On This Day In History
#otd in 1972, civil engineer Janet Bonnema was escorted to work in the Eisenhower Tunnel. Formerly barred from the site because women underground 'brought bad luck', she had won a discrimination case. Sixty-six men walked out in protest. Bonnema worked in disguise thereafter. pic.twitter.com/XKKPEGj9os
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 9, 2022
On this day in 1866, a Texas law was approved authorizing county officials to employ jailed people in public works or lease them out to private employers for profit. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/xgQcjW9t3c
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 9, 2022
9 November 1880. Acclaimed architect, Giles Gilbert Scott, was born in London. He designed Liverpool’s impressive Anglican Cathedral, and the iconic red telephone box. He was noted in building design for his blending of the Gothic tradition with modernism. pic.twitter.com/hTxDSDmj1j
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1908. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was elected as Britain’s first woman mayor for Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was also the first English woman to qualify as a surgeon and was the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women. pic.twitter.com/7uonBtp9o4
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1918. Having lost the support of the military and the people, Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate his throne and flee Germany for the Netherlands. Power was handed to a Republican government led by the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Friedrich Ebert. pic.twitter.com/tpjCU1VFox
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1921. German-born theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, was named as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, for his explanation of the photoelectric effect and not for his deeply influential theory of relativity pic.twitter.com/7BZWlmLzKp
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9-10 November 1938. The Nazi regime launched Kristallnacht (“The Night of the Broken Glass”), against the Jewish community, which saw 267 synagogues destroyed by fire, 7,000 business wrecked and 30,000 Jewish men taken to concentration camps. The official death toll was 91. pic.twitter.com/oK13TehG95
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1967. The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published. It featured John Lennon’s appearance in the film, How I Won The War. The founder of the magazine, Jann Wenner, wrote that Rolling Stone was intended to be a combination of a newspaper and a magazine. pic.twitter.com/hpc4oIIII7
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1970. French general and former President, Charles de Gaulle, died (aged 79). He was the leader of the Free French from 1940 to 1944, Chairman of the French Provisional Government from 1944 to 1946, and the President of France from 1959 to 1969. pic.twitter.com/gggPJ2lxxt
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1989. The Berlin Wall began to fall, as the Communist-controlled East German government opened its border checkpoints. This evening is now known as “The Night the Berlin Wall Came Down”. pic.twitter.com/HQUPPvpcen
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 2004. Liverpool and England football legend, Emlyn Hughes, died (aged 57). His greatest period of success was at LIverpool FC from 1967 to 1979 when he made a total of 655 appearances. His passion and never say die attitude made him a favourite of Liverpool fans. pic.twitter.com/pBNQizG44U
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
November 10th
1619 René Descartes has the dream that inspires his "Meditations on First Philosophy"
1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English
1885 German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle
1918 Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air
1989 Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
Did You Know?
Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
Today in History in 1871
Would You Believe?
Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
Today in History in 1940
This day 438 years ago – 10 November 1580 – the Siege of Smerwick took place in Ard na Caithne, Co. Kerry, when a mercenary army funded by Pope Gregory XIII was besieged by the English army under the command of Lord Grey de Wilton.
Around 600 unarmed mercenaries were executed. pic.twitter.com/ZapL8jwVTS
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 10, 2018
This day 222 years ago - 10 November 1798 - Theobald Wolfe Tone gave his speech from the dock:
“But I hear it said that this unfortunate country has been a prey to all sorts of horrors.... I beg, however, it may be remembered that I have been absent four years from Ireland.” pic.twitter.com/MblKH1mrKW
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 10, 2020
In the 1890s, Eghisapet Sultanian was one of many Armenian women who took up arms against Ottoman forces. The Ottoman Empire was beginning a campaign to 'cleanse' Anatolia of Armenians: hundreds of thousands were massacred or forced to relocate. https://t.co/U098fYeuvr pic.twitter.com/QIbtZ3bYi7
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 10, 2022
On this day in 1898, after a biracial government was elected in Wilmington, NC, mobs of armed white supremacists invaded city hall, forced everyone to resign, and killed dozens of Black people. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/T40mXPUY9J
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 10, 2022
10 November 1938. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first President of Turkey, died, (aged 57). He was the founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as President from 1923 to 1938. He introduced progressive reforms, which modernised Turkey into a secular, industrial nation. pic.twitter.com/c6Lz7JXAIr
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
10 November 1958. Bertolt Brecht’s anti Nazi satire, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, premiered in the USA. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster. The play is a satire on the rise of Hitler and Nazi rule in Germany. pic.twitter.com/aW2iW6W5ZY
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
10 November 1970. The Great Wall of China was opened to foreign tourists. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the famous Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1644. The notion that it can be seen from the moon is a well-known, but untrue myth. pic.twitter.com/lEXy8cmq2L
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022