This Day in History.

NOV. 17th.

1920 Great Britain Election: Numerous English Newspapers were thrilled with the outcome of current parliamentary elections. The journalist majority in England at this time was conservative, but word has it that liberal news outlets were also very satisfied with the election turnout.

1920 Turkey US Criticized: Turkish newspapers criticized the U.S., saying the United States was spreading “propaganda” against the country. Furthermore, American relief workers and missionaries were accused of attempting to start a war between the U.S. and Turkey.

1931 U.S.A. Depression Starts To Bite: Following the Stock Market crash in 1929 and the start of the Great Depression Studies revealed that prices of consumer goods had dropped an estimated 17 percent from the previous year. Studies were conducted for the previous year from October to October. This study was done by the Department of Labor.

1944 Finland Prime Minister: Cabinet reform took place upon the election of a new Finnish Prime Minister. This new premier’s name was J.K. Paasikivi. He was very instrumental in the negotiations which lead to the armistice (cease-fire) between Moscow and Helsinki.

1950 Tibet Dalai Lama: 15-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, is enthroned as the 14th Dalai Lama at age 15.

1953 U.S.A. Care Facilities: Inadequate Care Facilities for Alcoholics and Mental Heath Patients in West Virginia At this time, not enough space was available to deal with both alcoholics and mental health patients.

1953 English Channel Ship Sinking: A collision in the English Channel between the Italian steamer Vittoria Claudia and the French ore carrier The Perou sinks the Vittoria Claudia so quickly that the lifeboats could not be launched leaving over 20 Italian seaman dead.

1966 Vietnam Troop Pull Out: The beginning of a “pacification” drive was scheduled. The plan was to pull out all troops with the exception of the most experienced ones. This program was said to have been fully backed by the U.S. However, the Vietnam War did not officially end until the mid-1970s, with the U.S. being involved until at least the end of 1972. A peace treaty was signed in More News and Events From 1973, and fighting continued on between North and South Vietnam until 1975.

1970 Space Moonrover: The Soviet Union's moonrover rolled over the moon's surface today, becoming the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on the moon.

1973 U.S.A. Nixon “I am not a crook”: In a televised appearance President Richard Nixon told the nation today, “I am not a crook.” referring to allegations concerning his involvement in the Watergate scandal.

1973 Greece Marshal Law: Marshal Law was called upon to help curb student rioting violence occurring throughout the nation of Greece. Furthermore, a curfew was implemented in the city of Athens-where 300 were injured and 24 people were killed. Students were demonstrating in an effort to overthrow the dictatorial rule of the military government which had abolished civil rights and dissolved political opposition parties.

1980 Canada Clifford Robert Olson Serial Killer: Clifford Robert Olson begins his reign of terror when he abducts and kills 12-year-old Christine Weller. Between November 1980 and August 1981 he murders 11 children. He is caught and pleads guilty to the murders and is given 11 concurrent life sentences in 1982.

1985 Colombia Armero: The town of Armero was established as a “Giant Cemetery”. This decision was made in order to honor the several thousands of people who had lost their lives to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.

1989 Czechoslovakia Prague Protests: A demonstration with more than 15,000 protesters in Prague, Czechoslovakia calling for the resignation of the country's communist government, led by Milos Jakesis is forcibly broken up by Riot police using clubs and tear gas with hundreds arrested and dozens of protesters injured.

1990 Chile Bomb: A bomb inside a softball blew up during a U.S.-Chile baseball game. A Canadian citizen was killed and two other people were wounded. This crime was allegedly committed by a Chilean member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It was meant to attempt to scare President Bush from visiting there in December.

1997 Egypt Tourist Killed: A tourist bus visiting the temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor has been fired on by an Islamic extremist group leaving 60 Swiss and Japanese tourists dead. Following the attack there was a two hour gun battle with police where 6 gunmen were killed.

2000 U.S.A. Kmart / Sears: Kmart Holdings corporation announced its intention to purchase Sears, Roebuck and Co. the merger of the two companies was completed in March, 2005 and the new company is named "The Sears Holdings Corporation"

2002 Turkey Hijacker: A hijacker was seized while he tried to hijack a plane headed from Tel Aviv, Israel to Istanbul, Turkey. The terrorist was armed with a pen-knife, reported revealed. Fortunately, this terrorist incident had more of a victorious ending than others.

2003 U.S.A. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the governor of California.

2003 U.S.A. Washington Sniper: Ex-soldier John Muhammad is found guilty of one of a series of sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area in October 2002. Police charged that Muhammad and his 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, killed 10 people and wounded three others during a three-week killing spree. On 9th March 2004 he was sentenced to death .

2005 U.S.A. Joseph Smith Convicted: Joseph Smith is convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, who was kidnapped from a car wash near her home in Sarasota, the abduction was captured by a car-wash security camera which was shown on TV and led to his arrest.

2006 Holland Propose Banning The Burqa: The Dutch cabinet will be backing the proposal that was made by the country's immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa. The burqa, typically covers the body in public places, but can also obscure the face. The proposal means that it would be banned by law on the street, in trains, schools, buses and in the law courts. The cabinet said burqas are a disturbance to public order, citizens and safety. The Dutch parliament are still discussing the ban in 2010.

2007 Saudi Arabia Opec Meeting: The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warns that oil prices could double if the US attacks Iran. Opening the summit of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), he said said the price of crude could reach $150 or even $200 a barrel. Oil has been hitting record peaks of well over $90 a barrel because markets believe that Opec will not boost production. The Opec summit in Saudi Arabia is only the organisation's third in 47 years.

2009 Vietnam Four men killed by bomb left over from Vietnamese War: Police say that four men were killed when a bomb left over from the Vietnam War blew up when they tried to open it. The dead were in their twenties and were two pairs of brothers. The event took place in Tay Ninh province. "They were killed on the spot," police said, "and we are investigating what sort of bomb it was." "The accident area was a target of US attacks in the war," said an official from the Don Thuan commune. Over 10,500 people have been killed in Vietnam's central provinces by bombs left over from the war.

Nov. 18th.

1922 Italy Mussolini Comes To Power: This was the start of Benito Mussolini’s term as the new Italian premier. He received strong support from the Parliament at this time, and served in the premier position until 1943. Mussolini was a strong supporter of fascism, communism, as well as the Nazi Hitler regime.

1928 U.S.A. Mickey Mouse: Mickey Mouse appears for the first time in Steamboat Willie, It was the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon film produced by Walt Disney and premiered at the Colony Theater in NYC.

1931 Romania Royal Marries Commoner: King Carol and Prince Nikolas of Romania had a quarrel over the prince’s decision to marry a common woman. King Carol threatened to arrest Prince Nikolas after being defied, and the king had also tore up the prince’s marriage certificate. In other words, it was one of the “less happy” days at the castle.

1940 U.S.A. Mad New York Bomber: George P. Metesky (New York Mad Bomber) leaves his first bomb on a Consolidated Edison power plant window sill which failed to go off. Between 1940 and 1956, he planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people before he was caught.

1944 Yugoslavia Marshal Tito: An announcement was made during the Marshal Tito’s National Committee of Liberation meeting. One of the main orders of business discussed at this event was the establishment of a regency to be resolved in Yugoslavia.

1945 Germany Belsen Trial: A report was made regarding the completion of the Belsen Trial the day before. Joseph Kramer and Irma Grese, the monarchs of Belsen were two of the people hanged for Nazi concentration camp crimes. Nine other concentration staff members were also hanged on the same day.

1953 Korea Peace Talks: An effort was made to learn what part will be assigned to neutral representatives during the Korean peace conference. One person active in learning more what the communists want is U.S. Envoy Arthur H. Dean. Envoy Dean has learned that communists intended on having countries such as India, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Burma involved. They were to be neutral representatives during the peace talks.

1963 U.S.A. John F. Kennedy: President John F. Kennedy conducted a tour in five cities in Florida, and his administration described a little of the nature of this mission. In essence, President Kennedy was said to not be “out to soak the rich”, regardless of the attitudes of business people.

1966 U.S.A. Fridays Fish: U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.

1967 Great Britain Foot and Mouth: More than 80,000 cattle, pigs and sheep are slaughtered today following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and a ban is placed on the movement of farm animals across the whole of England and Wales.

1973 Europe Oil Supplies: Arab oil companies have announced a shortage of supply. However, they have decided that Europe will not be affected

1978 Guyana Cult leader Jim Jones: The Cult leader Jim Jones instructed 400 members of his church, "People's Temple", to drink a soft drink brewed in a tub with cyanide and sedatives at a mass meeting at the Jonestown camp, the bodies were later discovered at a camp in the Jungle. The cult leader was being investigated by American Authorities for conditions at the camp and Jones was also being investigated for tax fraud . Prior to the mass suicide Jones had a number of his followers shoot reporters and the head of the investigation team Congressman Ryan.

1982 U.S.A. Duk Koo Kim: Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match boxing match against Ray Mancini in an arena outside Caesar's Palace on November 13, 1982 minutes after the fight was over, Kim collapsed into a coma never to recover and the life support equipment was turned off on this day in history.

1985 Switzerland US / Soviet Summit: A two-day summit was planned with Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan present. The main order of concern during this meeting was to find a way to “relieve mankind of the treat of nuclear war.” The Swiss President Kurl Furgler was also involved in these negotiations.

1987 England Kings Cross Fire: A fire in a King’s Cross underground station kills 30 commuters and injures dozens of others. It is the worst fire in the history of the city’s underground rail system and was believed to have been caused by rubbish and grease underneath an escalator and a discarded cigarette starting the fire.

1990 Iraq Hostages: Hostages held in Iraq would be freed by Christmas Day, according to a recent report. This news was made known after the adjournment of a meeting held between Saddam Hussein and other government officials.

1991 Lebanon Terry Waite Released: Terry Waite the special envoy of the archbishop of Canterbury, is released by Shiite Muslims after more than four years of captivity. Prior to his kidnapping he had secured the release of missionaries in Iran, British hostages in Libya and American hostages in Lebanon.

1999 U.S.A. Giant Bonfire: A giant bonfire at Texas A&M University self-proclaimed to be the world’s largest prior to their school’s annual football game against their arch rival, the University of Texas collapsed and buried a number of students killing 12 students and injuring another 27.

2000 U.S.A. Celebrity Wedding: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Two of the biggest stars in the movie business marry at the New York's Plaza Hotel with a guest list of whose who in the movie industry and costing an estimated 1.5 million dollars. But because of exclusive deal with OK magazine the bride and groom only paid 1/2 million towards it, Private photographs by guests were banned in this well publicized Celebrity Wedding of the year.

2002 U.S.A. Wire Tapping: Just recently the federal government ruled government wire tapping as legal for appropriate reasons. Already, the government was using this to their advantage. They began to use phone-tapping and surveillance equipment in order to track suspected terrorists.

2004 UK Fox Hunting Ends: The British Parliament has voted to end fox hunting from February 2005. Animal welfare campaigners are today celebrating their historic victory in the fight to improve animal welfare.

2005 Iraq Suicide Bombings: A series of suicide bombings in Iraq have killed at least 60 people and injured 60 more as insurgents attacked a prominent Baghdad hotel, an apartment block in Baghdad and two mosques 90 miles north-east of the capital.

2006 Vietnam George Bush to promote sanctions against North Korea: President Bush wants to persuade the Asia-Pacific leaders that are at the Vietnam summit to give full support to UN sanctions against North Korea. Having met the South Korean and Japanese leaders, he is due to meet those of China and Russia as well. Both of these will be reluctant to back a tough line on the North Koreans.

2007 Saudi Arabia US Dollar Oil: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested an end to the trading of oil in US dollars, and called the currency "a worthless piece of paper". The call came at the end of the Opec summit, and was opposed by Saudi Arabia. The Iranian president wanted to include an attack on the dollar in the summit's closing statement.

2008 United States Obama announces new Attorney-General: Barack Obama is said to be appointing Eric Holder to the post of attorney-general. Once confirmed, Mr. Holder will be the first African-American to occupy the position. He will also lead the administration's plan to close Guantanamo Bay, which Mr. Obama has been making a priority. (MY COMMENT: Guantanamo Bay is still Open 11/18/2011)

Nov. 20th, 1976: I married Wiffie!
Happy 35th. Anny. Dear,I LOVE YOU WIL ALL MY HEART & SOUL...
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NOV. 28th.

1919 Great Britain Lady Astor: American-born Lady Astor, the wife of Viscount Astor, won a seat in the House of Commons. She is an advocate of some form of Prohibition similar to the American model.

1922 Great Britain Greece: The relationship between Great Britain and Greece was very strained at this time. In fact, these two countries were soon to not be on good terms if former Greek cabinet member executions were to be carried out.

1933 Cuba Civil War: An agreement was soon to be made between governmental factions battling for control in Cuba.

1942 U.S.A. Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: The Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston a former speakeasy New Frequently Asked Questions About Prohihition burns to the ground in the worst Night Club Fire in US history killing 492 people. The fire began when a canopy of artificial palm fronds caught fire and because of the design and number of highly flammable drapes spread quickly through the club and due to the poor design and blocked entrances many patrons could not get out. The fire did have one positive effect which was that fire regulations throughout the country were changed which banned flammable decorations and required all swinging exit doors to open outwards, the new regulations also required exit signs to be visible at all times.

1943 Iran Allied Leaders Meeting: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran for a three day meeting to discuss "Operation Overlord which included D Day Landings in Normandy, France for May 1944, the landings were delayed and took place on 6th June 1944" as part of the final strategy for the war against Nazi Germany and its allies. As part of the meeting a pledge was made by the three countries to recognize Iran's independence (Britain and the USSR had invaded Iran in 1941).

1944 World War II First bomb on Tokyo: The soldier to plant the first bomb in Tokyo sent notice to his wife of this event via Associate Press (a Journalist company). The reason why AP was transmitting this notice to his wife is because there were no telephones or telegraphs to use for the time being. Not only that, air mail was expected to take over a week.

1953 Bermuda: It was highly likely that as soon as the United States arrives in Bermuda with Britain and France that a serious request would be made. The plan was to counter and plans that the Russians would carry out to stall the European Army project.

1956 Great Britain Petrol Rationing: The British government has released further details of it's proposed petrol rationing to begin next month. Personal drivers will be allowed sufficient petrol for to drive 200 miles per month or about 2 gallons of petrol per week and businesses will receive and extra 4 gallons per month.

1960 Venezuela Rioting: Rioting broke out in several areas of the capital city of Caracas, Venezuela. One main area where demonstrators worked is in the western portion of the city in the worker’s housing district.

1967 England Foot and Mouth: With new outbreaks of Foot and Mouth still increasing daily the National Hunt Committee, on the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture has cancelled all horse racing until further notice

1973 Middle East Hijacker: It’s not everyday a hijacker takes time to refuel. That is what happened on this day, however. Word had it this happened while Palestinians took hold of a Dutch Jetliner. The guerrillas grabbing hold of the plane were said to have been heading towards Egypt. This refueling took place a day after all the passengers on board the ship were released, along with eight crew members. The rest of the crew was still stuck on the plane.

1979 Antarctica DC-10 Crashes: An Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus, Antarctica while on a sight seeing tour, killing all 257 on board.

1983 Syria Palestinian Guerrillas: Leaders headed from Tripoli, Lebanon to Syria for a scheduled meeting. They were working on a plan to evacuate Palestinian guerrillas before battle conditions worsened.

1989 Czechoslovakia Free Elections: Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power allowing free elections to be held the following month. This change was in response to other eastern block countries forcing the issue in neighboring countries.

1990 England Maggy Thatcher Quits: Margaret Thatcher formally tenders her resignation to the Queen and leaves Downing Street for the last time.

1994 U.S.A. Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer died of massive head injuries after he was attacked by other prisoners while cleaning a prison toilet. "Gruesome Interview Be Warned"

1994 Norway Voters Say No To Joining EEC: The Norwegian voters have voted in a referendum, to reject membership of the European Union.

1995 U.S.A. End 55 MPH Speed Limit: President Clinton ends federal 55 mph speed limit that began in 1974 as an energy-saving measure during the Mid east oil embargo.

1998 Iraq Kadhim Fadhill: Kadhim Fadhill, one of the tens of thousands of persons captured in the 1980s recalled his story. He revealed all of the unspeakable things that were done to him while he was locked up in the POW (Prisoners of War) camp. He also talked about the scarcities of good food such as apples or oranges, and roaches in his rice.

2003 U.S.A. Henry Kissinger: Bush had made a very important decision to be announced just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State, was giving the responsibility of investigating actions leading up to and after the September 11, 2001 attack. Bush was criticized for making this decision on a day when not many people may have heard about it-and for political reasons as well. Unfortunately, Kissinger was noted for some of his mistakes while involved in the Vietnam War, and that was a major reason critics were cynical.

2001 U.S.A. Enron Collapses: Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader employing over 20,000 employees share price has now dropped below one dollar from a high of $90.00 per share following would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backing out of an $8.4 billion deal to take Enron over. Speculation is now on when not if Enron will file bankruptcy. On 2nd December Enron did file bankruptcy and later as details became available it was shown that a number of top executive knew of the imminent collapse and dumped their shares at high prices while still telling investors to buy the shares as a great investment, consequently a number of those former executives were indicted on securities fraud and related charges.

2006 U.S.A. Boot camp death: A nurse and seven former wardens of a Floridean boot camp for juveniles have been charged with manslaughter over the death of one of their inmates. 14 year old Martin Lee Anderson died in January just after his arrival at the camp. Whilst the initial post-mortem said that he had died of a blood disorder, a second inquiry concluded that he had suffocated at the hands of the guards. If convicted, the former wardens and the nurse who watched the incident could face up to thirty years in prison.

NOV. 29th.

1922 U.S.A. Prohibition: Federal authorities have been called upon to help state authorities enforce prohibition laws. This action was deemed necessary as a growing number of people were violating sections of the 18th Amendment, which pretty much banned nearly every aspect of dealing with liquor.

1929 U.S.A. South Pole: American newspapers have announced that Commander Richard Byrd safely flew across the South Pole.

1935 France England / France Alliance: It was evident by this time that Great Britain had joined France in defense against Italy-given Italy were to attack. This determination included a warning sent by Premier Laval of France to the Italian Ambassador Vittoria Cerruti while he was in Paris. The warning stated that any unproved attack on France by Italy would be grounds for oil embargo.

1944 France New York Giants: The first baseball tour group arrived in Paris, France. They were involved in the European War Theatre. This group was made up of New York Giants Manager Mel Ott, Pittsburge Pirates Manager Bucky Walters, and Cincinnati Pitcher Dutch Leonard. Roy Stockton, the man who was sports writer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch was also present.

1947 Israel Creation of The State Of Israel: The United Nations votes in favor of partitioning the British controlled Palestine and to allow the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel. Arab countries all voted against the creation of Israel and 60 years later the area is still in turmoil.

1948 Australia Holden Cars: An all new Australian car is manufactured in Australia by General Motors Holden Automotive. The car is known as the Holden FX and Holden cars are still manufactured in Australia today.

1953 Indonesia Communist: An uprising occurred in Indonesia among the anti-Communists after Communist leader Ho Chi Minh requested an armistice negotiation. Numerous opposers of communism demanded that Indonesia end relations with France. Chi Minh’s agenda was briefly accounted for in Expressen, dated this day.

1956 England Petrol Rationing: As a result of the Suez crisis, oil is not getting through from the middle east and petrol rationing is to be introduced in Britain from next month, and is expected to last for four months, and will be controlled through books of coupons.

1960 U.S.A. Spies: Dr. Robert Soble, the brother of convicted spy Jack Soble, did not put up a fight against the FBI when arrested. These two brothers had been charged of being involved in two different Soviet spy rings. Dr. Soble was facing the possibility of the death penalty if found guilty. His brother Jack was sentenced to seven years in prison.

1963 Canada Plane Crash: A Trans-Canada Airlines DC8 crashes into a field, shortly after take off from Montreal's international airport killing all passengers and crew on impact (118), the crash is one of the worst air disasters in Canadian history.

1963 U.S.A. Warren Commission: The Warren Commission led by the Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren. is established to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It took 10 months to complete the findings which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing of President John F. Kennedy.

1963 UK The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand,": The Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which knocked the other Beatles hit ("She Loves You") off the number one slot giving The Beatles the Number One and Number Two on the UK Charts.

1973 Middle East Negotiations Go Bad: An Egyptian representative walked away from the negotiation table during peace and cease-fire talks. The plan was for Israel and Egypt to soon reach a consensus regarding the terms of cease-fire in the Suez Canal area. Effort was being made the next day to convince Egypt to return for further discussion. It took quite awhile to develop terms that both sides would agree on.

1973 U.S.A. Chrysler Closes Plants: Chrysler joins other US car makers in closing a number of plants affecting 38,000 workers and announced it was changing the focus to manufacturing smaller more efficient cars to combat the Japanese imports. General Motors had made similar cuts 1 week before.

1983 U.S.A. Dog Barks To Much: A mixed-breed dog was put on trial for barking too much. Effort was made to drop the charges, and to try to keep the dog quiet. Nevertheless, the day of execution came, and the dog’s life was taken.

1991 U.S.A. Interstate Dust Storm Car Crashes: A dust storm on Interstate 5 causes a series of accidents involving more than 100 cars and 17 people are killed in the accidents.

2003 UK Northern Ireland: It was known by this date of the possibility that the Northern Ireland Assembly election would be re-run. The reason for this “do over” election was out of fear that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) would dominate.

2006 United States Leaked Iraq Memo: A leaked memo which raises doubts about how well the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki will be able to the control the country's sectarian violence has been published in the US.

2007 European Union stricter rules for gun ownership: The European Parliament has voted to tighten laws on obtaining and possessing firearms. The age at which a firearm can be bought or owned will be raised to 18, unless it is for hunting or target shooting under adult supervision.

2008 India The Mumbai attacks end: The terrorist attacks were ended by India's National Security Guards (NSG) on November 29 (in an action that is officially named Operation Black Tornado). This resulted in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj hotel. Shortly before 0730 fierce gunfire and explosions were heard at the hotel. Almost 100 people had been rescued from a second hotel. Six bodies were found at a Jewish centre. India's foreign minister has said that "elements with links to Pakistan" were involved in the attacks.

2009 Switzerland The Swiss ban the building of minarets: Swiss voters have supported a referendum to ban the building of minarets there. More than 57% of voters, and 22 out of 26 cantons, voted in favour of the ban. The proposal had been put forward by the Swiss People's Party (the largest party in parliament) which says minarets are a sign of Islamisation.

NOV. 30th.

1925 U.S.A. Illegal Liquor Distillery: Federal Prohibition Officer Gus J. Simmons, Captain J. R. Brockus, and C.M. Arbogast were all on trial for murder. The officers claimed that the man was murdered while resisting arrest for operating an illegal liquor distillery.

1934 Great Britain Flying Scotsman Land speed record for railed vehicles: The Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be officially recorded at 100 mph, to put this in perspective 100 years earlier in 1930 Stephenson's Rocket got to 30 MPH and in 2007 A French TGV recorded 357 MPH.

1936 Great Britain Crystal Palace: Crystal Palace which had been built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 is destroyed by fire. The Crystal Palace also featured the first public conveniences in use in England/Monkey Closets and during the exhibition 827,280 visitors paid one penny each to use them which is where the British saying "to spend a penny" comes from.

1939 Finland Soviet Union Attacks: Following it's attack on Poland Russia attacks Finland with 540,000 men, 2485 tanks, and 2000 guns. Finnish troops led by Field Marshall Gustaf Mannerheim over the next two weeks, resisted the invasion using forest combat to inflict heavy damage on the Russian invaders, But by March the following year due to the sheer volume of Russian Invaders the "Peace of Moscow" treaty was signed, and Finland ceded 16,000-square miles of land to the Soviet Union.

1950 U.S.A. Korea: President Harry S. Truman announces during a press conference that he is prepared to authorize the use of atomic weapons in order to achieve peace in Korea.

1954 U.S.A. Meteorite: An Alabama woman Mrs. Hulett Hodges became the first known person today to be struck by a meteorite. The meteorite six or eight inches in diameter, fell through her roof leaving a three-foot hole. She was only slightly injured, the United States Air Force flew to the Hodge's Alabama home and took the nine-pound object back to Washington.

1960 Argentina Riots: Members of the right-wing political group protested in cities such as Rosario, near Buenos Aires. Other riots broke out near two oil towns in Northern Argentina.

1966 Barbados Independence: Barbados gains it's independence from that of a self-governing colony to full independence from the United Kingdom.

1972 Italy Fireworks Factory Explodes: An illegal fireworks factory being run in an eight floor apartment building, exploded in Rome with 15 killed and 100 injured in the blast.

1973 Cambodia Khmer Rouge Guerrillas: Khmer Rouge Guerrillas backed by the Cambodian government moved swiftly. First they attacked in Vihear Suar where they were stationed before they advanced 12 miles east to Phnom Penh. Within a few days hundreds of troops of civilians were dead or missing.

1979 UK Pink Floyd release "The Wall": Pink Floyd release the 4th in their series of multi award winning concept albums "The Wall" which is later made into a movie. The Wall featured the most popular single ever released by Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" which became a number one hit throughout the world.

1983 Israel Lebanon: The bond between Israel and America has been strengthened as they joined forces. These two countries stood fast in Lebanon, making the statement to Syria of their desire to block Soviet Troops.

1989 U.S.A. Aileen Wuornos: Aileen Wuornos murders her first victim Richard Mallory, over the next 12 months she murders 7 more men in Florida. She was arrested on 9th January 1991 and her live in partner agreed to get a confession from Wuornos in exchange for prosecutorial immunity. Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of 6 murders and received six death sentences and was executed via lethal injection on October 9, 2002

1990 New Zealand Hilary Morgan: Hilary Morgan, later known as Ellen Morgan, was put in the care of her mother legally, and not in the care of Eric A. Foretich who was Ellen’s birth father. Elizabeth Morgan was put in prison for three years (1987-1989) because she would not tell the court where Hilary (Ellen) was. The reason why the mother did not want to tell of the child’s whereabouts is she believed that Hilary had been sexually abused by the father.

1993 U.S.A. Brady Bill: The Brady bill requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law by President Bill Clinton .

1994 Somalia Achille Lauro: The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro caught fire today off Somalia with 3 people dead but most of the nearly 1,000 passengers and crew escaping in lifeboats.

1999 England T Bone On Sale: The ban of beef on the bone put in place during the BSE crisis is lifted and T bone steaks and rib of beef will be on sale by Christmas.

1999 U.S.A. WTO Meeting: Protests by anti globalization protesters at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, Washington force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

2003 Europe Euro Goes Up: It was made known by the press in a publication dated today of the increased value of the Euro. It was climbing high against both the American Dollar and the Japanese Yen within the past few days. (MY COMMENT: The Euro has proven not to be a suggest by 2010, IMO, this prove that a one world currency would Never work.)

2004 U.S.A. Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings after a run of 75 appearances is finally beaten on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! walking away with the largest game show prize in TV history winning over 2.5 million dollars.

2004 Israel Mahmound Abbas: Yasser Arafat’s Successor Mahmound Abbas ordered Palestinian press to back off from Israel. This particular decision was a week after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon petitioned with Abbas to follow through with this action. This was part of the peace proposal that Israel was making with the Palestinians. (MY COMMENT: AGAIN, and was broken AGAIN.)

2006 Turkey Pope visits mosque: Pope Benedict has been trying to mend the church's relations with the Muslim community by visited one of Turkey's most famous mosques. His tour of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul included a silent prayer alongside some of the senior Muslim clerics that are based there. This is the only the second papal visit in history to a Muslim place of worship.

2007 United States Evel Knievel dies: Knievel dies in Clearwater, Florida, aged 69. He had been suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for years. He was said to have had breathing problems while at home in Clearwater, and died before the ambulance could reach the hospital. In one of his last interviews, he told Maxim Magazine that, 'You can't ask a guy like me why. I really wanted to fly through the air.'

2008 UK Jesse Jackson in England: The civil rights campaigner the Reverend Jesse Jackson has spoken about the political representation of ethnic minorities on a visit to Birmingham. Mr. Jackson was at a conference of Equanomics UK, which aims to tackle racial inequality through business, at Mount Zion Church in Aston. "The hope must be in white people changing their minds," Jackson said.

2009 Argentina An Argentine judge prevents the first gay wedding there: A judge in Argentina has overturned a ruling that would have allowed the first gay marriage in Latin America. Judge Marta Gomez Alsina, in Buenos Aires, ordered Tuesday's planned wedding of Alejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello suspended. The court website said she had ordered the wedding blocked until the issue could be resolved by the Supreme Court.

2009 Switzerland CERN’s Hadron Collider operates as a high energy accelerator: "CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning," said the organisation. A teraelectronvolt (TeV) is equivalent to the energy level of a flying mosquito, while CERN wants to ultimately achieve maximum power of 7.0 teraelectronvolts or trillion electronvolts in its bid to replicate the big bang that started the universe.

NOV. 30th.

1925 U.S.A. Illegal Liquor Distillery: Federal Prohibition Officer Gus J. Simmons, Captain J. R. Brockus, and C.M. Arbogast were all on trial for murder. The officers claimed that the man was murdered while resisting arrest for operating an illegal liquor distillery.

1934 Great Britain Flying Scotsman Land speed record for railed vehicles: The Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be officially recorded at 100 mph, to put this in perspective 100 years earlier in 1930 Stephenson's Rocket got to 30 MPH and in 2007 A French TGV recorded 357 MPH.

1936 Great Britain Crystal Palace: Crystal Palace which had been built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 is destroyed by fire. The Crystal Palace also featured the first public conveniences in use in England/Monkey Closets and during the exhibition 827,280 visitors paid one penny each to use them which is where the British saying "to spend a penny" comes from.

1939 Finland Soviet Union Attacks: Following it's attack on Poland Russia attacks Finland with 540,000 men, 2485 tanks, and 2000 guns. Finnish troops led by Field Marshall Gustaf Mannerheim over the next two weeks, resisted the invasion using forest combat to inflict heavy damage on the Russian invaders, But by March the following year due to the sheer volume of Russian Invaders the "Peace of Moscow" treaty was signed, and Finland ceded 16,000-square miles of land to the Soviet Union.

1950 U.S.A. Korea: President Harry S. Truman announces during a press conference that he is prepared to authorize the use of atomic weapons in order to achieve peace in Korea.

1954 U.S.A. Meteorite: An Alabama woman Mrs. Hulett Hodges became the first known person today to be struck by a meteorite. The meteorite six or eight inches in diameter, fell through her roof leaving a three-foot hole. She was only slightly injured, the United States Air Force flew to the Hodge's Alabama home and took the nine-pound object back to Washington.

1960 Argentina Riots: Members of the right-wing political group protested in cities such as Rosario, near Buenos Aires. Other riots broke out near two oil towns in Northern Argentina.

1966 Barbados Independence: Barbados gains it's independence from that of a self-governing colony to full independence from the United Kingdom.

1972 Italy Fireworks Factory Explodes: An illegal fireworks factory being run in an eight floor apartment building, exploded in Rome with 15 killed and 100 injured in the blast.

1973 Cambodia Khmer Rouge Guerrillas: Khmer Rouge Guerrillas backed by the Cambodian government moved swiftly. First they attacked in Vihear Suar where they were stationed before they advanced 12 miles east to Phnom Penh. Within a few days hundreds of troops of civilians were dead or missing.

1979 UK Pink Floyd release "The Wall": Pink Floyd release the 4th in their series of multi award winning concept albums "The Wall" which is later made into a movie. The Wall featured the most popular single ever released by Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" which became a number one hit throughout the world.

1983 Israel Lebanon: The bond between Israel and America has been strengthened as they joined forces. These two countries stood fast in Lebanon, making the statement to Syria of their desire to block Soviet Troops.

1989 U.S.A. Aileen Wuornos: Aileen Wuornos murders her first victim Richard Mallory, over the next 12 months she murders 7 more men in Florida. She was arrested on 9th January 1991 and her live in partner agreed to get a confession from Wuornos in exchange for prosecutorial immunity. Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of 6 murders and received six death sentences and was executed via lethal injection on October 9, 2002

1990 New Zealand Hilary Morgan: Hilary Morgan, later known as Ellen Morgan, was put in the care of her mother legally, and not in the care of Eric A. Foretich who was Ellen’s birth father. Elizabeth Morgan was put in prison for three years (1987-1989) because she would not tell the court where Hilary (Ellen) was. The reason why the mother did not want to tell of the child’s whereabouts is she believed that Hilary had been sexually abused by the father.

1993 U.S.A. Brady Bill: The Brady bill requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law by President Bill Clinton .

1994 Somalia Achille Lauro: The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro caught fire today off Somalia with 3 people dead but most of the nearly 1,000 passengers and crew escaping in lifeboats.

1999 England T Bone On Sale: The ban of beef on the bone put in place during the BSE crisis is lifted and T bone steaks and rib of beef will be on sale by Christmas.

1999 U.S.A. WTO Meeting: Protests by anti globalization protesters at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, Washington force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

2003 Europe Euro Goes Up: It was made known by the press in a publication dated today of the increased value of the Euro. It was climbing high against both the American Dollar and the Japanese Yen within the past few days. (MY COMMENT: The Euro has proven not to be a suggest by 2010, IMO, this prove that a one world currency would Never work.)

2004 U.S.A. Ken Jennings: Ken Jennings after a run of 75 appearances is finally beaten on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! walking away with the largest game show prize in TV history winning over 2.5 million dollars.

2004 Israel Mahmound Abbas: Yasser Arafat’s Successor Mahmound Abbas ordered Palestinian press to back off from Israel. This particular decision was a week after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon petitioned with Abbas to follow through with this action. This was part of the peace proposal that Israel was making with the Palestinians. (MY COMMENT: AGAIN, and was broken AGAIN.)

2006 Turkey Pope visits mosque: Pope Benedict has been trying to mend the church's relations with the Muslim community by visited one of Turkey's most famous mosques. His tour of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul included a silent prayer alongside some of the senior Muslim clerics that are based there. This is the only the second papal visit in history to a Muslim place of worship.

2007 United States Evel Knievel dies: Knievel dies in Clearwater, Florida, aged 69. He had been suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for years. He was said to have had breathing problems while at home in Clearwater, and died before the ambulance could reach the hospital. In one of his last interviews, he told Maxim Magazine that, 'You can't ask a guy like me why. I really wanted to fly through the air.'

2008 UK Jesse Jackson in England: The civil rights campaigner the Reverend Jesse Jackson has spoken about the political representation of ethnic minorities on a visit to Birmingham. Mr. Jackson was at a conference of Equanomics UK, which aims to tackle racial inequality through business, at Mount Zion Church in Aston. "The hope must be in white people changing their minds," Jackson said.

2009 Argentina An Argentine judge prevents the first gay wedding there: A judge in Argentina has overturned a ruling that would have allowed the first gay marriage in Latin America. Judge Marta Gomez Alsina, in Buenos Aires, ordered Tuesday's planned wedding of Alejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello suspended. The court website said she had ordered the wedding blocked until the issue could be resolved by the Supreme Court.

2009 Switzerland CERN’s Hadron Collider operates as a high energy accelerator: "CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning," said the organisation. A teraelectronvolt (TeV) is equivalent to the energy level of a flying mosquito, while CERN wants to ultimately achieve maximum power of 7.0 teraelectronvolts or trillion electronvolts in its bid to replicate the big bang that started the universe.

DEC. 1st.

1901 Afghanistan Claims By England and Russia: Both England and Russia have laid claim to parts of Afghanistan and have been in constant conflict over it. However, a new ruler in Afghanistan may bring stability to the region. Unlike his unpopular father who created hardships for his people, his son, the new leader, planned to pay the military more and to reduce taxes.

1913 U.S.A. Ford Introduces Assembly Line: The Ford Motor Company introduced the continuous moving assembly line which could produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes. This change is one of the most significant changes in Car production and allowed Ford to sell cars cheaper than any other manufacturer which forced the others to also move to automated production lines.

1919 Great Britain Lady Astor: Lady Astor an American by birth is sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament. A little known fact is that the first woman elected to the British Parliament was Constance Markiewicz, but she did not take up her seat because of her Irish nationalist views.

1924 U.S.A. Nationwide Farm Census: A nationwide farm census was underway from December 1, 1924 until January 31, 1935. More than 6 million farms were to be covered by an army of 10,000 -20,000 enumerators.

1932 Canada Sewer and Gas Pipes Blasts in City: In Northern Montréal, residents were panicked in the night when blasts from sewer and gas pipes occurred over a six square mile radius. Manhole covers blasted into the air and a three story building was reduced to rubble. A mile away a gas station blew up. Most victims were relatively unharmed and the cause of the explosion was not determined.

1934 Soviet Union Stalin Purge: Josef Stalin begins a purge of real and perceived enemies and the head of the Communist Party in Leningrad, Sergei M. Kirov, is one of those assassinated.

1942 World War II Gas Rationing: Nationwide gasoline rationing goes into effect with most drivers receiving coupons for 3 gallons per week generally supported by the population, although there was some black market activity.

1942 Great Britain Care from the cradle to the grave: The British Coalition Government accepts The Beveridge report which propose a series of changes designed to provide plans for a welfare state offering care to all from the cradle to the grave.

1943 Iran Winston Churchill, President Franklin D Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin: The Allied leaders of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union having met together for the first time in Tehran, the capital of Iran have agreed to work together to win the war in Europe and in Asia and establish an "enduring peace". The leaders Winston Churchill, President Franklin D Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin had never met together in one place.

1947 France Paris Subway: The Paris subway stopped running and electric power was cut as the General Confederation of Labour, a communist party, protested the government’s proposal to force them back to work. The GCL demanded $9.50 - $12.00 a month more in wages, but the government promised non-striking workers $240.00 for the month of November. Over 2 million French workers remained inactive due to the strike.
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1955 U.S.A. Rosa Parks: Rosa Parks sets off a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama when she refuses to give up her seat in the “colored” section of a bus to make room for a white passenger. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the boycott lasted for over a year and resulted in the desegregation of the busses. This is often thought of as the event that started the Civil Rights Movement nationwide.

1956 Russia Olympic Record: Russian Sgt. Vassili Borissov broke the Olympic record by 15 points in the 300 metre rifle shoot. The Sgt. Totaled 1,138 points and his partner, Allan Erdman won 1,137 points putting him in second place.

1958 U.S.A. School Fire: A fire at Our Lady of Angels School grade school in Chicago grade leaves 90 children dead due to poor fire prevention including no sprinklers and no fire drills.

1959 U.S.A. Antarctica: Representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, sign a treaty setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.

1965 England Agriculture Bill: A new Agriculture Bill which has put forward a plan to improve production in farming and decrease Britain's reliance on beef imports.

1965 Cuba Refugee Airlift: An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States begins.

1969 U.S.A. Draft Lottery: The U.S. government holds its first draft lottery since World War II when the Selective Service System of the United States held a lottery to determine the order of draft (induction) into the U.S. Army for the Vietnam War.

1969 South Africa Economic Benefits: South Africa was reaping the economic benefits from the six month long blockage of the Suez Canal. The Arab-Israeli war stopped shipping from going through the Canal, so approximately 7,000 boats stopped in South Africa for food, fuel, fresh fruit, and other necessities.

1973 Papua New Guinea Independence: Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

1974 United States Plane Crash: TWA Flight 514 crashes into Mount Weather, Virginia while making it's landing approach to Washington Dulles International airport killing all passengers and crew.

1977 Libya Protestors: In Libya protesters lined the streets enraged at Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat’s visit and proposal to have peace with Israel. JANA a major news source in Libya declared that its goal was to be, “…embodying the will of the Arab nation to fight all imperialist and Zionist conspiracies and to frustrate the surrender and deceit settlement.”

1987 Spain High Tech Factory: King Juan Carlos and Spain have gone high-tech. North of Madrid a $220 million microchip plant has been built. The factory is expected to produce 20 million microchips by 1991 and has 300 technicians.

1988 Pakistan Benazir Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is chosen and sworn in the next day as Prime Minister of Pakistan of the new coalition government.

1990 Britain / France Tunnel links UK to Europe: Construction workers drill through the final wall of rock to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel and link Britain to France.

1991 Ukraine Independence: Voters in the Ukraine vote for independence from the Soviet Union.

1997 Iraq U.N. Sanctions: Although Iraq wanted the complete lifting of U.N. sanctions, it finally agreed to participate in an oil-for-food proposal. This would allow Iraq to export $2 billion worth of its oil to purchase food and medicine.

1997 U.S.A. Shooting: Three students were victims of a shooting on this date, and they all died. Five others were severely injured during this outrage. This terrible crime took place at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky.

1998 U.S.A. Exxon buys Mobil: Exxon buys Mobil for $73.7 billion creating the worlds largest oil company Exxon-Mobil.

1999 World Mapping of Human Chromosome 22: An international consortium of sequencing centers and collaborators from the chromosome 22 genetics community released into the public domain the genetic code of the 33.5 million bps that comprise the euchromatic portion of human chromosome 22.

2001 Israel Suicide Bombers: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in back-to-back explosions at a downtown Jerusalem pedestrian mall, killing 11 bystanders.

2001 United States End Of TWA: The last Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight "Flight 220" flies into St. Louis International Airport ending 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.

2001 UK Entrance Fees End For Major UK Museums: The entrance fees for 13 of the most popular museums in Britain have ended thanks to a pledge made during the last General Election making them available to everyone.
Natural History Museum - Science Museum - Victoria & Albert - National Railway Museum in York -
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside - National Maritime Museum - National Railway Museum -
Imperial War Museum - Museum of Science and Industry - Museum of London - Royal Armouries - Theatre Museum

2004 Iran Nuclear Power Program: The majority of Iranians view their nuclear power program with pride, even though it is a thorn in the flesh of the Bush administration. Iran keeps maintaining that it is using nuclear power for electricity, but many countries fear that they are trying to develop a nuclear bomb.

2006 Mexico New President of Mexico: Felipe Calderón becomes President of Mexico during a midnight ceremony in Mexico City. A conservative, he had been warned of the threat of disruption from opposition politicians to his inauguration ceremony. Members of the left-wing PRD have said that he won the election by fraud. He studied law Mexico City and did postgraduate studies in economics at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. In 2000 he completed a master’s degree in public administration at Harvard University.

2006 United States The Archdiocese of Los Angeles settles sexual abuse claims: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $60 million to settle lawsuits against claims of sexual abuse by its priests. The settlement is for forty-five cases, although there are still five hundred outstanding. One of the largest settlements since the allegations that started in 2002.

2008 United States Hillary Clinton nominated as Secretary of State: Barack Obama nominates Hillary Clinton to be his Secretary of State. He has described the former first lady and opponant for the nomination as a woman of 'tremendous stature.' Also announced have been his nominations for the current Defence Secretary, Robert Gates ro retain his position, retired General James Jones as a National Security Adviser, Eric Holder as Attorney-General and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security.

2008 Venice, Venice flooding: Venice has had the biggest floods in more than twenty years, with waters rising about five feet above normal levels. Many of Venice's streets, including St. Mark's Square, have been submerged. The Adriatic city has flooding for about two hundred days every year, and the Venetian authorities have been planning to complete an underwater dam by 2011.

2009 Europe Treaty of Lisbon: The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force in European Union (EU) member states. The event has been marked with celebrations, fireworks and speeches in the Portuguese capital, but some have claimed that the treatise have accomplished what Hitler, Mussolini and Napoléon never could. The European Commission President has said that the Lisbon Treaty symbolises a 'free and democratic' Europe, but other critics say the treaty will cede too many national powers to Brussels.

DEC. 2nd.

1907 Canada Immigrant Workers: Toronto faced a throng of immigrant workers who faced poverty and starvation unless employment could be found for them. The worst off were 300 people from Bulgaria who were in danger of perishing in a matter of days.

1927 Hawaii Sacred Stone Pilgrimage: Near Honolulu the faithful have been making pilgrimages to a sacred stone called the Wahawa, which natives claim has healing powers. The site has attracted crowds of sick people and on the previous Sunday 1,200 visitors came to the site. Twenty miles out of Honolulu, the holy monolith is devotedly hung with garlands and it is rumored that bad luck follows those who scoff.

1930 U.S.A. Unemployment: President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress to make a plea for a $150 million public works program to work on various construction projects and help to put America back to work.

1932 Germany Economy: Germany’s economy had not rallied despite the government’s cut backs and 20 million Germans were at the point of starvation. Begging was common place, there was nation-wide unemployment, and industries were failing.

1939 U.S.A. LaGuardia Airport: New York's LaGuardia Airport (dedicated as New York Municipal Airport)located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay is opened and from the beginning proved popular with major US Airlines including Pan American Airways, American. United, Eastern Air Lines and Transcontinental & Western Air

1942 U.S.A. First Nuclear Demonstration: A self sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at a racquets court below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.

1943 U.S.A. Food Rationing: In early 1943 rationing of food was to take place starting with meat and then including canned foods. Each household was limited to 48 points in a ration book. Rationing had been in effect in England for a year before it took place in America.

1947 Palestine Jerusalem Riots: Following the vote by the United nations to create two states, one Jewish and one Arab in Palestine ( 1947 UN Partition Plan ), riots break out in Jerusalem when the Arab Higher Committee declare a three-day strike and public protest against the United nations ruling.

1954 U.S.A. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy: The US Senate votes to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

1956 Cuba Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma arrives on the shores of Cuba after travelling from Mexico where Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the Cuban Revolution movement disembark to begin the Cuban Revolution.

1957 Japan US Restrictions On Imports: Aiichiro Fujiyama, foreign minister of Japan, strenuously protested American restrictions on Japanese exports to the United States. He asserted that Japan was the biggest importer of American goods and limiting Japan’s exports was “a matter of life or death” for his country.

1959 France Dam Collapses: The Malpasset Dam in France collapses resulting in a flood that devastates Frejus and leaves over 400 dead.

1961 Cuba Fidel Castro: On a national radio broadcast in Cuba Fidel Castro declares that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was to adopt Communism.

1964 U.S.A. Student Protesters: Students storm the administration building ( Sproul Hall ) on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley which protesters took over in a massive sit-in as part of the Free Speech Movement (FSM).

1967 UK Foot and Mouth: The rate of slaughter for animals affected by the Foot and mouth disease continues to increase with 134,000 animals slaughtered in the latest epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease.

1967 Egypt Israeli Planes Shot Down: Egyptian anti-aircraft armaments shot down two Israeli planes near Suez City. This was the first skirmish between Egypt and Israel since Israel demolished Egypt’s oil refineries.

1969 U.S.A. Boeing 747: The Boeing 747 (Often Known as Jumbo Jet) a long-haul, wide body commercial airliner receives its FAA airworthiness certificate paving the way for its introduction into commercial service in 1970.

1970 U.S.A. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed by President Richard Nixon to protect human health and with safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land begins operation. Amongst other things they do are to provide and monitor the EPA fuel economy test manufacturers use to advertise the gas mileage of their vehicles.

1971 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Formed: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is formed as a federation from the seven emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain becoming one united country, which has evolved into a modern, high-income nation.

1974 England Birmingham Pub Bombing: Suspected IRA Terrorists plant bombs in two central Birmingham pubs, killing 19 people and injuring over 180.

1976 Cuba Fidel Castro: Fidel Castro becomes The President of Cuba who is the chief executive of the Council of State of Cuba.

1979 Pakistan US Embassy: A mob in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has burned the US Embassy to the ground, killing a US marine.

1982 U.S.A. First Artificial Heart: Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center performed the first implant of a permanent artificial heart in Barney Clark the artificial heart used was designed by Robert Jarvik The Jarvik-7. Barney Clark lived 112 days with the device.

1985 Switzerland US / USSR Meeting: After a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev end of their two-day meeting in Switzerland announcing the Geneva Accord, which commits the two countries to speeding up arms talks, working towards the abolition of chemical weapons and a new commitment to human rights.

1988 Soviet Union School Bus Hijack: A bus full of school children and teachers was hijacked in southern Russia. The two armed men demanded to have an airplane at their disposal. It wasn’t clear what the men were armed with, however, to protect the children Russian officials gave them an Ilyushin-76 to fly to Israel in.

1990 Germany Free Elections: Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right coalition won the first free elections since 1932 for a combined East and West Germany.

1995 U.S.A. Dayton Accord: Bosnian, Serb and Croat leaders agree to the Dayton Accord peace plan for war-torn Bosnia Herzegovina brokered by Bill Clinton in the United States.

1995 UK Nick Leeson: Nick Leeson a former general manager of Barings future tradings operations who broke Barings Bank with his reckless trading receives 6 1/2 years jail time in Singapore when he is found guilty of two charges of fraud.

1998 Chile Augusto Pinochet: Great Britain may have lost its reputation for fairness over its treatment of 83-year-old General Augusto Pinochet. Instead of granting him diplomatic immunity when he visited Britain for surgery, the British government gave in to a Spanish magistrate who wanted him tried for genocide, torture, and killings. Relations between Chile and Great Britain are strained because of this. When Pinochet staged a coup in Chile over Marxist, Salvador Allende, 3,200 persons were killed or went missing.

1999 Northern Ireland Power Sharing: In Northern Ireland, a power-sharing cabinet of Protestants and Catholics sit down together for the first time.

2001 U.S.A. Enron: Enron an energy trading company filed for Chapter 11 protection in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history. By the end of the year, Enron's collapse had cost investors including pension plans billions of dollars.

2006 Italy Rome Film Festival: An old western, “Once upon a Time”, starring Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale (1968) was going to be restored and shown at the Rome Film Festival. Thanks to Martin Scorsese and the Festival a three year conservation program for old Italian movies will continue.

2006 United States The New York Times publishes Donald Rumsfeld’s memo on Iraq: Donald Rumsfeld's classified memo to the White House that acknowledges how ineffective the administration’s strategy in Iraq is, and calls for change in direction, is published in the New York Times. The memo is dubious of there being an alternative course of action or tactics. In order to limit the political fallout of changing the strategy, he suggests that the administration lowers the publics' expectations on Iraq.

2006 Cuba Raúl Castro attends a military parade and gives a speech: The parade starts with the Cuban national anthem and a multiple cannon fire salute. Raúl Castro talks about the the government’s willingness to negotiate with the United States. He makes no reference to his brother, Fidel’s, health, and commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution. It is Fidel Castro’s eightieth birthday. A celebration of the Revolutionary Armed Forces’ unity, the army and the communist party are part of the parade, which includes amphibious transports and tanks (modernized T-55’s and T-62’s). The parade is culminated with a march by of the Cuban people.

2007 Russia Russian general election: The Russian general elections is expected to confirm President Vladimir Putin's power-base, despite the claims of fraud. Polls have closed across Russia's eleven time zones. Turnout is said to have been high. Eleven parties are competing for places in the lower house, or Duma. Opposition parties have accused the government of stifling their campaigns, and Vladimir Putin's party is predicted to win a landslide victory.

2008 Iraq Chemical Ali sentenced to death again: An Iraqi court has sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid to death. He was known as Chemical Ali, for his role in crushing a Shi'ite uprising in 1991, and this is the second death sentence passed on him. He is a cousin of Saddam Hussein. The court has also condemned another senior Baath Party official, Abdulghani Abdul Ghafour, to hang for the same crime. In February, al-Majid had been condemned to hang for genocide over the killing of one hundred thousand people during the 1988 Anfal campaign against Iraq's Kurds.

2008 United States Weapons of Mass Destruction Report: Congress has established a bipartisan Commission for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism to look at the threat that the proliferation of these will pose to the United States. The Commission's report, World at Risk, recognizes that the U.S. government has yet to fully adapt to the threats of terrorism, and has identified specific actions to take on their accessing certain weapons. The Director of National Intelligence agrees with the Report, saying that the danger of biological attack is the worst of these.

2009 Afghanistan Taleban rebuke increasing U.S. troop numbers: The Taleban say they will be continuing their fight in Afghanistan, after pledges by the N.A.T.O. allies to send larger reinforcements to the country. A Taleban commander has said that if more U.S. troops came, more will die. Barack Obama has announced a long-awaited strategy, and deployment of another thirty thousand troops. The Taleban have expressed defiance at Obama's commitment to sending additional forces. A Taleban commander, who did not give his name but is part of the ruling council in Wardak province, has said that there would be no peace talks until all of the foreign troops had left Afghanistan. Some have said that the strategy is very similar to George Bush’s, but that the dating of the withdrawal is a mistake, and been made for popular consumption in the U.S.

2009 United States Fort Hood shooter charged with premeditated murder: The U.S. Army has charged Nidal Hasan with the Fort Hood shooting spree on November 5th, with thirty-two counts of attempted premeditated murder. The charges are in addition to the thirteen premeditated murder charges already filed against Hasan. The Army says the attempted murder charges filed today are related to the thirty soldiers and two civilian police officers that were injured in the shooting at the soldier processing center on the central Texas post. Hasan's attorney, John Galligan, says that the additional charges may not affect Hasan's punishment if he is convicted, because premeditated murder carries the death penalty. Authorities have not said whether they plan to seek the death penalty.

2009 United Nations The United Nations calls on Iraq to set a date for elections: The United Nations has called on the Iraqi politicians to put aside their differences, and work together to set a final date for the country's elections. In today's statement, the world body said that a feasible election date would be February 27th, 2010. The U.N. has been following the doubts expressed by Iraq's electoral officials, who said it was unlikely that the country would be able to hold the crucial vote before the end of January. The delay comes amid divisions over the number of seats that have been allocated to Iraq's Kurdish population. The Sunni Muslim Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi has also been asking for a greater say for Iraqi nationals living abroad.

DEC. 5th.

1905 Britain Cabinet Resigns: The premier of England, Arthur J. Balfour and his cabinet resigned and King Edward asked Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to put together a new government. The old parliament was not to dissolve until the New Year. One of the major issues in British politics at this time was the question of home rule for Ireland.

1927 Canada Roller Canary Championship: For the first time in history, a Roller Canary Championship, open to the entire world took place in the west. Defeating all other warbling birds owner William Latimer, President of the Western Canada Roller Canary Club, had the canary who was the undefeated champion. The Manitoba Free Press explained, “Each bird was given five minutes in which to sing, after which the cage was closed and the next bird given his chance.

1932 Soviet Union Ration cards: The Soviet Union decided to shift the distribution of food, clothing, and other supplies to the factories, out of the hands of the government. Ration cards were to be given to the public and it was up to the factories to procure the goods.

1933 U.S.A. 18th Amendment Ends: Prohibition comes to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment Available as a downloadable image on our Public Domain Images Page.

1945 Bermuda Aircraft Lost In Bermuda Triangle: Five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base. They never returned. This area is known as the Bermuda Triangle and is renowned for causing instrument malfunctions including Compass and Radio Malfunctions.

1948 Singapore Airstrip: The small crown colony of Singapore, Cocos Island in the Indian Ocean, was being considered as an airstrip that would link Australia to Britain. After a contentious debate in the Singapore government it was decided to spend $2,500 to repair the airstrip for air traffic.

1950 Korea Chinese Enter Pyongyang: Following the United nations retreat from North Korea, Chinese troops have entered the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

1952 UK London Killer Fog: A terrible deathly fog ("The Great Smog" or "The Big Smoke") causes the death of thousands of Londoners it starts on December 5th and ends on December 9th. The smog had been created by a combination of the cold fog combining with sulfur pollutants caused through an increase of coal smoke due to increased burning of coal fires. Due to the knowledge gained from this deadly occurrence there was a rethink of causes of air pollution and new regulations were put in place including the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and of 1968, and the City of London (Various Powers) Act of 1954.

1959 Turkey President Eisenhower Visit: President Eisenhower was to visit Ankara, Turkey for seventeen hours and all over the country the Turkish citizens were wildly enthusiastic. Turkey was a strong supporter of the Atlantic Pact.

1966 South Vietnam U.S. Planes Attack Hanoi: U.S. war planes were retaliating for the largest loss of their planes since the beginning of the Vietnam War. Near Saigon thirty Viet Cong were killed as well as three Americans.

1977 Egypt Breaks of Relations With Other Arab Countries: Following the hard line countries opposition to Egypt and signing the Declaration of Tripoli which includes sanctions against Egypt because President Anwar al-Sadat became the first Arab leader to recognize the state of Israel. President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt has broken all relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen.

1977 Bermuda Race Riots: In Hamilton, Bermuda British soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers were called in to control race riots in the city. The riots went on for three days and caused $5 million in damages. Civilians and 5,000 tourists stayed hidden indoors. There had been two nights of fire bombing by youth, but severe rains quelled the violence.

1987 Haiti US Diplomats Withdrawn: One hundred and fifty American embassy workers and diplomats were withdrawn from Haiti due to the unstable political situation. They were expected to be home by Christmas. Eighty embassy employees were left behind to take care of essential services. Sixty-four million dollars in aid was withdrawn by President Reagan and Haiti’s national elections were not held because voters were endangered.

1991 UK Maxwell Empire Faces Bankruptcy: Following the death of Robert Maxwell administrators have been called in to try to salvage the Maxwell business empire, which includes the Mirror Group Newspapers and is at least £1bn in debt.

1995 Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger: Sri Lankan forces have taken back the city of Jaffna from Tamil Tiger guerrilla forces after a 7 week operation. The Tamil Tigers had been in control of the city for some time and had their own police force, law courts and were collecting taxes from the city population. The Tamil Tigers are a guerrilla force who are seeking to create a Tamil sovereign socialist state in the north and east of the country of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).

1996 U.S.A. Alan Greenspan: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan questions whether the stock market is overvalued, saying in a speech in Washington, ''How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly inflated asset values? that is thought to have led Japanese stocks to fall 3.2%

1999 Northern Ireland IRA: In Belfast the Protestant-Catholic government was new and fragile. The main issue left to establish peace in Ireland was the disarming of the IRA, however some IRA militants said they had enough weapons to keep on fighting for another generation.

2005 UK Civil Partnership Act: The Civil Partnership Act comes into law. (The Civil Partnership Act grants civil partnerships "which include same sex partnerships" in the United Kingdom with rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage).

2006 Iraq US Soldiers Killed: Thirteen American soldiers were killed fighting in Iraq during the last week. Among the dead were four Marines who crashed in a Sea Knight helicopter which had mechanical failure.

2007 U.S.A. Westroads Mall massacre: Robert A. Hawkins enters Von Maur department store in the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska and opens fire with a AK-47 7.62x39mm semi-automatic rifle killing eight people before taking his own life. He had left a suicide note earlier with the words " I just want to be famous" .

2008 U.S.A. O.J. Simpson sentenced to up to thirty-three years in jail: O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted for the well-known double murder in Los Angeles is sentenced for up to thirty-three years in prison for robbing a pair of memorabilia dealers. He will not be eligible for parole for nine years.

2008 Panama Russian destroyer goes through Panama Canal: Panama allows a Russian warship to sail through the trans-oceanic waterway on Friday, December 5th. The destroyer, the Admiral Chabanenko, is the first Soviet/Russian military ship to use the fifty mile waterway since World War II. The U.S. government shows little concern about the destroyer's use of the canal, which had been off limits to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

2009 Copenhagen Protests in Europe ahead of Copenhagen climate summit: Tens of thousands of people across Europe have demonstrated for action on climate change two days before world leaders are gathering in Copenhagen for landmark talks on global warming. Protesters in London, Brussels, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin took to the streets to call for a far-reaching international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the U.N-led talks that start on December 7th. About twenty thousand people have marched through central London.