On This Day In History
On this day in 1874, a white mob engaged in Election Day violence against Black voters in Eufala, Alabama, to suppress votes and ensure white supremacist victory at the polls. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/JGs06i6Bin
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 3, 2022
3 November 1838. The Times of India, the world’s largest circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (Below is the front page after Indian Independence). pic.twitter.com/MYJAb477Sb
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
3 November 1945. Football legend, Gerd Müller, was born in Nördlingen, Germany. He played 453 league games for Bayern Munich from 1964 and 1979, scoring 398 goals. In 74 European club games, he scored 65 goals. He also appeared in 62 games for West Germany and scored 68 times. pic.twitter.com/SyQ3Vy2RR1
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
3 November 1957. Laika became the first dog to orbit the Earth, aboard the Soviet sattelite, Sputnik 2. The aim was to test the feasibility of launching a human being into space. Unfortunately, she died soon after launch, due to oxygen deprivation. pic.twitter.com/JuzoRytGJb
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
3 November 1963. Ian Wright was born in London. He starred at club level for Crystal Palace from 1985 to 1991, playing 225 league games and scoring 90 goals. At Arsenal from 1991 to 1998, he played 228 league games scoring 128 times. He gained 33 England caps and scored 9 goals. pic.twitter.com/mZyHSnzmtl
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
3 November 1992. Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman to be elected as a US senator. She is also the first black US Senator from the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent US Senator in an election, and the first female US Senator from Illinois. pic.twitter.com/ZvixFTsrly
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
3 November 2014. The One World Trade Center was officially opened. It’s the replacement for the World Trade Center Twin Towers, in New York City, which were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. pic.twitter.com/IRxKRCNZa7
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY. The Ice Cube Mask, used as a hangover cure in the USA (1947) pic.twitter.com/v5PgjWe8gk
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
Executed during the Reign of Terror #OTD 1793 Olympe de Gouges. Olympe was a French playwright and political activist, she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality & was an outspoken advocate against the slave trade in the French colonies pic.twitter.com/NMuWzajS4v
— Georgian Dining Acad (@GeorgianDining) November 3, 2022
November 4th
1576 Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and capture Antwerp
1841 First wagon train arrives in California after a five and a half month and 1,730 mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri [1]
1845 First nationally observed uniform election day in the United States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
1862 American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis
1879 African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents the Refrigerating Apparatus [1]
1922 Howard Carter discovers the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt
2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain
Did You Know?
James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his saloon in Dayton, Ohio
Today in History in 1879
Would You Believe?
John Lennon utters his infamous line at a Royal Variety Performance "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry…" in London
Today in History in 1963
This day 111 years ago – 4 November 1908 – the Irish Women's Franchise League was founded in Dublin.
Its first secretary was Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, and its first treasurer Margaret E. Cousins.
It succeeded the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association. pic.twitter.com/vdBII2FK4N
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 4, 2019
Lady Grace Mildmay was a 16th/17th-century medical practitioner. She made cures from plants, chemicals & minerals—some of them in 10-gallon batches. One contained 159 seeds, roots, spices & gums; 13lb of sugar & nuts; and 8 gallons of oil, wine & vinegar. https://t.co/W7SyujfS7f pic.twitter.com/RmNoJlQzXu
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 4, 2022
On this day in 1890, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, who advocated for violence against Black voters, was elected governor of SC. A statue honoring Mr. Tillman still stands near SC's State Capitol. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/aOcw7u7ieK
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 4, 2022
4 November 1839. The Newport Rising, the last large scale rebellion outside of Ireland occurred: 22 demonstrators were killed after troops opened fire. The leaders of the rebellion were convicted of treason and were sentenced to be hanged, but this was commuted to transportation. pic.twitter.com/onbJIYS1MJ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022
4 November 1918. Wilfred Owen (aged 25), was killed in WW1, a week before the conflict ended. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of the trenches included Dulce et Decorum est, Insensibility, Anthem for Doomed Youth, and Futility. pic.twitter.com/xHdzCbIFOx
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022
4 November 1921. Hara Takashi (aged 67), the Prime Minister of Japan, was stabbed to death by a right wing railway worker at Tokyo Railway Station, while walking to a waiting train, bound to Kyoto for a party conference. pic.twitter.com/XsLOsU8XpJ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022
4 November 1922. British archaeologist, Howard Carter, and his team found the doorway to Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. It was not until 26 November 1922 that he broke the seal and entered the tomb. It was the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/kgVMukEOl9
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022
4 November 1956. Soviet forces entered Hungary to supress the uprising that began in October. Soviet tanks immediately captured Hungary’s airfields, highway junctions, and bridges. Fighting took place all over the country, but the Hungarian forces were quickly defeated. pic.twitter.com/DI5zeQ6huy
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022
4 November 1970. Salvador Allende of Chile became the first Marxist to become a democratically elected President of a Latin Ameican country. After Allende’s inauguration, President Richard Nixon said US relations would be cooler. In 1973 Allende was overthrown by a military coup. pic.twitter.com/5p1H3S2Tno
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 4, 2022