On This Day In History
In November 1902, US journalist Ida Tarbell's first article about the Standard Oil company was published. One of the inventors of "muckraking" investigative journalism, Tarbell's articles & book exposing Standard Oil's practices made her a household name.https://t.co/cl9PMerH6x pic.twitter.com/3lkGJfPr1S
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 20, 2021
This day 101 years ago – 21 November 1920 – 14 men were shot dead on the orders of Michael Collins.
Later, members of the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division opened fire at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, killing 14 people. The day became known as ‘Bloody Sunday.’ pic.twitter.com/0HJ6ROCAbC
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 21, 2021
In 1940 Scottish documentary film-maker Ruby Grierson made her best-known—and final—short film, They Also Serve, about everyday women in WWII. Later that year she drowned when her boat was torpedoed on her way to make a film about Canadian child evacuees. https://t.co/CpNFtMAUrT pic.twitter.com/2zOrGkUH7P
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 21, 2021
This day 58 years ago – 22 November 1963 – US President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas.
That night, Éamon de Valera spoke on RTÉ: “During his recent visit here, we came to regard the President as one of ourselves… We were proud of him as being one of our race.” pic.twitter.com/uNT7IkefOl
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 22, 2021
#OTD in 2019 a major exhibition opened at Madrid’s Reina Sofía museum of artworks by Ceija Stojka, an Austrian-Romani woman who survived three concentration camps during WWII and dedicated her life to chronicling the Nazi genocide against the Roma & Sinti. https://t.co/ZiPPsv2MYJ pic.twitter.com/byHkgxTVYr
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 22, 2021
This law sought to recreate the enslaver-enslaved conditions of involuntary servitude that existed prior to emancipation. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/0zdnPC3RYd
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 22, 2021
This day 154 years ago – 23 November 1867 – the 'Manchester Martyrs' were hanged in Salford, having been charged with the killing of a police officer.
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#otd in 1745, Hannah Snell joined the English army disguised as a man. After getting 500 lashes, she deserted to join the Marines. In 1750, she revealed she was a woman, found a publisher for her book, 'The Female Soldier' & was granted a military pension. https://t.co/JI1yIoZ9EY pic.twitter.com/tgnQeLykM7
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 23, 2019
November 24th:
380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or first formal entry, into Constantinople
1639 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree – helped establish size of the Solar System
1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
1859 English naturalist Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species” radically changing the view of evolution and laying the foundation for evolutionary biology
1950 UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1974 Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia’s Afar Depression [1] [2]
Today in Film & TV
1947 The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds “Hollywood 10″ in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
Did You Know?
American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire
Today in history in 1874
Would You Believe?
American “Dan Cooper” hijacks plane, extorts $200,000 ransom before jumping out of plane over Washington State, never seen again
Today in History in 1971
This day 26 years ago – 24 November 1995 – Ireland's divorce referendum was passed by a narrow 50.28%, the difference being fewer than 9,200 votes.
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#otd in 1919 Slovene writer, collector, polyglot and theosophist Alma Karlin set off on her 9-year journey, one of the first European women to circle the globe alone, visiting America, the Pacific Islands, Australia and several Asian countries. https://t.co/j5mvjGSrlf pic.twitter.com/HusKoZMxfP
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 24, 2021
On this day in 1958, SCOTUS upheld Alabama's School Placement Law, which was designed to maintain segregation and allowed school boards to assign students to schools at their own discretion. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/BzOtqN2vCn
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 24, 2021
November 25th
1177 Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin and a larger Ayyubid force
1783 Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United States
1839 Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
1905 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $7.50 set in the “Scientific American” which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arms deal.
This day 129 years ago – 25 November 1892 – Douglas Hyde gave his lecture, The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland.
Hyde said that, by restoring their language, the Irish could once again become “one of the most original, artistic, literary, and charming peoples of Europe.” pic.twitter.com/UEZqRh4zXg
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 25, 2021
In Nov 2019 physicist Myriam Sarachik—who fled Nazi-controlled Belgium as a child—received the US Physical Soc’s Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research for her 50-year career doing pioneering work in many fields, incl molecular magnets. https://t.co/0jQM409cGD #WomenInSTEM pic.twitter.com/JOmqiEc7Tr
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 25, 2021
On this day in 1829, an enslaved Black man who escaped the University of North Carolina was targeted for capture. For decades, UNC actively trafficked enslaved people to students via "lease." To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/FnmJlRR3Wb
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 25, 2021
November 26th
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed.
1778 British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
1789 1st national Thanksgiving in America
1791 1st US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.
1865 “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is published in America
1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt
Film & TV
1922 1st successful Technicolor movie (The Toll of the Sea), premieres at the Rialto Theatre in NYC
Did You Know?
World’s greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink’s-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England
Today in history in 1983
This day 23 years ago – 26 November 1998 – Tony Blair became the first British Prime Minister to address Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann:
“I feel profoundly the enormity of the honour that you are bestowing upon me. From the bottom of my heart, go raibh mile maith agaibh.” pic.twitter.com/L6Pg9mFIqd
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 26, 2021
On #BlackFriday, we celebrate London's many 18th century female entrepreneurs. The Sleepe sisters, Martha, Esther & Mary, for example, followed in their mother's footsteps, each opening their own fan shop. "It was normal for women to be in charge". https://t.co/XpGoYr9xkI pic.twitter.com/ZqVNz3wbI6
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 26, 2021
On this day in 1957, the Texas legislature passed a bill allowing the Governor to close any schools to prevent federal troops from enforcing integration. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/HCTKGihi9f
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 26, 2021