversial in their own right. Fuentes was already well known at that time for being a Holocaust-denier and posting blatantly racist stuff on social media. Much like with the neo-Nazis and blatant white supremacists who held that infamous rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, relatively early in Trump's first term, it seems that Trump has a hard time simply condemning such extremists white supremacists and hate mongers. Unless, that is, you include having them over for dinner as some kind of condemnation.

So far, I have not heard Trump or anyone from his campaign specifically condemn these kinds of hate crimes. Once again, it sure seems like Trump both brings and thrives on chaos. Already it has begun, despite there being still over two months before Trump officially takes the oath of office once again.

Below are the articles which I used in writing this blog entry, and which also seemed like good resources for people if they are not familiar with these stories, or what they mean:

“Your body, my choice”: The misogynist MAGA attack, explained Rape threats and other sexist posts are going viral after the election. It’s part of a pattern.  by Anna North  Nov 13, 2024, 3:25 PM ES

https://www.vox.com/politics/384792/your-body-my-choice-maga-gender-election

Women dox, vow revenge against far-right Nick Fuentes after ‘your body, my choice’ rant By Natalie Brown, News.com.au Published Nov. 13, 2024:

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/far-right-extremist-nicholas-fuentes-doxxed-after-vile-election-rant/

Donald Trump dined with white nationalist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes by Meridith McGraw  11/25/2022:

The former president hosted Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago. He said it was “quick and uneventful.”  Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture. The dinner underscores how few guardrails currently exist within the former president’s political operation, with few aides there to screen guests or advise against and manage such gatherings. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825

Demonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in Michigan Kathleen Magramo By Kathleen Magramo and Jillian Sykes, CNN, November 12, 2024:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/us/michigan-nazi-flags-anne-frank-theater/index.html

November 13th: This Day in History

   

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 

On this day in 1775, the rebellious American forces took the city of Montréal, in modern day Canada The expedition was under the command of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery. The victory was due in part to Ethan Allen's chaotic defeat to British General Canadian Royal General Guy Carleton. Brigadier General Montgomery would be killed the next month when American forces unsuccessfully attempted to take Québec City. On this day in 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote "Nothing . . . is certain but death & taxes." In 1843 on this day, Mt Rainier in Washington State erupted. In 1885 on this day, the Serbian army occupied Bulgaria. On this day in 1918, Russia canceled the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Less than one month before the Pearl Habor attacks which would officially catapult the United States into the World War II conflict, Congress on this day in 1941 revised the Neutrality Act allowing American merchant ships into war zones. It put American vessels in greater danger. In 1953 on this day, during the "Red Scare" hysteria that swept over the country, an Indiana Textbook Commission member suggested that the story of Robin Hood leaned towards communism. Sweden agreed to join the European Union on this day in 1994.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

On this day in the year 866, Pope Nicholas I answered the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra). In 1002 on this day, English king Ethelred II launched massacre of Danish settlers. On this day in 1511, England signed on to the Saint League. English Lady Jane Grey/Bishop Cranmer was accused of high treason on this day in 1553. King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reached Brussels on this day in 1565. In 1565 om this day, Pope Pius IV published the degree Professi fidei. In 1642 on this day, the Battle at Turnham Green was fought in London between the forces loyal to King Charles I vs those of the English parliament. Prince Willem III/Raimundo Earl Montecuccoli conquered Bonn on this day in 1673. There was a significant battle at Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion on this day in 1715. The battle proved ultimately to be inconclusive, but government forces able halt advance of Jacobite army led by Scottish Earl of Mar. On this day in 1775, the rebellious American forces took the city of Montréal, in modern day Canada The expedition was under the command of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery. The victory was due in part to Ethan Allen's chaotic defeat to British General Canadian Royal General Guy Carleton. Brigadier General Montgomery would be killed the next month when American forces unsuccessfully attempted to take Québec City.  On this day in 1781, English troops occupied Negapatam, Ceylon.

Altered picture that I took of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial in Philadelphia some years ago. 

On this day in 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote "Nothing . . . is certain but death & taxes."

1839 - 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY

1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.

1843 - Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts

1849 - Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California

1851 - 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands& amp; Orange"

1851 - Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked

1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington.

King of England King Charles IKing of England King Charles I 1854 - "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300

1862 - Battle of Holly Spring, MS

1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.

1865 - PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport

1865 - US issues 1st gold certificates

1868 - American Philological Association organized in NY

1875 - Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms

1875 - National Bowling Association organized in NYC

1885 - Serbian army occupies Bulgaria

1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

1895 - 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii

1900 - Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League

1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.

1906 - C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland

1907 - French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)

1909 - 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill

1909 - Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game

1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.

1913 - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob

1916 - British offensive at Ancre Belgium

1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

1918 - Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck & Pyrmont abdicates throne

1918 - Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

1918 - Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg

1920 - Hudson River frozen at Albany

Silent Film Star Rudolph ValentinoSilent Film Star Rudolph Valentino 1921 - "Sheik," silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, is released

1921 - US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty

1922 - Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY

1922 - George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in NYC

1922 - Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in NYC

1926 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java

1927 - NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens

1928 - Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC

1930 - WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in NYC

1931 - Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator

1933 - 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn

1935 - Anti-British riots in Egypt

1937 - NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio

1938 - America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified

1940 - Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released

Animator Walt DisneyAnimator Walt Disney 1941 - German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic

1942 - Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal

1942 - Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18

1945 - Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India

1946 - 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA

1946 - Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC

1948 - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs

1950 - US win 1st world championship bridge contest

1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

1951 - Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio& amp; Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)

1952 - False fingernails 1st sold

1952 - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres

1955 - 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba

1955 - Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president

1956 - Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses in Alabama

1958 - NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League

1960 - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)

1961 - WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting

1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.

1964 - Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points

1964 - Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor

1965 - "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances

1965 - "Yarmouth Castle" burns & sinks off Bahamas, killing 89

1965 - Director Kenneth Tynan says the word "Fuck" on BBC

1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open

1967 - Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland Oh)

1967 - NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City

1968 - Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP

1969 - VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias & distortion

1970 - Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh

1970 - Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed

1970 - Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup

1970 - VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"

1971 - Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)

1973 - "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances

1973 - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously

1974 - Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP

1975 - "Musical Jubilee" opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances

1977 - 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot

1977 - Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)

1977 - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1978 - NASA launches HEAO

1979 - British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year

1979 - Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for US President

1979 - Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL

1980 - US spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn

1980 - Gabriella Brum, 18, of West Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend

1981 - Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"

1982 - Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC

1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.

1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic

1984 - David Levy finds his 1st comet

1984 - Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award

1985 - Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award

1985 - Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000

1986 - Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World

1986 - NASA launches space vehicle S-199

1986 - US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran

1987 - 1st condom commercial on BBC TV

Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician& amp; member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil"

1990 - Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award

1990 - The World Wide Web first began.

1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shot dead 13 people, in what became known as the Aramoana Massacre.

1991 - Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state

1991 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award

1992 - Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka

1993 - Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed

1993 - Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president

1994 - Sweden agrees to join European Union

1996 - "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC

1996 - Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)

1996 - Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP

1997 - "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC

Champion Boxer Evander HolyfieldChampion Boxer Evander Holyfield 1997 - Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP

1997 - UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq

2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.

2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

2002 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.

2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

2002 - Eminem releases single 'Lose Yourself' from soundtrack of 8 Mile, 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song

2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.

2010 - Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage

2012 - 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights

1775 - During the American Revolution, U.S. forces captured Montreal.   1789 - Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."   1805 - Johann George Lehner, a Viennese butcher, invented a recipe and called it the "frankfurter."   1927 - The Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.   1933 - In Austin, MN, the first sit-down labor strike in America took place.   1940 - The Walt Disney movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere at New York's Broadway Theater.  Disney movies, music and books   1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18.   1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.   1971 - The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars.   1977 - The comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp appeared in newspapers for the last time.   1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.   1984 - A libel suit against Time, Inc. by former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon went to trial in New York.   1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged that the U.S. had sent "defensive weapons and spare parts" to Iran. He denied that the shipments were sent to free hostages, but that they had been sent to improve relations.   1991 - Roger Clemens won his third Cy Young Award for the American League.   1994 - Sweden voted to join the European Union.   1995 - Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first major league pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.   1997 - Iraq expelled six U.N. arms inspectors that were U.S. citizens.   1998 - "The Wizard of Oz" was released on the big screen by Warner Bros. 59 years after its original release.   1998 - Monica Lewinsky signed a deal with St. Martin's Press for the North American rights to her story about her affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton.   2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed an executive order that would allow for military tribunals to try any foreigners captured with connections to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. It was the first time since World War II that a president had taken such action.   2009 - NASA announced that water had been discoved on the moon. The discovery came from the planned impact on the moon of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).


1775 U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution. 1927 The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey. 1940 Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted. 1942 The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18. 1946 Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts. 1956 The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses. 1982 The Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated in Washington, DC. 2001 The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.  


The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov13.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

November 12th: This Day in History

  

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 

This day in the year 295 marked the origin of the Era of Ascension. In 764 on this day, Tibetan troops occupied Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. In 1775 on this day, General Washington forbade recruiting officers to enlisting blacksJean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, was guillotined.on this day in 1793. On this day in 1948, Japanese war criminals were sentenced. Ellis Island officially closed on this day in 1954. In 1979 on this day, American President Jimmy Carter shut down oil imports from Iran. In 1990 on this day, Akihito became the Emperor of Japan.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

This day in the year 295 marked the origin of the Era of Ascension. On this day in 764, Tibetan troops occupied Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. Lotharius became the King of France on this day in 954. Plymouth, England, became the first town incorporated by the English Parliament on this day in 1439. In 1555 on this day, the English Parliament re-established Catholicism. On this day in 1591, the Castilian army occupied Zaragoza. The Treaty of Xanten was signed on this day in 1614, Guliks-Kleefse War victory ended. Dutch troops under Willem III occupied Bonn on this day in 1673. On this day in 1682, Swedish King Karel XI established an absolute monarchy. France & Bavaria renewed a secret treaty on this day in 1727. On this day in 1775, General George Washington forbid recruiting officers to enlist blacks. Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, was guillotined on this day in 1793. Allied troops occupied Zwolle, Netherlands on this day in 1813. In 1823 on this day, Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opened. Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, was the first to use chloroform as an anesthetic on this day in 1847. In 1859, Jules Leotard performed the first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed garment that bears his name. In 1873 on this day, Bay District Race Track opened. On this day in 1885, Montréal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeated Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game. In 1893 on this day, the treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations. On this day in 1899, British troops reached Durban, Natal, in present-day South Africa. In 1900 on this day, the World's Fair in Paris opened (ultimately having 50 million visitors). On this day in 1905 (November 12 & November 13), Norway held a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.

1906 - C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps

1910 - 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon

Naval Officer and Explorer Robert ScottNaval Officer and Explorer Robert Scott 1912 - Robert Scott's diary & dead body found in Antarctica

1914 - Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war

1915 - Britain annexes Gilbert & Ellice archipelago

1915 - Theodore W Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry

1918 - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic

1919 - Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia

1920 - Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner

1921 - Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments

1922 - The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority is founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1923 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power Nov 8

1924 - Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron

1925 - US & Italy sign peace accord about war debts

1927 - 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens

1927 - Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green

1927 - Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator

Russian Revolutionary Leon TrotskyRussian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky 1928 - British steamer "Vestris" capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110

1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1

1931 - Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in London

1932 - 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion

1933 - 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)

1933 - 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0

1933 - 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken

1933 - Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany

1936 - 1st TV Gardening show

1936 - Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill

1936 - Oakland Bay Bridge opens

1936 - St Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes & William O DeWitt

1938 - Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland

1939 - Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David

1940 - Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)

Nazi Politician Hermann GoeringNazi Politician Hermann Goering 1941 - Germany's drive to take Moscow halted

1941 - WOV-AM & WNEW-AM in NYC swaps call letters

1942 - In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began

1943 - Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands

1944 - RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway

1945 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)

1946 - 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)

1946 - Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released

1946 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.

1947 - KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)

1947 - Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced

1948 - Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal

1950 - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards

1951 - "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances

1952 - Phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP

1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape

First Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-GurionFirst Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion 1953 - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel

1953 - US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games

1954 - Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed

1955 - 1st West German officers sworn in

1955 - E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame

1956 - Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted

1958 - Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award

1959 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP

1960 - Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails

1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude

1963 - Train crash in Japan, kills 164

1964 - Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1964 - Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH

1965 - Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines

1965 - General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka

1965 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ

1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus

1966 - Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ

1966 - Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record

1966 - High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame

1967 - Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic

1967 - Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7

1968 - KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting

1968 - Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional

1969 - Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union

1969 - Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP

1969 - US army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19

1969 - WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast

1970 - 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die

1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103

1970 - Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell

1973 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 14th String Quartet premieres

1974 - South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies

1975 - NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award

1975 - Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retired after 36 years

1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977 - New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial

1978 - "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 33 performances

1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1979 - Pres Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil

1979 - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal

1979 - US halts Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets

1980 - Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award

1980 - NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana

1980 - US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn

1981 - 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)

1981 - 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)

1981 - Bill C Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in NYC

1981 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A's)

1981 - Great Britain performs nuclear test

1981 - Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World

1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1982 - USSR KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as USSR leader

1982 - Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket v India, goes to 215

1983 - 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas

1983 - NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3

Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1984 - Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"

1984 - Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite 1st space salvage

1985 - R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane

1985 - STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad

1985 - Secretary in Ann Arbor Mich wounded by package bomb

1985 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct

1986 - France performs nuclear test

1986 - Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously

1987 - "Teddy & Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances

1987 - Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine

1987 - Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World

1988 - Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)

1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989 - "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1018 performances

1989 - Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years

1989 - George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in NYC

1990 - Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

Computer scientist Tim Berners-LeeComputer scientist Tim Berners-Lee 1990 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

1991 - "Full House" 100th episode-twins are born

1991 - Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award

1991 - Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die

1991 - Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

1992 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time

1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06

1995 - 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00

1995 - Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe

1995 - Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003

1995 - NY MTA raises subway & bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50

1995 - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit

1996 - Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award

1997 - Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004

1997 - Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award

1998 - NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak

1998 - Then Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.

1999 - The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.

2001 - 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

2001 - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

2003 - With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems.

2003 - Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

2006 - The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.

2011 - Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.

2012 - Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize

1799 - Andrew Ellicott Douglass witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys.   1815 - American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, NY.   1840 - Sculptor Auguste Rodin was born in Paris. His most widely known works are "The Kiss" and "The Thinker."   1859 - The first flying trapeze act was performed by Jules Leotard at Cirque Napoleon in Paris, France. He was also the designer of the garment that is named after him.   1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.   1915 - Theodore W. Richards, of Harvard University, became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.   1918 - Austria and Czechoslovakia were declared independent republics.   1920 - Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of the American and National Leagues.   1921 - Representatives of nine nations gathered for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments.   1927 - Joseph Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union. Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party leading to Stalin coming to power.   1931 - Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was to be the new home of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL).   1933 - In Philadelphia, the first Sunday football game was played.   1940 - Walt Disney released "Fantasia."  Disney movies, music and books   1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory.   1944 - During World War II, the German battleship "Tirpitz" was sunk off the coast of Norway.   1946 - The first drive-up banking facility opened at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, IL.   1948 - The war crimes tribunal sentenced Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death.   1953 - The National Football League (NFL) policy of blacking out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.   1954 - Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since 1892.   1964 - Paula Murphy set the female land speed record 226.37 MPH.   1972 - Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons.   1975 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired because of failing health, ending a record 36½-year term.   1979 - U.S. President Carter ordered a halt to all oil imports from Iran in response to 63 Americans being taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran on November 4.   1980 - The U.S. space probe Voyager I came within 77,000 miles of Saturn while transmitting data back to Earth.   1982 - Yuri V. Andropov was elected to succeed the late Leonid I. Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee.   1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Dale Gardner and Joe Allen snared the Palapa B-2 satellite in history's first space salvage.   1985 - In Norfolk, VA, Arthur James Walker was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a spy ring run by his brother, John A. Walker Jr.   1987 - The American Medical Association issued a policy statement that said it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive.   1990 - Japanese Emperor Akihito formally assumed the Chrysanthemum Throne.   1991 - In the U.S., Robert Gates was sworn in as CIA director.   1995 - The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.   1997 - Four Americans and their Pakistani driver were shot to death in Karachi, Pakistan. The Americans were oil company employees.   1997 - The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iraq for constraints being placed on UN arms inspectors.   1997 - Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.   1998 - Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler AG.   2001 - American Airlines flight 587 crashed just minutes after take off from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Airbus A300 crashed into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens. All 260 people aboard were killed.   2001 - It was reported that the Northern Alliance had taken the Kabul, Afghanistan, from the ruling Taliban. The Norther Alliance at this point was reported to have control over most of the northern areas of Afghanistan.   2002 - Stan Lee filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment Inc. that claimed the company had cheated him out of millions of dollars in movie profits related to the 2002 movie "Spider-Man." Lee was the creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil.



1920 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball. 1927 Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet Union. 1942 The World War II battle of Guadalcanal begins. 1954 Ellis Island stopped serving as the chief immigration station for the United States. Twenty million immigrants went through Ellis Island in its 62 years of operation. 1970 A cyclone and tidal wave hit East Pakistan, killing over 200,000 people. 1981 The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time. It was the first time a space vehicle was used more than once. 1990 Akihito becomes emperor of Japan. 1997 Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New York.


The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov12.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

CFL 2024 Postseason: Review of the Eastern & Western Divisional Finals

       

Grey Cup/Coupe Grey

CFL Division Finals

The Grey Cup will be a rematch of the one we had two years ago. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers reached their fifth consecutive Grey Cup by sweeping aside the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Meanwhile, the Argos beat the Alouettes. 

Let's take a closer look: 

Eastern Division Final Review:

Toronto Argonauts 30, Montréal Alouettes 28

The Toronto Argonauts are going to the Grey Cup. They managed that by defeating the defending champion Alouettes in Montréal, exacting revenge on their own home loss to the Alouettes in last year's Eastern Division Final.

As it turns out, turnovers were numerous in the beginning of the game. Really, it seemed like this was going on right at the start. Montréal got an early interception after the defense was able to put quite a bit of pressure on Toronto. Yet they did not capitalize, and they had turnovers of their own soon enough. 

To be sure, if felt as if the Alouettes, who were the defending champions and raced out to an incredibly hot start this season, were losing momentum as the season wore on. That seemed particularly true against the Argos, which I pointed out in the preview. It seemed like Toronto clearly got the better of Montréal in the final two regular season meetings, and now the postseason game.

The Alouettes proved tough and opportunistic on defense at times, although they clearly also had some slips. In the end, they just did not have enough to get over the slight advantage that the Argos had seemingly throughout the game.

My pick: Inaccurate

CFL 2024 Recap: Toronto @ Montreal -  Eastern Final

Western Division Final Review:

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38, Saskatchewan Roughriders 22

This one was not really as close as the final score suggests it was. If you look at the final score, it makes it seem like this was a decent shootout, with the Blue Bombers perhaps winning it in the end. 

In fact, Winnipeg had this game well in hand almost throughout. Indeed, they pretty well dominated this game almost from the first, and right to the end. 

Saskatchewan looked overwhelmed at times, and just had no answers for what the Blue Bombers were able to do, consistently, all game long. Really, this is one of those times where it felt like one team's superior experience was clearly in play and provided a pretty big advantage over the team with the clearly less valuable experience.

Winnipeg was able to produce plenty of points and looked like they were able to do pretty much what they wanted throughout. The Roughriders were able to get some points and make somewhat of a game of it. But they never actually were able to get back in the game once they fell behind. The Blue Bombers were bound for victory, and it was never really in much doubt.

So the Blue Bombers, incredibly, reach the Grey Cup for a fifth time, which puts them in truly elite category, historically speaking. Few teams have qualified for as many consecutive Grey Cups, with only one franchise (the Edmonton Eskimos, from 1977 to 1982) made it six straight times. They will get another crack at the Toronto Argonauts, the team that upset them two years ago.

My pick: Accurate

CFL 2024 Recap: Saskatchewan @ Winnipeg - Western Final

November 11th: This Day in History

 

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 

The Congress of Carnuntum took place today in an attempt to keep peace within the Roman Empire. The leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I was declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul on this day in the year 308. Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declared himself ruler of North Italy on this day in 1158. In 1805 on this day during the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Dürenstein was fought. In the battle, 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. Bechuanaland (modern day Botswana) became a part of the Cape Colony in 1895 on this day. On this day in 1911, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918, World War I officially ended. In 1941 on this day, Czechoslovakian Premier General Eliasj was arrested by Nazis. In 1965 on this day, heavyweight Cassius Clay KO'd Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas, Nevada. On this day in 2004, Yasser Arafat was confirmed dead by the Palestine Liberation Organization, of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman of the PLO shortly thereafter.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.

887 - Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns

1158 - Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy

1208 - Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king

1215 - 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

1417 - Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V

1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Saba

1500 - Treaty of Granada: France & Aragon divide Naples

1503 - Pope Julius II elected

1572 - Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem

1606 - Turkey & Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok

1634 - Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery".

1640 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed.

1647 - Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law

1648 - Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands

1671 - Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine

1673 - Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.

1675 - Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function.

1688 - Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England

The Warrior Pope Julius IIThe Warrior Pope Julius II 1714 - A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street

1724 - Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. (b. c. 1700)

1725 - Georg F Handel's opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London

1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England

1750 - The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.

1752 - Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna

1778 - Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre

1790 - Chrysanthemums are introduced to England from China

1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.

1811 - Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain

1813 - Dresden surrenders to allied armies

1836 - Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru

1839 - The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

1851 - Alvan Clark patents telescope

1862 - Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)

Composer George Friedrich HandelComposer George Friedrich Handel 1864 - Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia

1864 - Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL

1865 - Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor

1865 - Thomas Robertsons "Society," premieres in London

1865 - Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

1868 - 1st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)

1880 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol

1887 - Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies (b. 1855), Albert Parsons (b. 1848), Adolph Fischer (b. 1858) and George Engel (b. 1836) are executed.

1887 - Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.

1889 - Washington admitted as 42nd state of USA

1890 - D McCree patents portable fire escape

1895 - Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony

1896 - Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War

1899 - Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London

1901 - Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres

1906 - Ethel Smyth's "Standrecht" premieres in Leipzig

1909 - Construction of US navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, begins

1909 - J M Synge's "Tinker's Wedding," premieres in London

1911 - Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).

1918 - Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution

1918 - Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates

1918 - Poland declares independence

1918 - Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, WW I hostilities end at 11.00 am

1919 - Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views

1921 - President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery

1922 - Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')

1923 - Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph

1924 - Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St NYC

1924 - Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)

1925 - Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD

Jazz Musician Louis ArmstrongJazz Musician Louis Armstrong 1925 - Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings

1925 - Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement

1925 - Robert A. Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays

1926 - Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager

1926 - U.S. Route 66 is established.

1928 - France's 5th government of Poincaré forms

1928 - KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions

1928 - WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions

1928 - WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions

1928 - WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions

1930 - Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

1931 - Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building

1933 - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains

1934 - 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful

1934 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC & becomes KICK-AM

Theoretical Physicist Albert EinsteinTheoretical Physicist Albert Einstein 1935 - Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD

1937 - Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph

1937 - Nobel prize for physics awarded to C J Davisson & GP Thomson

1938 - German & Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi

1938 - Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David

1939 - Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

1940 - Thousands of Paris students lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier

1940 - Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100

1940 - British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet

1940 - Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle ("Jeep")

1941 - Czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis

1942 - -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad

1942 - 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz

1942 - During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France

1942 - Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David

1942 - Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java

1942 - Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany

1943 - Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP

1943 - US air raid on Rabaul

1944 - NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4)

1946 - NY Knicks' 1st game at Madison Sq Garden loses 78-68 to Chic Stags

1949 - WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast

1953 - Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager

1957 - Demolition begins on cable car barn at California& amp; Hyde (SF)

1958 - "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 perfs

1958 - AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959

1959 - 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs

1959 - Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished

1960 - Largest NY Knick 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-18,499

1961 - Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding

1961 - Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots

1961 - Molotov, Malenkov & Kaganovitsj expelled from USSR's communist party

1961 - Stalingrad renamed Volgograd

1962 - Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

1963 - Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles

1963 - Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record

1964 - Murray Schisgal's "Luv," premieres in NYC

1965 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas

1965 - Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian Smith

1965 - William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in NYC

1966 - Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight

1966 - Methodist Church & Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA)

1966 - NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12.

Musician and Beatle John LennonMusician and Beatle John Lennon 1968 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album

1968 - Maldives (in Indian Ocean) becomes a republic

1968 - Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England

1969 - Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK

1969 - Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness

1970 - Balt Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP

1971 - Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15

1971 - Neil Simon's "Prisoner of Second Avenue" premieres in NYC

1972 - Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time

1972 - US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army

1975 - Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)

1975 - Australian PM Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs)

1977 - Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School"

1978 - Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives

1979 - Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center

1980 - Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37

1980 - Islanders' Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars

1981 - "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances

1981 - Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award

1982 - 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars

1982 - 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st coml flight

1982 - Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters near Tyre; kills 60

1982 - Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager

1983 - 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain

1983 - President Reagan became 1st US president to address Japanese legislature

1983 - Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan at WACA

1984 - "Three Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances

1985 - 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost"

1985 - Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB

1985 - Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing

1986 - Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award

1986 - Suriname government proclaims gold purification

1987 - "Roza" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances

1987 - Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court

1987 - Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns

1987 - Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards

1987 - Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction

1988 - Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science

1989 - "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 perfs

1989 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson

1990 - "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 perfs

1990 - Calif's Chuck Finley & Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams

1992 - Anglican Church & Church of England OK female priests

264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1993 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder

1994 - Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000

1994 - Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir

1996 - Braves' John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award

1997 - CBS News anchor Dan Rather renews his contract to 2002

1997 - Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award

1997 - WNBA expands to Detroit & Washington DC

1999 - Last upside down date until January 1, 6000

2000 - In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.

2001 - Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.

2004 - New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.

2004 - Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the Palestine Liberation Organization, of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

2006 - The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

2008 - The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) set sail on her final voyage to Dubai.

2012 - 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma

1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for "just and equal laws."   1831 - Nat Turner, a slave and educated minister, was hanged in Jerusalem, VA, after inciting a violent slave uprising.   1851 - The telescope was patented by Alvan Clark.   1868 - The first indoor amateur track and field meet was held by the New York Athletic Club.   1880 - Australian outlaw and bank robber Ned Kelly was hanged at the Melbourne jail at age 25.   1887 - Labor Activists were hanged in Illinois after being convicted of being connected to a bombing that killed eight police officers.   1889 - Washington became the 42nd state of the United States.   1918 - World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran's Day in the United States.   1918 - Poland was reestablished shortly after the surrender of Germany.   1920 - The body of an unknown British soldier was buried in Westminster Abbey. The service was recorded with the first electronic recording process developed by Lionel Guest and H.O. Merriman.   1921 - The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by U.S. President Harding.   1938 - Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio.   1940 - The Jeep made its debut.   1942 - During World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.   1946 - The New York Knickerbockers (now the Knicks) played their first game at Madison Square Garden.   1952 - The first video recorder was demonstrated by John Mullin and Wayne Johnson in Beverly Hills, CA.   1965 - The government of Rhodesia declared its independence from Britain. The country later became known as Zimbabwe.   1965 - Walt Disney announced a project in Florida.  Disney movies, music and books   1966 - The U.S. launched Gemini 12 from Cape Kennedy, FL. The craft circled the Earth 59 times before returning.   1972 - The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Bihn to the South Vietnamese army. The event symbolized the end of direct involvement in the Vietnam War by the U.S. military.   1975 - Civil war broke out when Angola gained independence from Portugal.   1981 - Stuntman Dan Goodwin scaled the outside of the 100-story John Hancock Center in Chicago in about six hours.   1981 - The U.S.S. Ohio was commissioned at the Electric Boat Division in Groton, CT. It was the first Trident class submarine.   1984 - The Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. died in Atlanta at age 84.   1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan accepted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a gift to the nation from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.   1984 - Gary Coleman, at age 13, underwent his second kidney transplant in Los Angeles. He had his first transplant at age 5.   1986 - Sperry Rand and Burroughs merged to form "Unisys," becoming the second largest computer company.   1987 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Irises" was sold for a then record 53.9 million dollars in New York.   1988 - Police in Sacramento, CA, found the first of seven bodies buried on the grounds of a boardinghouse. Dorothea Puente was later charged in the deaths of nine people, convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.   1990 - Stormie Jones, the world's first heart-liver transplant recipient, died at a Pittsburgh hospital at age 13.   1991 - The U.S. stationed its first diplomat in Cambodia in 16 years to help the nation arrange democratic elections.   1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin told U.S. senators in a letter that Americans had been held in prison camps after World War II. Some were "summarily executed," but others were still living in his country voluntarily.   1992 - The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.   1993 - Walt Disney Co. announced plans to build a U.S. history theme park in a Virginia suburb of Washington. The plan was halted later due to local opposition.  Disney movies, music and books   1993 - In Washington, DC, the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated to honor the more than 11,000 women who had served in the Vietnam War.   1994 - In Gaza, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Israeli military checkpoint killing three soldiers.   1996 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund unveiled "The Wall That Heals." The work was a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that would tour communities throughout the United States.   1997 - The Eastman Kodak Company announced that they were laying off 10,000 employees.   1997 - Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) became the third major league player to win the Cy Young Award four times.   1998 - Jay Cochrane set a record for the longest blindfolded skywalk. He walked on a tightrope between the towers of the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The towers are 600 feet apart.   1998 - Vincente Fernandez received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.   1998 - Israel's Cabinet ratified a land-for-peace agreement with the Palestinians.   2002 - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates pledged $100 million to fight AIDS in India.



1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies. 1831 Former slave Nat Turner was executed. 1889 Washington became the 42nd state. 1918 The Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I. 1921 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery. 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain. 1992 The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests. 2004 Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place.




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http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov11.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory