On This Day: November 17, 1869 – The opening of the Suez Canal
OR Industrial Revolution it was instrumental in the development of shipping, drastically…
On This Day: November 18, 1940 – Hitler scolds Ciano for the progress of the Italian invasion of Greece
November 18, 1940 A rather enigmatic Ribbentrop meets me in Salzburg. Before…
On This Day: November 8, 1644 – The Qing Dynasty on the throne of China
On November 8, 1644, an important change occurred in the imperial China.…
On This Day: November 9, 1867 – The “Meiji Restoration” begins in Japan
In the 19th century, major world powers began to expand their influence…
On This Day: November 11, 2004 – Yasser Arafat dies
"After inadvertently keeping the world in suspense, o Yasser Arafat or Abu…
On This Day: November 12, 1980 – Voyager 1 sends back the first pictures of Saturn’s rings
On November 12, 1980, the Voyager 1 spacecraft NASA made history by…
On This Day: November 2, 1755 – Marie Antoinette is born
OR Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna on November 2, 1755. She…
On This Day: November 3, 1898 – The Franco-British Crisis at Fassonda ends
By about the middle of the 19th century, almost all major European…
On This Day: November 4, 1928 – Assassination of arch-gangster Arnold Rothstein
The first transatlantic telephone call, the first talking film, the first relatively…
On This Day: November 5, 1925 – Legendary spy Sidney Riley dies
He spoke seven languages. He had spied on behalf of at least…
